Skip, Hop & Wobble
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Free Music Review: Buy this CD - you won't be disappointed!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you've been reading these reviews and still haven't decided to get this CD, just go now to checkout and be done with it! I bought this just recently - I'm sorry I wasted about 10 yrs not having this in my collection. Oh yeah - buy an extra one for a backup in case it gets misplaced (or more likely, borrowed to never return) - it's that good!Free Music Review: Here on Earth
Hit: 5 Stars
Here on Earth is the title of Track 11. I think I'm right in saying it's the loveliest piece of music I've ever heard in my 45 years on this particular planet. Maybe you can find better elsewhere in the galaxy, but I rather doubt it. I used to wonder why a melody so powerful, so magical, was also so fleeting, passing by in a moment and leaving you clawing the walls for more. Then one day I thought about the title again, and realized its woeful shortness is completely appropriate. The excellent sleeve notes say of track 11: "The intention in the title is matter of fact - simply that making music like this is one of the things we do in our life here on earth. It springs from a feeling of acceptance infused with awe and wonder." Not many evenings go by when I don't ask my CD to play at least tracks 1, 3, and 11, and "awe and wonder" sums up my reactions nicely. I have a couple of newgrass discs ('Into the Cauldron' and 'Telluride Sessions') where I feel the musicianship on offer sometimes exceeds the music itself, but the compositions here are all quite wonderful. This is especially true of those written by Russ Barenberg, who is also a guitarist of extraordinary brilliance - six strings of gold and purple, rich and vibrant and majestic. Jerry Douglas is the king of his instrument, while Edgar Meyer plays acoustic bass with his usual gusto, originality, and wit. (And if you're wondering how an instrument that big could ever be described as 'witty', it can only mean you haven't heard Mr Meyer play yet: often he sounds like he's sawing the poor thing up for firewood, not bowing it...)
Their achievement is all the greater because they recorded this dazzling CD while being attacked by a hundred angry bees in the pouring rain. At least, that's what it sounds like. The background hiss varies from irksome to atrocious, and sabotages what ought to be a peerless masterpiece where even the album photos are a source of pleasure. With the world so full of burgers crying out for flipping, it's tragic that the sound engineer's undoubted talents are all going to waste in a recording studio. By calamitous misfortune, 'Here On Earth' is the worst affected track of all - another thousand bees join the party, and the rain turns into a torrential hailstorm. The bee-free version is probably playing on Radio Heaven right this moment.
But such is life, and if you have a lousy hi-fi, or play this in your car, you probably won't notice. Either buy it or have yourself locked up, but forget about any kind of third option. My reason for writing this review is simply to thank every one of the musicians for this astonishing gift to me and everyone else who, due to them, now skips and hops and wobbles.
Free Music Review: My current favorite CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Listening to each musician individually is a treat. Together there's none better ... plus they sound like they're having so much fun. I agree with the earlier reviewer who wishes they'd get together again and record more.Free Music Review: Talented musicians, wonderful new sounds
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the second time I bought this CD. The dogs liked it too, thought it tasted great. The music is wonderful. I can listen to it for hours, either for pure entertainment and appreciation of each musical part, or for relaxing background music while doing other activities (such as finishing my master's thesis). If you like instrumental music with a bluegrass flavor but without the twanginess (my word), this is the perfect CD. I only wish these three would get together and do some more!!Free Music Review: Great CD
Hit: 4 Stars
I like this CD ! It has great musicians playing in it. I like to listen to it mostly when relaxing around the house.