What Are You Listening To?

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening...

All For You -- CD

Diana Krall

1996 Impulse Records

Amazon.com essential recording

All for You is a tribute to the Nat "King" Cole Trio of the 1940s, when Cole performed as both a singer and a pianist. Krall, like her heroes Lena Horne and Carmen McRae, is also a singer-pianist, and she plays both roles on most of the songs here. She's able to link her singing to her piano playing in sympathetic ways and projects tremendous feeling through both. Like Cole in the '40s, Krall plays with a drummerless trio--here with guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Paul Keller. Their sense of intimate rapport is especially valuable on ballads such as "You Call It Madness" and "I'm Thru with Love," but also allows such uptempo tunes as "Hit That Jive Jack" to swing with surprising lightness. --Geoffrey Himes

"I'm an Errand Girl for Rhythm" (Nat King Cole) – 2:55
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:07
"You Call It Madness" (Russ Columbo, Con Conrad, Gladys Dubois, Paul Gregory) – 4:57
"Frim Fram Sauce" (Redd Evans, Joe Ricardel) – 5:01
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 6:27
"Baby Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 5:56
"Hit That Jive Jack" (John Alston, Skeets Tolbert) – 4:16
"You're Looking at Me" (Troup) – 5:55
"I'm Thru with Love" (Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck) – 4:26
"Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:52
"A Blossom Fell" (Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius, Dominic John) – 5:15
"If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:55
"When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) (Bonus Track)

 

[heeman]

All songs written by Becker and Fagen.

Side one1.

"Black Friday" – 3:33
Guitar solo by Walter Becker
2."Bad Sneakers" – 3:16
Guitar solo by Walter Becker
3."Rose Darling" – 2:59
Guitar solo by Dean Parks
4."Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More" – 3:12
Guitar by Larry Carlton
5."Doctor Wu" – 3:59
Alto saxophone solo by Phil Woods

Side two

6."Everyone's Gone to the Movies" – 3:41
7."Your Gold Teeth II" – 4:12
Guitar solo by Denny Dias
8."Chain Lightning" – 2:57
Guitar solo by Rick Derringer
9."Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" – 3:56
10."Throw Back the Little Ones" – 3:11
Guitar solo by Elliot Randall

 

[Dennie]

Blue Country Heart -- CD

Jorma Kaukonen

2002 Columbia Records

Amazon.com

Singer and guitarist extraordinaire Jorma Kaukonen was a devoted aficionado of early-20th-century rural music long before he cofounded Jefferson Airplane in 1965 and Hot Tuna some years later. On his new solo album, Kaukonen has found an imaginative setting to remind listeners how a fusion of styles and influences from both black and white musicians defined American country music in its formative decades. Included here are gems, both familiar and obscure, by the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, the Delmore Brothers, Jimmie Davis, Cliff Carlisle, and other country musicians who were clearly inspired by their blues cousins. Backed by the Nashville All-Stars, a supersonic string band comprising bluegrass masters Sam Bush (mandolin), Jerry Douglas (Dobro), Béla Fleck (banjo), and Byron House (stand-up bass), all playing on vintage 1920s and '30s acoustic instruments, Kaukonen revives and vividly reinterprets these blues-drenched country classics for a new generation of listeners. --Bob Allen

"Blue Railroad Train" (Lionel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 3:44
"Just Because" (Hubert A. Nelson, James D. Touchstone) – 4:16
"Blues Stay Away from Me" (L. Delmore, R. Delmore, Henry Glover, Wayne Raney) – 3:28
"Red River Blues" (Jimmie Davis) – 3:25
"Bread Line Blues" (Bernard Slim Smith) – 4:38
"Waiting for a Train" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:26
"Those Gambler's Blues" (Rodgers) – 3:07
"Tom Cat Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 3:05
"Big River Blues" (L. Delmore) – 3:01
"Prohibition Blues" (Clayton McMichen) – 4:13
"I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" (Lou Herscher, Saul Klein) – 3:28
"You and My Old Guitar" (Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams) – 2:45
"What are They Doing in Heaven Today?" (Traditional) – 3:20

 

[Dennie]

