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And, prepare to have your ears pinned back with the enthusiasm, dexterity, timing and power that Ned has so very eloquently recorded. Using his 1937 Gibson RB-7conversion banjo, as his instrument of choice, throughout the album, Ned takes control of his musical destiny and shows how deep his talents run. <p>My first introduction to Ned Luberecki, was through his bluegrass show, “Derailed”, on XM Radio. In listening, over the years, I have found that there is no separating the man from the banjo, or the irreverent sense of humor from the virtuoso musician. His personality looms large over his music, making him a bit eccentric, but a memorable and warm individual. A top notch Nashville musician that you’re amazed by, AND a loveable character, that you feel you’re already friends with. </p> </p></p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2017/05/cs-review-ned-luberecki-take-five.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-65697514761430994662017-02-26T19:00:00.001-07:002017-02-26T19:17:11.332-07:00Prescription Bluegrass Review–FASTER AND FARTHER–Darin & Brooke Aldridge<p><img style="float: right; margin: 22px 33px 11px 22px; display: inline" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0CYlipWvK_4/WEGHHxY1OFI/AAAAAAAAm0w/DQr5e9R2Ld8/image_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="280" align="right" height="247">FASTER AND FARTHER was my first opportunity to hear Darin and Brooke Aldridge and from the first moments I could tell this project was not an amateur group’s attempt to rock the Bluegrass world—it is a professional’s. <p>From the opening track, “Kingdom Come”, (penned by guitarist Pat Flynn) the Aldridge’s approach is one of mature, seasoned instrumentalists and vocalists that understand the value of a quality production, and how to transform an idea into musical magic. </p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2017/02/prescription-bluegrass-reviewfaster-and.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-68669603556716283962016-10-24T15:46:00.001-07:002016-10-25T06:36:42.145-07:00CD Review–John McEuen - MADE IN BROOKLYN<p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ji_Ajzr9XJE/WA6PNLJHZkI/AAAAAAAAmnQ/GQIhZlsxow8/s1600-h/image%25255B33%25255D.png"><img title="image" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 15px 25px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="image" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ErLgxoXHgkE/WA6PN3txVlI/AAAAAAAAmnU/4V5wZevPibw/image_thumb%25255B21%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" align="right" height="240"></a>Matt Cartsonis, an old friend of mine from the Phoenix area music scene, had been talking on Facebook for a while about this new project he was working on with John McEuen, long time multi-instrumentalist and Grammy winner with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. <p>Having known Matt for over 35 years, and knowing the vast experience he has in the music world, I was very intrigued. Then all the media blitz began and the new CD, MADE IN BROOKLYN, was hitting the airwaves and all the roots/Americana sites. The first single released, “Excitable Boy,” sung by Matt and written by Matt’s former employer, the late Warren Zevon, debuted at #6 on the Alt Root Top 10 chart. This CD was taking off big time, and it was making even this ol’ man an “Excitable Boy”!!! </p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2016/10/cd-reviewjohn-mceuen-made-in-brooklyn.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-80301249341912825682016-09-11T15:58:00.000-07:002016-09-23T05:15:58.003-07:00CD Review - NEWTOWN / HARLAN ROAD<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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NewTown’s latest CD, HARLAN ROAD comes across as first class in every way, shape and form.</div>
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They nailed this recording, and they should be proud of their efforts! When you bring five hot pickers into the studio, add a Producer with the stature of Barry Bales and bring a boatload of songs from seven different top song writers to the mix, you have a right to expect good results.<br>
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They also took all their tools and work ethic to Crossroads Studios, in Arden, NC and turned Scott Barnett and Van Atkins loose to catch all the action on their recording equipment. Good decisions all around, and my ears love just about every minute of this CD.<br>
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: Jake and Rebekah Workman</b></span></div>
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Into the Heart</b></span></div>
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Date: January 2016</b></span></div>
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: Jake and Rebekah Workman / Aaron Ashton</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Engineer: Jim
VanCleve / Aaron Ashton</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif;">I'm not
sure where to start here. The first time I heard about the amazing
Jake Workman was not by</span> <span style="font-family: serif;">name,
it was “that kid from Salt Lake ” Oh, you mean the banjo player?
No, the guitar player. Oh, he </span><span style="font-family: serif;">plays
guitar too? What, I thought he played mandolin. No, he plays all
three.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif;">What?
