2008-03-14
Sally Barris has been known more as a writer for other singers, mostly country (e.g. Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack), but this is her third CD and the one poised to give her the attention, thanks to a marriage of her country style with a Celtic flair. The merger of these approaches on a number of these songs inches her closer to Alison Krauss, with a little Kate Rusby thrown in for good measure. The country-Celtic mix is heard on the best of this set, on songs like "Huntington River" (#2), "My Love Loves the Ocean" (#3) and "Tears of Joy" (#11). Stuart Duncan's fiddle is the key ingredient in all three. 03/08 MJVD F-Alt Country
FAIRPORT CONVENTION WITH SANDY DENNY
EBBITS FIELD 1974
ELVIS PERKINS
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Big Leg Emma
Gramma Don't Like That
MISSY RAINES & THE NEW HIP
INSIDE OUT
MARK ERELLI
Hope and Other Casualties
WALT WILKINS
Diamonds In The Sun
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