2008-05-09
Take Rusby performing lovely ballads, both original and traditional, add lush strings, brass, and a lively banjo - spice with guests like Chris Thile, Kris Drever, John Doyle and you have the recipe for a Celtic delight. Despite a very tough year (in the liner notes she said she gave up making this cd more than once) she has managed give us songs that rise above. I found "Awkward Annie," "Bitter Boy," "Planets," and "Daughter of Heaven," enchanting. Ms. Rusby has won a bunch of awards in the past 10 years and this cd shows you why. Anne Lamont
KASEY CHAMBERS
Carnival
MARTHA SCANLAN
The West Was Burning
SALLY SELTMANN
Heart that's Pounding
ROBERT EARL KEEN
READY FOR CONFETTI
THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS
Ripe
The Zuni Mountain Boys
The Zuni Mountain Boys
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