I'll be damned, he does it all. And on a scale of 1-10, Jake is an
11.</span></div>
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31, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: x-small;">Artist
: The Burie Family</span></div>
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Here Today Gone Tomorrow</span></div>
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Date : December 2015</span></div>
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Independent</span></div>
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: Tim Surrett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: x-small;">Engineer:
Scott Barnett</span></div>
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at: Crossroads Studios</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif;">OK...here's
the deal: What we have here are two sisters and two brothers, all
well under the age of</span> <span style="font-family: serif;">twenty
years old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif;">Experience warns me to turn my head a bit to the left ,
clinch one eye shut and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: serif;">prepare
to cringe a bit when I hit the play button. To be honest, how much
can one usually expect from</span> <span style="font-family: serif;">teenagers
taking a swing at recording their </span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><strong><u>first</u></strong></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"> </span><span style="font-family: serif;">bluegrass album? </span><br>
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The new CD just released by <strong>The FREE Rangers</strong>, from the Richmond, Virginia area, has been doing that to me for a couple of weeks now….. </p> <p> Just for a little history, this music has been in the developmental stages since 1979, when the core of the band started out as a duo called <strong>“The Stable Hands,”</strong> in Flagstaff, AZ. I’ve had the pleasure to see it blossom since the very beginning, thirty six years ago…… It was special then, and it’s only grown stronger, more pleasant and personally endearing with time. </p> <p> <strong> “The Stable Hands”</strong> consisted of Debbe Peck on vocals and rhythm guitar, and her husband, Steve Peck, on vocals, bass and some pretty fancy yodeling. They had great harmonies, a personable stage presence and a song list that covered country, bluegrass and Western tunes that gave them their own, one-of-a-kind sound. And did I mention that Debbe and Steve were, and still are, two of the dearest friends my wife, Mary Ann, and I have ever had? Maybe that’s why I’ll hear a certain inflection in one of their voices, or a specific harmony line and another good old time from way back then surprises me by coming back to light. There has been a lot of reflection going on in my head lately thanks to this new CD! </p> <a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/12/cd-review-free-rangers.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-84995388069640077202015-12-04T06:55:00.001-07:002015-12-04T07:04:22.001-07:00CD Review - The Grascals - AND THEN THERE'S THIS...<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xYJXo-EyPoc/VmGbRdOO-bI/AAAAAAAAl58/J2Fc_aAtyKY/s1600-h/Image635848084432686140%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635848084432686140" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 44px 11px 22px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635848084432686140" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-90AbXhX_-ao/VmGbR0F-DlI/AAAAAAAAl6A/rU_oeNQf98c/Image635848084432686140_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="300" align="right" height="300"></a>Hit the play button and you will immediately hear a sneaky Brown County Breakdown inspired intro to The Grascals first release since 2013. Right away you know that you are going to have to hang on tight. And what a ride it is. “and then there's this...” is worth the wait. <p>The choice of music and the order in which they are rattled off will keep you and your bluegrass soaked brain guessing. I Know Better, a straight-up hard driving bluegrass tune is followed by the mellow, fingerpicked guitar, gentle on my mind-esque, Road of Life, perfectly placed. And so it goes. </p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/12/cd-review-grascals-and-then-there-this.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-80236205040718635092015-11-30T01:31:00.000-07:002015-11-30T06:09:46.249-07:00CD Review - Tammy Jones Robinette & The Drive<blockquote> <p><em>Ed. Note: We have two reviews of Tammy's latest album to present. First from Marty Warburton and then from Mark Raborn. <hr> </em> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_2vVPmDS5ys/VltHPj4yH_I/AAAAAAAAl1k/dzm4AwpO2aI/s1600-h/Image6358439258274302935.jpg"><img title="Image635843925827430293" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 44px 0px 22px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635843925827430293" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ijxiG6w2b8Q/VltHQeP-JcI/AAAAAAAAl1s/6Y1-rD85jVo/Image635843925827430293_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="299" align="right" height="300"></a>The first cut of this CD would certainly be worthy of Country radio air-play, that is if Country radio played true Country music. We'll address that concept another time. Right now I want to bring you up to speed on Tammy Jones Robinette and how the Southern Gospel mainstay has rolled up her sleeves and decided to take a stab at Bluegrass Music for a change. Stabbed through the heart I'd say. Tammy tackles a variety of tempos and timings in this recording. The themes found in Southern Gospel naturally rise to the top. Having written one fourth of the songs found here, you will quickly find that Tammy has this music running through her blood. The evidence is found in her rich well metered alto voice. She's done this before. </p> </p></blockquote><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/10/cd-review-tammy-jones-robinette-drive.