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Album Review – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – ‘Raising Sand’
I remember the instance where I logged onto CMT.com in August 2007
and saw a story about Alison Krauss teaming up with Robert Plant for a
duets project. Having immersed myself in country music since I was a
kid, I had no idea who Plant was, although I had heard of Led Zeppelin.
Like everything Krauss does, I eagerly anticipated the album knowing it
would result in a musical journey worth taking.
The genesis of Raising Sand came during a...
Album Review: Various Artists – ‘Divided And United: Songs Of The Civil War’
I love history as much as I do country music, so a project like
Divided And United, and the several other recent albums which have
focussed on the musical legacy of the Civil War is of strong interest to
me. Of all these projects, this two-disc set is the one to involve the
greatest number of straight country artists, although bluegrass and
other American roots music are both well represented. Almost all the
songs are all of genuine...
Album Review – Alison Krauss and Union Station – ‘Paper Airplane’
Upon its release in 2004, AKUS’s previous full-length album Lonely Runs Both Ways was criticized for being too safe and not taking enough chances. While no one can argue with the instrument that is Alison’s voice, the mix of slow balladry with flushes of Jerry Douglas’s masterful dobro picking may have been riskless, but when music was that well crafted, being risk-free was a mood point.
When they did finally return with a sampling of new music,...
Week ending 11/30/13: #1 singles this week in country music history
1953 (Sales):I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know — Davis Sisters (RCA)
1953 (Jukebox):I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know — Davis Sisters (RCA)
1953 (Disc Jockeys): A Dear John Letter — Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky (Capitol)
1963: Love’s Gonna Live Here — Buck Owens (Capitol)
1973: The Most Beautiful Girl — Charlie Rich (Epic)
1983: Holding Her And Loving You — Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
1993: Reckless – Alabama (RCA)
2003: I Love This Bar — Toby Keith (DreamWorks Nashville)
2013: We Were Us — Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert (Capitol)
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