Salt of the Earth
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Performer: Ricky SkaggsPerformer: The Whites
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Music Label: Skaggs Family
Soundtracks:
- Love Will Be Enough
- Homesick For Heaven
- Big Wheel
- Salt Of the Earth
- Wreck On the Highway
- Farther Along
- Let It Shine
- Near the Cross
- One Seed Of Love
- This Old House
- Wings Of a Dove
- Blessed Assurance
- The Solid Rock
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Free Music Review: Let It Shine!
Hit: 5 Stars
Many country artists record religious music because it is expected. These CDs are always technically excellent, the artists in good voice, the band on the mark with a good selection of hymns. Very few artists bring real conviction and honest beliefs to these recordings. Those few that have genuine religion always add additional value to the CD. Ricky Skaggs and The Whites bring outstanding talents, conviction and deeply held beliefs to this CD. This combination produces an emotional entertaining experience that few can duplicate. These people feel the words to the songs, understand what they mean and bring those feeling out.
This is the first album-length collaboration between Ricky Skaggs, Kentucky Thunder and the vocal trio of his wife's family. They say this "has been a long time coming" many of us say it is past due and needs to be done more than once. The combination of voices and styles complement, enhance and showcase the talents of each group. This produces an intriguing series of songs as groups alternate taking the lead. Just as we settle into an expected routine, they combine into a single group that you swear has worked together for years.
This is the Dove Award Bluegrass Album of the Year for very good reasons. Wreck on the Highway is one of the best versions of this standard ever done. The title song Salt of the Earth, celebrating lives of goodness and work, was a Dove nominee for Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year. Near the Cross, Blessed Assurance, This Old House and Solid Rock are outstanding tracks highlighting the unique talents of this special CD.
There are no false notes or manufactured emotions in this CD. We have great artists, expressing deeply held feelings and enjoying the fellowship. This great CD should be in every collection!
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Given how long Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White have been married and how well established both Skaggs and the Whites are as recording artists, it's surprising that this is the first album-length collaboration between Skaggs and his Kentucky Thunder and the vocal trio of his wife's family. The wait was worth it. Though Skaggs and White are plainly the spotlight draws here, the selection spreads lead vocals among her sister Cheryl and father Buck as well, while some of the highlights (such as the a cappella ending to the traditional "Blessed Assurance") blend the four in harmony. What's no surprise is that the musical bedrock is spiritual throughout, from classic fare such as "Farther Along" and "Wings of a Dove" to contemporary originals such as "Love Will Be Enough" and "Let It Shine" (where Sharon sounds particularly luminous). The musical backing is minimal throughout, but with voices like these and material this strong, you don't need much. --Don McLeeseRicky Skaggs and The Whites have collected more than enough trophies over their individual careers to fill up each of their mantels. They've worked with everyone from Emmylou Harris to Bruce Hornsby, yet they've never recorded an entire album together. Finally, after years of blending their voices from the living room to the stage, Ricky Skaggs and The Whites have teamed up on their first collaborative album, Salt of the Earth a gospel masterpiece that promises to be worth the wait.
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