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-60274666738285432562015-11-25T16:44:00.001-07:002015-11-25T17:05:01.651-07:00CD Review - Rick Ednie -WHITE TURTLE DOVE<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bteVcku-veA/VlZH4aNcnUI/AAAAAAAAlzw/poV2Px67-II/s1600-h/Image6358406615295268165.jpg"><img title="Image635840661529526816" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 44px 0px 22px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635840661529526816" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fiue2dP0-kQ/VlZH5CEmhjI/AAAAAAAAlz4/OQDV0RKXpZE/Image635840661529526816_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="250" align="right" height="250"></a>Homegrown to be sure. WHITE TURTLE DOVE is a compilation of all original music from Rick Ednie. <p>Rick was born in Philadelphia, but was raised west of the city in the dairy and corn fields of eastern PA. He began playing music "by ear" on his mother's piano spending many hours playing and singing with records from artists such as The Everly Brothers, John Denver, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Cat Stevens and others, including Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Judas Priest, and others . <p>After moving to the central coast of California in the mid 1990's, Rick's guitar playing shifted from Texas electric blues to acoustic and was bitten by the Bluegrass Bug after attending a pre-Strawberry Music Festival party.</p> </p></p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/11/cd-review-rick-ednie-white-turtle-dove.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-35145920981905054182015-11-20T08:31:00.001-07:002015-11-20T08:31:28.082-07:00CD Review - The Hamilton County Ramblers !<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CNvACimvuB0/Vk88xQANJhI/AAAAAAAAlvQ/TtO1gpCP-64/s1600-h/Image635836038462975758%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635836038462975758" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 44px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635836038462975758" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dBqw0d2pYZM/Vk88yFqb6kI/AAAAAAAAlvU/5k196QCtOQY/Image635836038462975758_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="320" align="right" height="320"></a></p> <p align="right">by: Mark Raborn </p> <p>The debut, self-titled CD by the Hamilton County Ramblers features eleven cuts with material as varied as Stephen Foster’s, <b>Hard Times</b>, James Taylor’s <b>Copperline</b>, and <b>I Hear Ya Talkin’</b>, penned by cowgirl, country song-writer, Cindy Walker. With that said there is still enough traditional, Bluegrass-type material to satisfy all but the most persistent and jaded Bluegrass purists. </p> <blockquote> <p><font size="4"><strong> <hr> <font face="Georgia">"From the first few listening moments, it is clear that this project benefits from first rate production counsel."</font> <hr> </strong></font></p></blockquote> <p>Though the material draws from several genres, the overall feel of the project falls comfortably under the ‘bluegrass’ umbrella, especially if one is willing to concede the single Old-time cut, <b>Old Chattanooga</b> (distinguished from the others by banjoist Jim Pankey’s clawhammer-style playing and performed as a duet with fiddler, John Boulware), and the aforementioned a cappella, Stephen Foster piece, <b>Hard Times</b> and the very cool and swingy, <b>I Hear Ya Talkin’</b>. All cuts use traditional ‘bluegrass’ instruments—no drums, harmonicas, accordions, pianos, triangles or bugles here, though they squeeze in a tastefully appropriate blues guitar solo on <b>I Hear Ya Talkin’</b></p> <a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/11/cd-review-hamilton-county-ramblers.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-66603710060718163742015-10-11T21:28:00.001-07:002015-10-11T21:28:07.043-07:00Review - Dappled Grays - LAST NIGHT, TOMORROW!<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DBCI-sQgtNA/Vhs2yjGy1XI/AAAAAAAAlW8/xgL-WFram78/s1600-h/Image635801950562505055%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635801950562505055" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 22px 22px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635801950562505055" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o7JZjLdlzxQ/Vhs2zYLqbmI/AAAAAAAAlXE/KUufki7BqHo/Image635801950562505055_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="300" align="right" height="276"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>This project should serve as a catalyst to advance The Dappled Grays to becoming a more nationally recognized Bluegrass/Americana group!