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 LamontLOWEN & NAVARRO
Hogging The Covers
The Del McCoury Band
The Promised Land
THE SILOS
Come On Like the Fast Lane
On and On
And The Wave Has Two Sides
Shannon & the Clams
Gone By The Dawn
Radical Face
The Family Tree: The Leaves
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