My favorite cut on this CD, I believe, might be “A Voice of Our Savior.” This cut, in particular, really captured the essence of a live recording, in bluegrass style, perfectly and was quite well done. I liked Christmas in … Read More
“From One to Twelve” “Forever Has Come To an End” “Wood Butcher’s Walkabout” “Hallie’s Hornpipe” “Dust and Ashes, He Rose from the Dead” “Post Oak Grove” “I’ll Tell You about the Women” “Rotten Taters” “Yankee Gal” “Midnight Hour Blues” “Torment … Read More
With shoulder length hair of the day, he knocked on my front door. The year was 1974. Richard Nixon was our president, and my dad was trying to get reception on the radio channel WWVA of Wheeling West Virginia as … Read More
As I viewed the cover of New Bluegrass and Old Heartaches by Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Mountain Express, I was hoping to hear that crystal clear tenor voice that impressed me so much in my youth on the songs “Once More” … Read More
The producer of Foggy Mountain Special, Tim Austin, assembled a dozen of bluegrass music’s top banjo players and ten stellar backup musicians to record the twelve tunes in this collection. Each track is based on Earl Scruggs’ playing as captured … Read More
“Paper Airplane” “Dust Bowl Children” “Lie Awake” “Lay My Burdens Down” “My Love Follows You Where You Go” “Dimming of the Day” “On the Outside Looking In” “Miles to Go” “Sinking Stone” “Bonita and Bill Butler” “My Opening Farwell” I … Read More
With many nominations and awards to his credit, banjo legend, Bill Emerson has been around the bluegrass banjo scene a long time. This album got off to a rough start as far as I am concerned. I did not really … Read More
A very important point, that I would like to make first, is the small sentence that may go unnoticed on the cover of this two CD set. It says; Benefitting St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. You can feel good knowing … Read More
Stephanie P. Ledgin wrote in her book, Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass (Praeger Publishers, 2004), “James Reams & The Barnstormers rely on early country material and originals written in authentic style. The results are a virtual history of the music and … Read More
“Christmas Time’s A-Coming” “Light of the Stable” “The First Noel” “What Songs Were Sung” “Silent Night” “Flight to Egypt” “Reunion Song” “Children Go” “Oh Come, Oh Come, Emanuel” “Joy to the World” Ricky Skaggs is an amazing musician, as well … Read More