Low Country Blues CD

Gregg Allman

2011 Rounder Records

A more bluesy style, January 18, 2011
By K. Cooper (Phila. area) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Low Country Blues (Audio CD)

Gregg Allman has been making records both solo and with the Allman Brothers since the 1960's. He has never made an album like this before. With one original tune ("Just Another Rider") and a few familiar blues covers ("I Can't be Satisfied". "RollingStone" "Little by Little"), the main focus of this new CD is less familiar acoustic and electric blues songs.Producer T-Bone Burnett and Allman selected songs that are well suited to Allman's talents.
Gregg's voice is still in top form and he has the backing of a top notch band here, including Dr. John and Doyle Bramhall II. The backing is more sparse on this CD than a typical Allman Brothers CD, spotlighting the vocals a bit more. Of course, fans of the Allman Brothers Band and Gregg's solo work will love this and he may even make a new fans if some people who are not fans listen to "Low Country Blues".

Track Listing
1. Floating Bridge
2. Little by Little
3. Devil Got My Woman
4. I Can't Be Satisfied
5. Blind Man
6. Just Another Rider
7. Please Accept My Love
8. I Believe I'll Go Back Home
9. Tears, Tears, Tears
10. My Love Is Your Love
11. Checking on My Baby
12. Rolling Stone

 

[heeman]

1."American Girl" (Tom Petty) – 3:35
(Originally released on the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.)
2."Breakdown" (Petty) – 2:44
(Originally released on the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.)
3."Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) – 3:05
(Originally released on the album You're Gonna Get It!.)
4."I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:26
(Originally released on the album You're Gonna Get It!.)
5."Refugee" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:25
(Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
6."Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:44
(Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
7."Even the Losers" (Petty) – 4:01
(Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
8."Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:27
(Originally released on the album Damn the Torpedoes.)
9."The Waiting" (Petty) – 4:01
(Originally released on the album Hard Promises.)
10."You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:38
(Originally released on the album Long After Dark.)
11."Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, David A. Stewart) – 5:07
(Originally released on the album Southern Accents.)
12."I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) – 2:59
(Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
13."Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:25
(Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
14."Free Fallin'" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:18
(Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
15."Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:05
(Originally released on the album Into the Great Wide Open.)
16."Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:45
(Originally released on the album Into the Great Wide Open.)
17."Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) – 4:35
(First release.)
18."Something in the Air" (John Keen) – 3:17
(Thunderclap Newman cover.)
(Originally released on the album Hollywood Dream.)

 

[Botch]

 

[Dennie]

Another Mind -- CD

Hiromi

2003 Telarc Jazz

Don't bother trying to figure out what style this is, June 15, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Another Mind (Audio CD)

Having had the chance to go to school with Hiromi and talk to her about her music, I know that she would certainly agree with the (misinformed) one-star review about one thing: she doesn't play "Jazz" with a capital J. Her goal in playing and composing is not to fit into a certain style, but to bridge many. The one thing she strives for is sharing her incredible energy with the listener. Sure the music is based more on arrangement than improvisation. Sure it doesn't contain a noticeable amount of bop influences. But that's not what it's for. It's sad that the system of music labeling we have now puts this squarely in the jazz realm, because this music is for everyone. Don't let anything stop you from getting this album and seeing her live, the pure energy and emotion in her music will take you away from these petty categorizations.

All songs composed by Hiromi

XYZ (5:37)
Double Personality (11:57)
Summer Rain (6:07)
Joy (8:29)
010101 (Binary System) - (8:23)
Truth and Lies (7:20)
Dançando no Paraiso (7:39)
Another Mind (8:44)
The Tom and Jerry Show (6:05)


Hiromi Uehara - Piano
Mitch Cohn - Bass
Dave DiCenso - Drums

with guests:

Anthony Jackson - Bass
Jim Odgren - Alto Saxophone
David Fiuczynski - Guitar

 

[Dennie]

Jazz In The Garden -- CD

The Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi & Lenny White

2009 Heads Up Records

The "GENTLE" side of Stanley...., July 8, 2010
By Joseph W. Szilagy "Joe Szilagy" (Mississauga, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Jazz in the Garden (Audio CD)