</strong></font> <p align="right"><strong><font size="2">- Prescription Bluegrass Reviewer, Mark Raborn</font></strong> <p>The Dappled Grays latest CD, Last Night, Tomorrow, is predominantly an original work with eight of the cuts penned by members of the group. All tracks feature their formidable instrumental mastery, as well as their compositional, production and vocal savvy. If one must assign labels, the overall feel of the project is clearly ‘progressive’ Bluegrass, with jazz, folk and country influences; though some of the material, such as “Stayin Blues” and “Gone, But Not Forgotten”, is modern traditional Bluegrass.</p> <p>From the intro of the opening cut, "Wild Things", (written by Leah Calvert and Michael Smith) one gets the sense they are about to hear something extraordinary. Leah Calvert begins with a percussive violin pattern surrounded by rolling guitar lines that is both a creative and effective introduction to her fabulous voice.</p> </p></p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/10/review-dappled-grays-last-night-tomorrow.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-53320530572244929232015-08-05T07:44:00.001-07:002015-08-05T07:44:59.337-07:00CD Review - The Stetson Family - TRUE NORTH<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ofAJDvY751U/VcIhZtGwZWI/AAAAAAAAkwk/XDW16LQu5aA/s1600-h/Image635743572845620180%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635743572845620180" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 22px 22px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635743572845620180" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lOkeX6DyCdM/VcIhaRsNCoI/AAAAAAAAkws/PiTMwGGS_2I/Image635743572845620180_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="300" align="right" height="300"></a><strong>The Stetson Family</strong> are a band based in Australia, and it should be said that in spite of their name, they are not a 'family band' in the sense that we usually understand, but through their music, they are indeed a family in the sense of unity of purpose. </p> <p>It's probably also only fair to say that they are not hardcore Bluegrass either, at least in the way we understand the term today, but this is quality stuff none-the-less. I think 'folk' might be a more honest description, though they do tackle a 'grass classic in the Stanleys', <strong><em>"How Mountain Girls Can Love", </em></strong>and a Dylan outlaw song,<strong><em> "Billy". </em></strong></p> <p>But it's with their originals that this band shines. <strong><em>"Every Second Beat of My Heart", "Run Daddy Run", "Let It Ride"</em> </strong>and<strong><em> "Lover Where You Going"</em>,</strong> all composed by members of the band, are all songs that have the potential to become classics, and I would not be surprised to see at least some of these being included in the sets of other performers. </p> <a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/08/cd-review-stetson-family-true-north.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-28096740249804844612015-07-01T20:18:00.001-07:002015-07-01T20:18:40.494-07:00CD Review - The SteelDrivers - THE MUSCLE SHOALS RECORDINGS<h3></h3> <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nxSLdReR7XY/VZStgav6j4I/AAAAAAAAkZI/mC32NVoz65Y/s1600-h/Image635713772694983308%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635713772694983308" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 22px 44px 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635713772694983308" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nren0_KZ9XA/VZSthEuj-YI/AAAAAAAAkZQ/DZHR2MWt46w/Image635713772694983308_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="150" align="right" height="150"></a>THE MUSCLE SHOALS RECORDINGS the new release from <strong>The SteelDrivers</strong>, can pretty much be summed up in one line from song #10, “Too Much”. Written by Gary Nichols and Donnie Lowery, it says, and I quote: “Too much music it all sound the same.” And therein lies the problem…… <p>If The SteelDrivers had hopes that recording this CD in Muscle Shoals would make it better, more exciting, more dramatic or more interesting, they were wrong. They missed it by a mile….. Singer, Gary Nichols, who lives in Muscle Shoals, may have been the driving force in the recording re-location. Even though this band has nothing but A-List musicians, singers and song writers in its membership, “…it all sound the same”. That patented SteelDrivers “SoulGrass” sound is still there in spades, and the requisite minor key songs are present and accounted for, but, there is no life in the resulting product.</p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/07/cd-review-steeldrivers-muscle-shoals.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-29959905673186746532015-06-02T13:47:00.002-07:002015-06-02T13:47:36.604-07:00CD Review - St. Beaufort - Germany<div lang="en" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Hatful Of Rain</b> are a four piece outfit who perform Old Time style Music, for the most part composed by the Band themselves, and to a very high standard indeed. </span></span><br>
