Folk & Country > 20 GBP to 25 GBP Folk & Country

Kurt Nilsen's latest album has more of country feel

Advantages: Great new album, with honest, well written lyrics and catchy tunes
Disadvantages: Not as good for those who don't like country music

...Chance 5. Country Music 6. Rise To The Occasion 7. Four Seasons 8. Mother's Words 9. Working Man 10. Don't Have What It Takes 11. Soon It's Gonna Change 12. Lost Highway - World Headquarters Session (Duet with Willie Nelson) Song Analysis 'Rise To The Occasion' is my favourite song from the album, the lyrics about his friend being left by her husband are not exactly happy, but the song is so absorbing I can listen to it over and over. 'Stop ...
...note. It is a very honest song about his life since he became a famous artist in Norway, and among others explains why he doesn't push himself to become more famous worldwide, as he doesn't want to lose time with his wife and 3 kids. I am not particularly, but if you are a country fan Kurt's duet with world famous country singer Willie Nelson will be a real treat, including the live bonus track. I also really enjoy the more upbeat 'Mother's Words' ...

potoroo99 16.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rise to the Occasion - Kurt Nilsen

STAND STILL, LOOK PRETTY . . . SOUND FABBY!

Advantages: a good mix of songs, fantastic vocals, lyrics included in cd inlay
Disadvantages: none

...it's easy being me/you just stand still, look pretty"... Another impressive track is their cover of the alt-country singer Patty Griffin song "One More Girl". To be honest, I have never heard the original song, and I don't know how close it is to the original, but they sound great on it, and it is a powerful track for something that plays out so slowly. You can imagine some of the songs on "Stand Still Look Pretty" being put to good use on an American ...
...have appeared in both "One Tree Hill" and "Smallville" - some may sniff at this but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. I think myself that when a song is used as a soundtrack to a particular moment, whether it's a film or a tv programme, it shows how much a song's melody and lyrics can relate to a certain point in someone's life, and isn't that one of the reasons why music is so powerful? Excuse me, didn't mean to get all deep there! Both ...

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Review of Stand Still, Look Pretty - The Wreckers

Brings a tear to your eye......

Advantages: Great fun for all ages. A family Christmas must-have.
Disadvantages: Slightly sentimental in places.

...collaboration which rivals most other Christmas compilations. I am a bit of a sucker for buying Christmas albums, it has to be said. I always need some festive music on in the background while I am wrapping up all those presents. It also helps to have beside me some mince pies and a glass of wine! This combo always gets me feeling that warm glow, that would pass you by any other time of year. One particular Christmas about three years ago I asked ...
...DENVER & THE MUPPETS, A Christmas together. Inside cover reads: "Through the genius of the programme's creators, the late Jim Henson and Frank Oz, 'The Muppet Show' has become one of the most successful children's TV programmes of all time. On December 5th 1979, one of the most popular of all the Muppets programmes was first broadcast on American Network Television, featuring John Denver as the star guest. The show was a Christmas spectacular, ...

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Review of Christmas Together, A - John Denver & The Muppets

A postcard from Ammansford and the soul

Advantages: Fantastic po;itical, personal and domestic ongs
Disadvantages: Might be hard to find as she's not a mainstream artist

Politics in music is a tricky thing to get right. Saint Bono of Hewson with his hypocritical ramblings of stop world debt but I'll sue you for stealing my hat could put you off political music for life but luckily when its done right it is thought provoking and sublime. I'm thinking Barry McGuire's powerful 1965 hit “Eve of Destruction” and one of my new favourite singers Tracey Curtis with her second album “Picture Postcards” So who is Tracey Curtis? ...
...Ammanford in South Wales (half an hour from the sea, just off the M4 according to her song “The John Peel song”. Before her solo career and motherhood she was a member of the late 80s, early 90s band Shelley's Children. I discovered her hen a friend of mine lent me the CD and I've become hooked. ever since then. It is ironic one of Curtis's songs on the album is called “ I should Have Kept it Simple” as that is exactly what she does on “Picture Postcards”. ...

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Review of Picture Postcards - Tracey Curtis

Great Album

Advantages: This is a spectacular album
Disadvantages: at times the Hootie comes out

I have to admit I was a little sceptical when I heard the man from Hootie and the Blowfish was trying to make a name in the country music world. I couldn't have been more wrong. After hearing "Don't think I don't think about it" I knew I had to go out and listen to this album. After listening through it a couple times I knew Darius wasn't going to be a one hit wonder and he was here to stay. For being relatively new to the country genre Darius ...
...talented he is. So many different feelings are projected in his songs. His debuted song "Don't think I don't think about it" deals about the feelings when you break up with someone you love. He captures the joys and pains of raising a child in "It Won’t Be Like This For Long". In his most recently released single “History in the Making” he really expresses the passion, care and energy involved when you find that special someone. This album offers ...

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Review of Learn To Live - Darius Rucker