I’ve only listened to ‘Raising Sand’ once, but I love it. How many new albums can you say that about?
Call it Country, Folk, Bluegrass or Rock. Whatever you call it, this is sheer musical genius.
The laid-back vibe is tantalizing. Only two artists with such rich pasts could have assembled thirteen such amazing songs about love and loss to create a fresh new entity.
Plant leaves the rock star exaggeration behind to deliver perhaps his most rich and mature vocal performance to date.
Krauss arguably leads proceedings. Her beautiful clear voice shines out. She leads love songs that were originally written from the man’s perspective. There’s something exquisite about this.
Plant clearly learnt a lot from her. After all, this is more her musical territory than his.
T Bone Burnett’s backing band provides the perfect spaced out country vibe for the singers to shine. Instrumental highlights are songs with banjo by Riley Baugus and those with fiddle played by Krauss herself no less.
The magic really happens when they sing together. Their voices are distinct yet perfectly harmonious at the same time.
Call it Country, Folk, Bluegrass or Rock. Whatever you call it, this is sheer musical genius.
The laid-back vibe is tantalizing. Only two artists with such rich pasts could have assembled thirteen such amazing songs about love and loss to create a fresh new entity.
Plant leaves the rock star exaggeration behind to deliver perhaps his most rich and mature vocal performance to date.
Krauss arguably leads proceedings. Her beautiful clear voice shines out. She leads love songs that were originally written from the man’s perspective. There’s something exquisite about this.
Plant clearly learnt a lot from her. After all, this is more her musical territory than his.
T Bone Burnett’s backing band provides the perfect spaced out country vibe for the singers to shine. Instrumental highlights are songs with banjo by Riley Baugus and those with fiddle played by Krauss herself no less.
The magic really happens when they sing together. Their voices are distinct yet perfectly harmonious at the same time.
Any particular tracks you would recommend downloading?
ReplyDeleteHi td,
ReplyDeleteA couple of my favourites are track 6 and 7: 'Through The Morning, Through The Night' and 'Please Read The Letter'. But I would highly recommend buying the whole CD - only around 6 quid on amazon. The booklet contains all the lyrics and is nicely put together. Or borrow it from your library like I did ;-)
Cheers
SZ