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This offering consists of fourteen cuts with all but one of those (the Bob Dylan jam chestnut, You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere) feature the lead vocal talents of Linda Lay. <p>This project features Ms. Lay so much that the group could actually be called Linda Lay and Springfield Exit and that is not a bad thing. Her singing is ‘spot on’ with regard to pitch, tone and good taste. Her vocals are easy to listen to and, at least on this CD, she doesn’t attempt material that is ill suited for her vocal range or out of step with her artistic persona (no head-banging or rich, syrupy lyrics). Linda’s material, here, is largely thematic, laid-back and allegorical. <p>Ms. Lay is accompanied by her husband, David, on guitar and vocals; Tom Adams on banjo; David McLaughlin on mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar and vocals and Marshall Wilborn on bass. All are seasoned musicians and their performances here are nothing short of excellent.</p> </p></p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/05/cd-review-of-springfield-exitthat-was.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-20907922813794732802015-05-12T04:48:00.001-07:002015-05-12T05:02:16.853-07:00CD Review of Hillwilliams—HILL YEAH<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-irHMsQo4qi8/VVHrw_NjpnI/AAAAAAAAj6M/P_a1QESCrGQ/s1600-h/Image635670037127319667%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635670037127319667" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635670037127319667" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rf9hpgx0azI/VVHrx60w2uI/AAAAAAAAj6U/iTeeXUey36w/Image635670037127319667_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="397"></a>Hillwilliams is a Bluegrass group from the Portland, Oregon area. Their release of Hill Yeah consists of ten cuts, of which seven are original compositions and three are instrumentals. The cast for this production was Rich Landar on Mandolin and vocals. He also engineered and produced the CD. Matt Franzen plays banjo and sings. Jeffree White plays acoustic guitar and also does vocals. David Gerow plays fiddle and Bernardo Gomez plays upright bass. <p>The overall feel of the project is homemade, original and within the general parameters that most folk would call Bluegrass. They combine to create some nice work, making good use of their strengths, which is arranging and composing. Rose City Waltz, composed by fiddler, David Gerow, is quite an intricate piece that I can imagine being a fine contest fiddle selection. Mr. Gerow also wrote another of the other instrumentals, Ratty Old Hat, which has an upbeat, swing feel and quite a number of chord changes. Banjoist Matt Franzen plays a strong break on this one, as does bassist, Gomez.</p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/05/cd-review-of-hillwilliamshill-yeah.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-81891351230497056612015-05-12T04:39:00.001-07:002015-05-12T04:40:39.702-07:00CD Review - Pokey LaFarge—SOMETHING IN THE WATER<p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6taUK4qbJtM/VVHmZBfnzAI/AAAAAAAAj5E/PnsQT8w1OwQ/s1600-h/Image635670022972920082%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635670022972920082" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635670022972920082" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pfWioJpWZps/VVHmaAchpwI/AAAAAAAAj5I/UFhZtSYndek/Image635670022972920082_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="399"></a>Previous to this listening experience, I had never heard Pokey LaFarge’s music, though I have ‘Bluegrass friends’ that strongly favor his work. Something in the Water offers up twelve cuts, about half of which are original compositions from Mr. LaFarge. It is superbly produced and professionally tracked. Balance and tone are exceptional and the overall sound quality is warm and comfortable. <p>First off, it think it would be fair to say that nothing on this CD remotely resembles Bluegrass music, even by the most liberal artistic standards. It is roughly a blend of Blues, Dixieland Jazz, Swing and Folk music performed with hardly any instruments that might traditionally be associated with Bluegrass. No five-string banjos, fiddles or mandolins, that I could detect, though it sounded like Pokey used an upright bass and acoustic guitar on at least some of the cuts. There are brass horns, tenor banjo, electric guitars, lap steel and a host of other instruments that even the most drug-crazed Bluegrass aficionado would reject as incapable of making a contribution to Bluegrass music.</p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/05/cd-review-pokey-lafargesomething-in.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-19192016982640202032015-02-09T01:18:00.000-07:002015-02-09T04:29:34.508-07:00CD REVIEW - Robert Earl Keen - HAPPY PRISONER, The Bluegrass Sessions!<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-B6zQClp1osA/VNiaEVWHa8I/AAAAAAAAi4E/nOnt6ImXVBk/s1600-h/Image6355874539103352198.jpg"><img title="Image635587453910335219" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 11px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635587453910335219" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-quEUAuABNB4/VNiaFS33SII/AAAAAAAAi4M/MzMtFO4bXMk/Image635587453910335219_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="399"></a> God bless Robert Earl Keen for restoring my faith in artistic integrity! This is a dooooozy of a CD, and it’s as real as dirt under your fingernails. It’s bluegrass, it’s old timey, it’s honest, straight from the heart, Mother Earth music and Robert Earl has done the world a favor recording this tribute to the music he loves and grew up listening to.