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
HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL FAMILY
FAMILY
Rickie Lee Jones
The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard
WILL PHALEN
Holy Ghost Gold Coast
STEPHEN CLAIR
Under the Bed
Joshua Davis
Fool Rooster
DREW LANDRY
Sharecropper's Whine
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