A truly gorgeous album! Perhaps my favorite jazz album of all time is "Kind of Blue", by Miles Davis, but this comes pretty close, as far as that type of "vibe" goes. The beautiful music here is somewhat reminisent, even without trumpet and sax, which is saying a lot! Lenny's gentle riding on the cymbal reminds me of the soft rain sound of Jimmy Cobb on some of "Kind of Blue", along with Hiromi's less agressive feel and Stanley's acoustic bass. "Sakura Sakura", is simply beautiful!
For those who prefer the "hard stuff", (Stanley's great fusion), I would also highly recommend his new album, simply entitled "The Stanley Clarke Band", released last month, which also features Hiromi, and two other killer players, Ronald Bruner jr. and Ruslan Sirota.

"Paradigm Shift (Election Day 2008)" (Clarke) (7:42)
"Sakura Sakura" (traditional) (5:30)
"Sicilian Blue" (Hiromi) (4:48)
"Take the Coltrane" (Ellington) (3:29)
"3 Wrong Notes" (Clarke) (5:46)
"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Churchill, Morey) (4:52)
"Isotope" (Henderson) (5:27)
"Bass Folk Song No. 5 & 6" (Clarke) (4:01)
"Global Tweak" (Clarke, Hiromi) (3:42)
"Solar" (Davis) (5:12)
"Brain Training" (Hiromi) (4:52)
"Under the Bridge" (Balzary, Kiedis, Smith, Frusciante) (5:30)

 

[Botch]

EDIT: This is well-recorded and mixed, but the 5.1 Surround is almost non-existent, I had to stand in front of my surround speakers to hear anything coming out. Disappointing... :handgestures-thumbdown:

EDIT #2: Ignore my first edit. Yeah, there's barely any surround. But the performance is so spot-on it doesn't matter. They lowered the key on a few songs (happens a lot as vocalists age) yet songs where he really sings high they didn't touch... :think: Incredible show. Used an eight-piece brass section on many songs, and a twelve-piece gospel choir on many others. And the closer, Hotel California, was reggae/salsa'd up, with a trombone quartet doing the dual-guitar leads from the original, what a hoot!
This is a good disk! :music-rockout: :music-rockout: :music-rockout:

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening...

36 All-Time Greatest Hits -- 3 CD Box Set

Jim Croce

1985 SAJA Music

A must have for any Jim Croce fan, April 20, 2007
By J. Brandt (texas) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Jim Croce - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I was lucky and found this at a discount bookstore. Three CDs of the great Jim Croce including songs that you typically (or never) have heard him sing including "Old Man River" and a Medley that includes "Chain Gang/He don't Love You/Searchin, and "King's Song" and "Stone Walls."
The CD, of course, has the classics that everyone heard on the radio growing up (and on the OLDIES station these days) including "I Got A Name" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" but the great classics are the ones rarely heard on the radio such as "Alabama Rain" and "Lovers Cross."

The CD isn't that expensive and you'll get 36 great songs sung by a great songwriter and singer whose life was too short.

Track Listings

1. I Got A Name
2. Which Way Are You Goin
3. Railroad Song
4. Hey Tomorrow
5. Hard Time Losin Man
6. Roller Derby Queen
7. You Dont Mess Around With Jim
8. A Long Time Ago
9. These Dreams
10. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
11. Kings Song
12. Old Man River
13. Operator (Thats Not The Way It Feels)
14. New Yorks Not My Home
15. Dreamin Again
16. Tomorrows Gonna Be A Brighter Day
17. Workin At The Car Wash Blues
18. Ball Of Kerrymuir
19. Time In A Bottle
20. The Way We Used To Be
21. Top Hat Bar And Grille
22. Lovers Cross
23. It Doesnt Have To Be That Way
24. Stone Walls
25. Bad Bad Leroy Brown
26. Alabama Rain
27. One Less Set Of Fotsteps
28. Chain Gang Medley
29. Maybe Tomorrow
30. Country Girl
31. Ill Have To Say I Love You In A Song
32. Photographs And Memories
33. Speedball Tucker
34. Railroads And Riverboats
35. Walkin Back To Georgia
36. Mississippi Lady

 

[topper]

my 'Monday morning blues' music . . . .

