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
RAY LA MONTAGNE
Gossip in the Grain
DONNA ULISSE
Walk This Mountain Down
SAINTSENECA
Dark Arc
VARIOUS
To Spirit Back the Mews: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation
Miss Maybell & Slimpickin's
Vol. 1
BIRDIE BUSCH
Pattern of Saturn
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