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The Rough Guide to Bluegrass | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: World Music Network
Category: Music
List Price: £6.99
Buy New: £4.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 3026
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 331059
UPC: 605633105926
EAN: 0605633105926
ASIN: B000058TBR
Release Date: March 5, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| » | Gospel Train - Larry Sparks | | » | Every Time You Say Goodbye - Alison Krauss | | » | Lonesome Moonlight Waltz - The Bluegrass Album Band | | » | Matterhorn - The Country Gentlemen | | » | Hills of Home - Hazel Dickens | | » | Chicken Reel - Jim & Jesse And the Virginia Boys | | » | Lonesome Wind Blues - Rhonda Vincent | | » | Hello City Limits - Red Allen | | » | My Better Years - The Johnson Mountain Boys | | » | Shiloh - Emerson & Waldron | | » | Rank Stranger - Tom T. Hall, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys | | » | Brighter Mansion - Longview | | » | Nashville Blues - J.D. Crowe & the New South | | » | Sweetheart, Darlin' of Mine - Claire Lynch | | » | I've Waited as Long as I Can - Tony Rice | | » | Crossfire - Béla Fleck | | » | You'll Get No More of Me - Hazel Dickens | | » | My Sweet Love Ain't Around - The McCoury Brothers | | » | Can't Say Goodbye - IIIrd Tyme Out | | » | Mama's Hand - Lynn Morris | | » | I've Lived a Lot in My Time - Dry Branch Fire Squad |
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| Customer Reviews:
A wondeful introduction combining both new and old. November 24, 2001
119 out of 119 found this review helpful
Rough Guide have come up trumps with this wonderful sampler of bluegrass music. Characterised by the banjo, fiddle and mandolin, bluegrass' roots lie in 1930s and in the combination of many European and native American folk styles such as Irish, jazz, blues, East European polka and gospel. The CD contains famous artists such as the amazing Alison Krauss and Union Station, represented here by their classic track "Every Time You Say Goodbye", and older pioneers such as the Country Gentlemen, featuring the banjo ace Bill Emerson. A commendable balance is struck between vocal and instrumental tracks, and between faster and slower tunes. Indeed, the variety of artists is testament to the multitude of styles that the genre enjoys. The scintillating pace of Emerson and Waldron's instrumental "Shiloh" sits comfortably with the bittersweet beauty of Hazel Dickens' voice on the ballad "Hills of Home", as does Red Allen's cheery "Chicken Reel" juxtapose neatly with the sad tale in Lynn Morris' "Mama's Hand", a beautiful, if not tear-jerking, retrospect on a young woman leaving home. If you enjoyed the soundtrack to the hit film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", then this CD is a must for you. Approached with an open mind, the listener will find little disagreeable here. The raw beauty of this truly 'unplugged' experience, with its high-class playing and singing will surely not fail to delight any fan of folk and roots music. Let the sound of the Appalachians carry you away to a simpler, happier time!
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