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 LamontZoe Speaks
Birds Fly South
Holly Williams
The Ones We Never Knew
LUCINDA WILLIAMS
LITTLE HONEY
Erin McKeown
We Will Become Like Birds
Joanna Newsom
The Milk-Eyed Mender
On and On
And The Wave Has Two Sides
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