Artist/Cut/CD/contact followed by Sing
Out! quote
1. Jay Ansill - The Two
Horizons
Origami
- Flying Fish
Theme. Instrumental
introduction.
2. Simple Gifts - (Hirshon) Fifth
Brew
Time and Again
- songs.com/simplegifts lrl@psu.edu
"A
trio of talented women who specialize in presenting a variety of
music from around the world"
3. Nickel Creek - Sweet
Afton
Nickel
Creek - www.sugarhillrecords.com
"Nickel
Greek is the leader of the pack of young superpickers"
4. David Roth - The
Dream
Irreconcilable
Similarities - ROTHDM@aol.comwww.folkera.com/windriver
"basketball
star Hakeem Olajuwon bends corporate sponsorship to the public good"
5. Terry Kitchen - Martin
Luther
Blues
for Cain and Abel - folkzone.com/terrykitchen
terrykit@aol.com
"tribute
to Luther's religious rebelliousness and questions whether contemporary
society has lost that sense.
6. Christine Lavin
- Single Voice
Getting in Touch WIth My Inner Bitch -
www.christinelavin.com
Christine is a "multi-voiced compilation of her varied interests and accomplishments"
7. Stuart Whitford - Out
on the Oregon Trail
Vertical
Land - stuwhitf@fls.infi.net
http://stuartwhitford.com
"Western
imagery.... Stuart's voice has a comfortable quality with just the right
amount of expression"
8. Bill Staines -
On
the Road Again
October's
Hill - RHR 1 800 695 4687
"You
want to sit around the fire and let Staines' affable, avuncular voice warm
you"
9. Richard Shindell
- You Stay Here
Somewhere
Near Paterson - www.signature-sounds.com
jolsen@javanet.com
"That's
one of Shindell's specialities, to keep the listener thinking"
10. David Olney - The
Hat and the Cane
Omar's Blues - www.deadreckoners.com
deadreck@aol.com
"The characters Olney brings into existence can be pictured easily from
the few lines."
11. Ellis Paul - World
Ain't Slowin' Down
Live - www.rounder.com
"What Translucent Soul did as a window to his wrtiting, Live does as a
window to his performance"
"can ride both highs of mastering writing as a craft while simultaneously
maintaining a hit sound"
12. John Smith - She's
Making Her Move
To
The Four Seasons - http://songs.com/johnsmith
johnjsmith@hotmail.com
"Smith listens to his heart, and his singing makes us listen to our own"
13. Vance Gilbert -
If These Teardrops Had Wings
Somerville
Live - http://vancegilbert.com
"The
beauty of his voice is a religious experience"
14. Vance Gilbert - Teletubbies
Somerville
Live - http://vancegilbert.com
"here you'll find a typical Gilbert Live performance"
15. Wiggins Sisters -
Minnesota
Minnesota
- wigsis@aol.com
"There
is nothing like hearing the blending of sibling voices"
16. NonChalants - Lost Dog
Drive
- www.thenonchalants.com thenonchal@aol.com
"A
dynamic commentary on modern life"
17. Terry Tufts - Only
Half-Way
2
Night Solo, Live at Rasputin's - www.nutshellmusic.com
"His
vocals are delivered with the same strength as his solid and impressive
guitar work"
18. David Francey -Hard
Steel Mill
Torn
Screen Door - www.davidfrancey.com
laker@abacom.com
"Although from Quebec he sounds very British Isles in both his writing
and singing"
"fresh voice with ample talent"
19. Beth Ferguson -
Working on a Miracle
Inside Talking - www.cdwhite.com
cdwhite@nortelnetworks.com
"The music is uplifting and the melodies last"
20 Gordon Bok - This
Kind Land
In
The Kind Land - gbok@mint.net
"Bok puts his deep voice and skill on several insturments to the service
of an eclectic set of songs.
21 Magpie (Greg Artzner
and Terry Leonino) .- Captain
John
Brown: Sword of the Spirit -
www.slicedbread.com
This CD was not yet reviewed but the song was included along with an article
by the authors.
The song is John Brown's answer to interrogation after the Harper's
Ferry fight.
22 Rhonda Vincent - Jolene
Back Home Again - Rounder
"She
is more than a competent picker. .."
" Her Jolene
is a killer version that rivals Parton's original"
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