 

[Dennie]

(Live) At Budokan -- CD

Cheap Trick

1979 Epic Records

The soundtrack of my sunday mornings in the early eighties,
March 4, 2009
By Jazzcat "stef"
This review is from: Cheap Trick At Budokan (Audio CD)

I remember being a kid in the early eighties and I remember I used to wake up each sunday morning very early to take place in the most comfortable armchair in my parents living room where the stereo system was, putting on the headphones and play (Loud!) the records that made me crazy in those days. The hours that I spent there, were pure magic and I still remember them very clearly and with love. One of those records was just "At Budokan!" by Cheap Trick. So I am very fond to this album. It's fantastic music, a sort of friendly american rock stravaganza, very melodic, songs that stuck on your head and remain there forever. The perfect blend of easy melodic hooks and simple but catchy arrangements made this album rightly legendary. Today I still listen to this album very much believe me. I prefer this version opposed to the Complete concert. I think it's more powerful, briefer, but better. Less is more in this case. I think that the longer concert make this music to lose impact and add nothing major. It's like Coppola's Apocalypse Now and the new Redux edition. I prefer the original version. The redux edition is simply weaker even if half an hour longer. Go for the original release (maybe just in the better remastered edition), I'm talking about this version with ten songs. I really love this album, it is a special one. One of the easiest to love rock live album ever.

Side one

"Hello There" – 2:27
"Come On, Come On" – 3:03
"Lookout" – 3:15
"Big Eyes" – 3:47
"Need Your Love" (Nielsen, Tom Petersson) – 9:07

Side two

"Ain't That a Shame" (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 5:10
"I Want You to Want Me" – 3:38
"Surrender" – 4:40
"Goodnight Now" – 2:42
"Clock Strikes Ten" – 4:11

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music...

Harvest -- CD

Neil Young

1972/1990 Reprise Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Proclaiming his intentions with "Are You Ready for the Country?" Young detoured briefly to the Nashville mainstream. On this No. 1 1972 album, even the singer's acquired-taste voice comes across smooth and beautiful--the smash "Heart of Gold," with steel guitars and Linda Ronstadt's backup vocals, is by far Young's most commercial-sounding song. His usual dissonant touches, like the otherworldly guitar in "Out on the Weekend," are less spooky in this new context. The last two tracks, the deceptively gentle "The Needle and the Damage Done" and the hypnotic rocker "Words (Between the Lines of Age)," predict "Tonight's the Night," Young's haunted 1975 classic. --Steve Knopper

All tracks written by Neil Young.

Side one

"Out on the Weekend" – 4:34
"Harvest" – 3:11
"A Man Needs a Maid" – 4:05
"Heart of Gold" – 3:07
"Are You Ready for the Country?" – 3:23

Side two

"Old Man" – 3:24
"There's a World" – 2:59
"Alabama" – 4:02
"The Needle and the Damage Done" – 2:03 (recorded in concert January 30, 1971)
"Words (Between the Lines of Age)" – 6:40

 

[Dennie]

I've been listening to this, while trying to get some "work" done and I'm really enjoying it....

Stages - Performances 1970 - 2002 -- 5 CD- 1 DVD Box Set

Neil Diamond

2003 Columbia Records

Simply the best, October 3, 2003
By "gradkid97" (Old Saybrook, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stages (Audio CD)

This is the best box set I've ever purchased. Neil Diamond has put all his time and talent into one beautiful package. From his early songs to his most recent you can truly feel Neil Diamond's music career on each and every cd. The DVD brought tears to my eyes because it makes you feel like you're really at his Dublin Concert. You get to meet each and every one of Neil's band and can feel the love that is Diamondville!! If you truly want to see what Neil Diamond is all about, this is the best purchase you will ever make. Thank you Neil for putting so much time and talent into this box set. This will be a collector's item!!