</p> <p> Robert Earl Keen had come to Durango, CO. a while back for two nights of concerts, which were both sold out, and I managed to be out of town and miss ‘em both! Friends had informed me that he had also been interviewed on KSUT, the local PBS station, and had mentioned he had a bluegrass CD coming out soon. I couldn’t help myself, my first thought was: “Just what we need, another country/pop/rock/reality star going BLUEGRASS to try to make some money.” Call me a grumpy old pessimist, but that’s exactly what has been happening…. Janie Fricke going “bluegrass” was nothing more that her old country hits re-done with some acoustic instruments added. Her intent was like a neon sign….. Let’s call it “bluegrass” and cash in! I passed on reviewing it. And Dolly…. she had a grand total of four bluegrass tunes on her last CD, and immediately the bluegrass media was called to help promote her “bluegrass” CD. I passed on Dolly, too. Needless to say, I wasn’t sure what to make of Mr. Keen’s new bluegrass CD when it arrived….. fool me once and all that old curmudgeonly crap! As a fan of Mr. Keen’s music, I knew that I had to give ol’ Robert a listen, and maybe, just maybe, I wouldn’t get fooled again. Well, I guess the third time was THE charm!!!</p> <a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2015/02/cd-review-robert-earl-keen-happy.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-14548987843607481302014-12-16T04:49:00.001-07:002014-12-16T04:49:09.527-07:00CD Review - Davis Bradley - CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ffSj2w-2S8k/VJAcL3tGvII/AAAAAAAAiPo/l8EKF3PCxIc/s1600-h/Image635543011567013655%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635543011567013655" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 11px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635543011567013655" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hoEIAcAhCzs/VJAcM3HEjJI/AAAAAAAAiPw/xI7geoUsc88/Image635543011567013655_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="399"></a>On the runway this week at the Prescription Bluegrass Airport we have the first recording effort of the Virginia based duo, Davis Bradley, ( that's Kathy Davis and Brad Bishop) entitled: CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. <p>Having met less than a year ago, brought together by their love of music, Kathy and Brad filed a flight plan to start a band and play music together. Since that time they have played over 125 “gigs” and have opened for headliners such as The Boxcars. Performing at festivals, wineries and coffee houses. This inaugural CD of 12 selections includes half Davis Bradley originals and half covers of “Bluegrass/Country tunes.” All this without the inconvenience of a TSA pat-down. <p>Most of the essential ingredients for a successful, airplay worthy album are all here. The recording, engineering, artwork and production are first class. However, repeated listenings found me wishing that Brad and Kathy would have waited a little longer before heading into the recording studio. In the case of Cleared For Takeoff, eight months clearly was not an adequate amount of time for the duo to get their vocal, harmonic and technical intricacies dialed in. Believe me when I say that it is difficult for me to be a Debbie Downer here. But apply any analogy you like; a baseball glove, fine wine, a guitar, a pair of boots, even bananas. They all get better with age and must be given time to work out the kinks and let time, chemistry and familiarity work their magic. </p> </p></p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2014/12/cd-review-davis-bradley-cleared-for.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-47228084024714632932014-12-12T11:44:00.001-07:002014-12-12T11:44:12.531-07:00CD REVIEW - The Claire Lynch Band - HOLIDAY<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9Xrj9JZuRRk/VIs3dqJaEyI/AAAAAAAAiNY/COjHJoPO9Og/s1600-h/Image635539812898201570%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635539812898201570" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 11px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635539812898201570" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PNE_W6X-pRU/VIs3enuey7I/AAAAAAAAiNg/VoFXq3cGt5A/Image635539812898201570_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="399"></a>One of the cool things about Christmas music, at least since the dawn of the recording era, is being able to hear one's favorite artists put their own twist on familiar Christmas classics. Bing did it. Elvis did it. The Beatles did it too. I like the concept of time tested classics getting tweaked to fit the artist's style. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Right Miley? <p>The timing couldn't be better for Claire Lynch to finally get around to recording a scrumptious Christmas album. Oh yes it works, it works just fine. Claire herself admits that this CD is long overdue and “the fates have allowed” it to come to fruition. The result was worth waiting for and would make an excellent addition to anyone's Christmas music collection. Especially if you lean heavily in the all acoustic direction. Which, if you are reading Prescription Bluegrass reviews, you are already bitten. </p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2014/12/cd-review-claire-lynch-band-holiday.