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 | Title : New Favorite
Author : Alison Krauss & Union Station
Release Date : 20010814
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
After her 1999 gold release, Forget About It, Alison Krauss has found additional success as part of the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?--an album that's done more to advance the cause of bluegrass since Bill Monroe first conjured the music out of the hills of western Kentucky. While Forget About It showcased the more contemporary part of Krauss's musical equation and the O Brother soundtrack spotlighted the more traditional, New Favorite combines the approaches in balancing the softer sounds with the rougher-edged material. Krauss particularly shines on the soulful title tune of love gone cold, her vocal--softer than a cloud and more intimate than a midnight kiss--threatening to steal your breath away. However, it's mostly the older sounds that you'll remember from this largely somber album, one that telegraphs uncertainty, doom, and the promise of bloodshed throughout much of the repertoire. On 'Momma Cried,' a song about a child-snatching that tore a family asunder, Dan Tyminski's tenor vocals rise above a wailing Dobro, a driving banjo, and a thumping, anchoring bass to convey unspeakable pain. Too many of the pop-minded songs fall flat in comparison, but although this may not be the group's best effort overall, no other crossover bluegrass band begins to meet their mark either musically or emotionally, as New Favorite so amply shows.
Buyer Reviews :
How can you keep getting better and better, well whatever the formula...Alison Krauss and Union Station have found it...the result is pure entertainment through good ole bluegrass.
This 30 year old artist, who signed with the Rounder label when she was 14, is without a doubt, the shining beacon on the bluegrass scene...plus the Union Station gang ~ Barry Bales (acoustic bass), Ron Block (banjo/guitar), Jerry Douglas (dobro/lap steel guitar) and Dan Tyminski (guitar/mandolin) with lead and backup make for a 'CHOCTAW HAYRIDE', just pickin' and a grinnin' with the Illinois State Fiddle Champion, Alison Krauss, won at a very early age...gotta love it!
Friends, as you play this CD over and over again, your favorite song changes or one more is added, can't say enough about the talent on this particular album, a must have...want to leave Rounder Records a tip, keep up the good work, need more of the same...when you say 'O Brother Where Art Thou', it's here...now that I've found you, you're my NEW FAVORITE!
You might try other Rounder releases with Alison Krauss, all worthy of a good listen ~ 'Forget About It' (116-610-465)...'So Long So Wrong' (116-610-365)...'Now That I've found You:A Collection' (116-610-325)...'Every Time You Say Goodbye' (116-610-285)...please check my reviews on amazon.com/music.
Total Time: 45:07 on 13 Tracks ~ Rounder Records 11661-0495-2 ~ (2001)
(by Mr. Jim)
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