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
SHOOTER JENNINGS
THE OTHER LIFE
BLACK JAKE AND THE CARNIES
Where The Heather Don't Grow
LYLE LOVETT
NATURAL FORCES
Seth Bernard
Constellation
ANDREW ANDERSON
As Long As This Thing's Flyin'
Gail Ann Dorsey
I Used to Be
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