Track Listing:

DISC 1: A NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS 12/27/02:


Overture
America
Mission of Love, A
Hello Again
Kentucky Woman
Boat That I Row
Cherry, Cherry
Red, Red Wine
I`m a Believer
Play Me
Love on the Rocks
Soolaimon
If You Know What I Mean
Beautiful Noise
Girl, You`ll Be a Woman Soon
I Haven`t Played This Song in Years
You Are the Best Part of Me
Forever in Blue Jeans

DISC 2: A NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS 12/27/03:


Starflight
Captain Sunshine
Holly Holy
Sweet Caroline
Sweet Caroline - (reprise)
You Don`t Bring Me Flowers
Yes I Will / Lady Magdelene
Shilo
He Ain`t Heavy... He`s My Brother
I Am...I Said
Cracklin` Rosie
Brother Love`s Traveling Salvation Show
America - (walk off)

DISC 3: MANY STAGES:

Lordy
Brooklyn Roads
Home Is a Wounded Heart
Last Picasso, The
Last Thing on My Mind, The
You Got Me
God Only Knows
Lay Lady Lay
Glory Road
Rocket Man
Say Maybe
Once in a While
Rainy Day Song
Guitar Heaven
Songs of Life
Fire on the Tracks
Brooklyn on a Saturday Night
Primitive
Story of My Life, The

DISC 4: MANY STAGES:


This Time
American Popular Song, The
Teach Me Tonight
Dedicated to the One I Love
Spanish Harlem
Beatles Medley:: Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End
Sweet L. A. Days
Fortune of the Night
Mountains of Love
If There Were No Dreams
All I Really Need Is You
Yesterday`s Songs
Can Anybody Hear Me
Talking Optimist Blues
Everybody
Marry Me
In My Lifetime
I Got the Feelin` (Oh No, No)
Longfellow Serenade
Unchained Melody
I Believe in Happy Endings

DISC 5: LIVE CHRISTMAS:


Oh Holy Night
Silent Night
White Christmas
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Little Drummer Boy
Morning Has Broken
You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Christmas Song, The
Winter Wonderland
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

 

[Dennie]

Soul Journey -- CD

Gillian Welch

2003 Acony Records

5.0 out of 5 stars Love makes us into madmen, October 8, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Soul Journey (Audio CD)

I'm a very sensible guy. I love my wife, I love my children, I do my work, I pay my mortgage etc. However for the last few years I have been having a secret affair with Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings and their art, an affair of the heart.

I'm simply in love with the sounds they make. Because I am in love the fact that I think Soul Journey is the fourth perfect CD that they have released may not mean much to you. You are free to dismiss such claims as the ranting of a madman, a man driven mad by love.

But if you are curious about what sounds could inspire such passion in an otherwise calm and collected soul.... Soul Journey or any of the others are fine places to start.

If I had to pick, I'd say in general that Soul Journey is their best CD yet. Something tells me the one to follow will be their best ever too.

They just keep getting darker and brighter, closer to the bone and closer to the light.

"Look at Miss Ohio" (Gillian Welch, David Rawlings) – 4:16
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" (traditional with additional lyrics by Welch) – 2:45
"Wayside/Back in Time" (Welch, Rawlings) – 3:28
"I Had a Real Good Mother and Father" (traditional with additional lyrics by Welch) – 3:14
"One Monkey" (Welch, Rawlings) – 5:36
"No One Knows My Name" (Welch, Rawlings, traditional melody) – 3:16
"Lowlands" (Welch, Rawlings) – 3:19
"One Little Song" (Welch) – 3:12
"I Made a Lovers Prayer" (Welch, Rawlings) – 5:03
"Wrecking Ball" (Welch, Rawlings) – 4:56

 

[Dennie]

My last one for the evening....

Time (The Revelator) -- CD

Gillian Welch

2001 Acony Records

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

The considerable promise carried forth on Gillian Welch's first two albums is thoroughly fulfilled on Time (The Revelator). Welch has traded the guidance of her previous producer, T Bone Burnett, for the sympathetic studio skills of her longtime guitarist-harmony singer David Rawlings, who loosens the reins just enough to allow moments of spontaneity to sparkle within the duo's spare, eloquent playing. "Revelator" is an instant classic, perhaps the first great folk song of the 21st century. "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll" is three minutes of Louvins/Everlys-style bliss. "April the 14th, Part 1" haunts its historical context with an achingly melancholy melody. It all leads up to the epic 14-minute "I Dream a Highway," one of the finest closing tracks ever put on record. --Peter Blackstock

All songs written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.

