Folk & Country > Outlaw Country Folk & Country

Don't be fooled by the title!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: It's very very poor

I so wanted to love this album, as it sounded like it could be a classic. 2 musical legends, geniuses in their own right, one from the jazz field, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and one from the country scene, Wille Nelson. This had the makings of something great, or so I thought! Right away the album title grabbed my attention and had me thinking this was going to be a bluesy affair. Well, there's a hint of it on the album, but only a hint. This is ...
...ever have the displeasure of hearing. To be fair Marsalis plays well on here (the only redeeming factor about the project), but Nelson sounds like he's going through the motions and can't wait to get out of the studio. There's a serious lack of what all good blues music has - and that's 'feel', or 'soul', call it what you will, but any blues fan will know what I mean. This just sounds cold, calculated, unfeeling. It's boring to the 'n'th degree. ...

BigCS 03.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Two Men With The Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis

The Man In Black at his best

Advantages: Great travelogue in music of the Old West
Disadvantages: None

This is a fascinating album presenting Johnny Cash as a singer and a narrator. Each track is preceded by the haunting sound in the background of a steam locomotive and its whistle while Johnny tells a story of the song he is about to sing. Track 1 - Loading Coal (4mins.59secs.) The travelogue begins with a recital of place-names of America and continues with the thundering names of the indian tribes who lived here first. Then Johnny boards the ...
...country of Kentucky. He presents a brief character sketch of a boy whose father is a miner. "Loading Coal" tells the story of a miner who never expects to get rich but still follows the tradition of his family. Track 2 - Slow Rider(4.10) The train then moves westward onto the prairies where we meet the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, whose murderous life is described with sincerity. Then we meet another westerner, a saddle tramp who rides an old horse. ...

Abbigail43 28.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Ride This Train - Johnny Cash

Country story-telling music

Advantages: Humourous lyrics, Pleasing melodies,
Disadvantages: Can be a little difficult to get

County singer, Bobby Bare has released a surprising sometimes stunning new record, "The Moon Was Blue," co-produced by his son Bobby Bare Jr, twenty years after his last album. This was the gist of a recent newspaper article that caught my eye. Why? Well because way back in the 1970s, as a young babysitter, I was introduced to the music of Bobby Bare in particular his album, "Lullabys, Legends and Lies". On one of the tracks, a shy 5 year old Bobby ...
...lullabies, legends and lies". Bobby Bare was quite innovative for his day. He always promoted his belief that the songwriters were more important than singers. He was the first country singer to produce his own records and the first to make what was termed a concept album.. That album was this, "Lullabys, Legends and Lies." A concept album in which there is a common theme to each of the tracks on the album. The theme is somewhat obvious from the ...

MAFARRIMOND 04.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends & Lies - Bobby Bare

LEGENDARY... the essence of CASH.

Advantages: Inspirational, soulful... definitely a must have.
Disadvantages: None.

If you purchase only 1 Johnny Cash cd... let it be this one. I grew up on Johnny Cash... my mum's favourite singer... unfortunately, like all teens, I turned my back on my mum's style of music and embraced bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Sting... etc... etc... And then... last year... I heard the song HURT on the radio. I was touched, my heart ached from all the sadness and desperation that poured from that ...
...many, many years. I'll admit, I purchased the cd for that song alone... shame on me once again for underestimating Johnny Cash's enormous talent. I had forgotten just how powerful a presence Johnny Cash was, how extraordinary his voice was... he is truly legendary. This cd is loaded choc-a-bloc with Cash's greatest ballads, from the heart-wrenching HURT to the comedic PERSONAL JESUS. This cd will make you smile, but it will also make you sad because ...

GoFigure 21.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Man Comes Around, The (American IV) - Johnny Cash

Can't Fight the Moonlight

Advantages: Nice songs, great voice, duets
Disadvantages: None

...win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Since her debut, Rimes has won many major industry awards, which include two Grammys, three ACMs, one CMA, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. In addition, Rimes has also released ten studio albums and four compilation albums through her record label of 13 years, Asylum-Curb, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 50 million albums ...
...with touselled hair. The Best of LeAnn Rimes is a greatest hits album. It was released in 2004. It is the international edition of LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits, released in the US in 2003. The album peaked at #2 on the UK charts, becoming her highest-charting album there. Worldwide, album has sold over 2.5 million copies. One of my favourite tracks on the album is the first song, Can't Fight the Moonlight. I think this is probably because it was featured ...

Spottydog11 06.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Best Of LeAnn Rimes, The - LeAnn Rimes