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-57940736202474678632014-11-27T13:26:00.001-07:002014-11-27T13:26:33.433-07:00CD Review - John Mailander - WALKING DISTANCE<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8GFBz08oFm4/VHeI7U9ZU3I/AAAAAAAAiBo/kEFbeAtMb-Y/s1600-h/Image635526907793383279%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635526907793383279" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 11px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635526907793383279" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1kn8_S69Leo/VHeI8WJ1A4I/AAAAAAAAiBw/ujfuxIUG6OU/Image635526907793383279_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="399"></a>For me, one of the more selfish reasons of going to a bluegrass festival, either as a paid performer or spectator, is the prospect of getting into a good after hours jam. Those prospects are akin to a company picnic raffle. Sometimes you get squat. Sometimes you win a crummy frisbee with the company logo on it. But, once in a while you get lucky and go home with a new TV or barbeque grill. <p>On an August weekend in 2011 at Vista California's Summergrass Bluegrass Festival my selfishness paid off. A small impromptu jam erupted under the dim lights of the snack bar canopy. It began as most jams begin. Old Blue Sound tech Alvin Blaine and I were noodling around on guitar and banjo. Sawmill Road was performing that weekend and lucky for us mandolinist Mark Miracle showed up to pick a few. </p> </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2014/11/cd-review-john-mailander-walking.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-55023342306495677272014-11-22T04:51:00.001-07:002014-11-22T04:51:14.925-07:00CD Review - Feller & Hill - HERE COME FELLER & HILL AGAIN!<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tuYJwjopdzY/VHB4pxoq_bI/AAAAAAAAh9U/U1bfLUtwArw/s1600-h/Image635522276802238047%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635522276802238047" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 11px 11px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635522276802238047" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LX3rpr0tG_A/VHB4qm2FcHI/AAAAAAAAh9c/n4bAOO1GKBU/Image635522276802238047_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="399"></a>“Here Come Feller & Hill Again,” is one of those CD’s that for me, slipped through the cracks. I’ve been too scattered, for too long, to get the review I wanted to write even started, much less finished! I just about had the first copy of the CD the boys sent me worn out when it disappeared somewhere between Oklahoma and Colorado……where it went I do not know, but, I swear I’m never movin’ again! I loved their first release, and in my review of it, I said that it should be in the running for the IBMA “Album of the Year” award, and I meant it. For an artist to have their first recording be so focused, personalized and recognizable is unheard of, but Tom and Chris pulled it off in spectacular fashion. With this new one, (to keep from getting confused, I refer to it as #2,) the boys have stepped up their game considerably and it is every bit as good, or better, than their debut CD was. With liner notes written by none other than Tom T. Hall, this is another first class project from Tom and Chris, and, as with their first release, it’s also on Tom T’s Blue Circle Records. </p><a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2014/11/cd-review-feller-hill-here-come-feller.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395366837240626077.post-52654126398921931802014-11-12T11:47:00.001-07:002014-11-12T11:47:36.683-07:00CD Review: Tim Stafford - JUST TO HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW!<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-afMgcs-zRE0/VGOrO93pgdI/AAAAAAAAh4M/MyKCjI69e1I/s1600-h/Image635513873334338051%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Image635513873334338051" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 22px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Image635513873334338051" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rxOtgcFgcsg/VGOrP9N6WHI/AAAAAAAAh4U/8JtSu_cfe6E/Image635513873334338051_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" align="right" height="397"></a>The first time I ever saw the name Tim Stafford in print was in the liner notes of a 1990 holiday CD that my good friend Butch Baldassari had produced and recorded. </p> <p>The title was “Evergreen – Mandolin Music for Christmas.” Evergreen was made famous by none other than The Weather Channel. During the holiday seasons of those early 90's, Evergreen was the background music as graphics for your local weather scrolled across the screen. </p> <p>It was a perfect fit. Soothing acoustic Christmas music on a winters day. Cold weather sold a lot of copies of that now classic recording, and the deft guitar work of Tim Stafford was exposed. </p> <a href="http://prescriptionbluegrassreviews.blogspot.com/2014/11/cd-review-tim-stafford-just-to-hear.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0