"Revelator" – 6:22
"My First Lover" – 3:47
"Dear Someone" – 3:14
"Red Clay Halo" – 3:14
"April the 14th Part I" – 5:10
"I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll" – 2:51
"Elvis Presley Blues" – 4:53
"Ruination Day Part II" – 2:36
"Everything Is Free" – 4:48
"I Dream a Highway" – 14:39

 

[PaulyT]

Hmmm... I have that Welch album, as well as her latest one (harrow&harvest), and I just can't get into it all that much. I mean it's good music, but it doesn't move me. I can't help but compare to Jarosz who I've been very enamored of lately, though, so it's probably not totally fair. Will keep trying...

 

[Dennie]

Hmmm... I have that Welch album, as well as her latest one (harrow&harvest), and I just can't get into it all that much. I mean it's good music, but it doesn't move me. I can't help but compare to Jarosz who I've been very enamored of lately, though, so it's probably not totally fair. Will keep trying...

Hey Pauly, the next time you listen to "The Harrow & The Harvest" give this a read ----> http://www.amazon.com/Gillian-Welch/e/B000APX7IC/ref=ac_dpt_sa_link

It is Gillian's Biography on amazon. Look on the right side of the page and where it says "Biography" and click the "Read More" button, a box will pop up with the full bio. It is not long and helped me "pull it all together".


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music....

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack -- CD

Various Artists

2000 Lost Highway Records

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

The best soundtracks are like movies for the ears, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? joins the likes of Saturday Night Fever and The Harder They Come as cinematic pinnacles of song. The music from the Coen brothers' Depression-era film taps into the source from which the purest strains of country, blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel music flow. Producer T Bone Burnett enlists the voices of Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, and kindred spirits for performances of traditional material, in arrangements that are either a cappella or feature bare-bones accompaniment. Highlights range from the aching purity of Krauss's "Down to the River to Pray" to the plainspoken faith of the Whites' "Keep on the Sunny Side" to Stanley's chillingly plaintive "O Death." The album's spiritual centerpiece finds Krauss, Welch, and Harris harmonizing on "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby," a gospel lullaby that sounds like a chorus of Appalachian angels. --Don McLeese

1. "Po' Lazarus" traditional James Carter and the Prisoners 4:31
2. "Big Rock Candy Mountain" McClintock Harry McClintock 2:16
3. "You Are My Sunshine" Davis, Mitchell Norman Blake 4:26
4. "Down to the River to Pray" traditional Alison Krauss 2:55
5. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (radio station version) Dick Burnett Soggy Bottom Boys & Dan Tyminski 3:10
6. "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" James Chris Thomas King 2:42
7. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental) Burnett Norman Blake 4:28
8. "Keep On the Sunny Side" Blenkhorn, Entwisle The Whites 3:33
9. "I'll Fly Away" Brumley Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch 3:57
10. "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" traditional Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch 1:57
11. "In the Highways" Carter Leah, Sarah, and Hannah Peasall 1:35
12. "I Am Weary, Let Me Rest" Roberts (Kuykendall) The Cox Family 3:13
13. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental) Burnett John Hartford 2:34
14. "O Death" traditional Ralph Stanley 3:19
15. "In the Jailhouse Now" Blind Blake, Rodgers Soggy Bottom Boys & Tim Blake Nelson 3:34
16. "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (with band) Burnett Soggy Bottom Boys & Dan Tyminski 4:16
17. "Indian War Whoop" (instrumental) Hoyt Ming John Hartford 1:30
18. "Lonesome Valley" traditional The Fairfield Four 4:07
19. "Angel Band" traditional The Stanley Brothers 2:15
Total length:
61:24

 

[Flint]

A little mind clearing music to get me prepared for some creative writing work.

Fountains of Wayne are an amazing and consistently outstanding band.