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Greatest Hits by Lee Ann Womack (CD - 08/31/2004)
 

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Greatest Hits by Lee Ann Womack (CD - 08/31/2004)
"Greatest Hits" (08/31/2004) Country Womack, Lee Ann, MCA NashvillePersonnel: Lee Ann Womack, Willie Nelson (vocals); B. James Lowry, Randy Scruggs (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, Pat Buchanan (electric guitar); Aubrey Haynie, Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Glen Worf (bass); Lonnie Wilson, Chad Cromwell (drums). Producers include: Mark Wright, Lee Ann Womack, Matt Serletic, Frank Liddell, Byron Gallimore. Recorded at Ocean Way, Essential Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Personnel: Lee Ann Womack; Randy Scruggs, B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Pat Buchanan, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin, Rusty Danmyer (steel guitar); Larry Franklin, Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Steve Nathan, Jimmy Nichols (keyboards); Glenn Worf (bass guitar); Lonnie Wilson, Chad Cromwell (drums); Buddy Miller (background vocals). To earn a greatest-hits compilation after only four albums (not counting a Christmas record that's unrepresented here), you have to make one hell of a splash on the music scene. That's exactly what Lee Ann Womack did between 1997 and this disc's '04 release. Hearing this sampler of Womack's albums, the sweet, angelic voice and solid songcraft jump out in equal measure. Perhaps of more historic importance, though, is the context. If Womack had appeared 10 or 15 years earlier, she would have seemed like a foreshadowing of country's pop-friendly future. After years of being inundated by Faith Hill and Shania Twain's disciples, however, Womack's amiable, relatively modest approach seems downright rootsy, with more ache and twang per bar than any Nashville assembly-line kewpie doll has in her entire catalog. From the lovelorn "The Fool" to the lighthearted romp "I'll Think of a Reason Later," GREATEST HITS shows Womack in her best light.

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Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas by Various Artists (CD - 10/15/2002)
 

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Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas by Various Artists (CD - 10/15/2002)
"Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas" (10/15/2002) Country Various Artists, Universal South RecordsCHRISTMAS ON THE MOUNTAIN was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Personnel: Del McCoury, Doc Watson, Mac Wiseman (vocals, guitar); Ronnie McCoury (vocals, mandolin); Sonny Osborne, Tim O'Brien, Bobby Osborne (vocals); Scott Rouse (guitar, background vocals); Terry Eldridge (guitar); Gene Wooten, Jerry Douglas (dobro); Rob McCoury (banjo). Recording information: GrooveGrass Factory, Nashville, TN. Arrangers: Del McCoury; Mac Wiseman; Ronnie McCoury; Scott Rouse.

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This Woman by LeAnn Rimes (CD - 01/25/2005)
 

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This Woman by LeAnn Rimes (CD - 01/25/2005)
"This Woman" (01/25/2005) Country Rimes, LeAnn, CurbPersonnel: LeAnn Rimes (vocals); Dann Huff (guitar, electric guitar); John Willis, B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Charles Judge (keyboards); Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass guitar); Shannon Forrest (drums); Robert Bailey , Lisa Cochran, Vicki Hampton, Bekka Bramlett, Robert Bailey , Russell Terrell (background vocals); Dan Huff (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Tom Bukovac (guitar, electric guitar); Jay Joyce, J.T. Corenflos (guitar); Keith Urban (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore, Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Bruce Bouton (dobro); Jonathan Yudkin (banjo, mandolin, fiddle); Tim Akers (accordion, keyboards); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Chris McHugh, Lonnie Wilson, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Dan Tyminski, Joanna Janet, Perry Coleman (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Jeff Balding; Justin Niebank. Liner Note Author: LeAnn Rimes. Recording information: Emerald Entertainment; Jane's Place; The Sound Kitchen, Nashville, TN. Photographer: Frank Ockenfels. When a teenage LeAnn Rimes burst on the scene in the mid-1990s, country fans were astounded by her uncanny vocal resemblance to the late, great Patsy Cline. Perhaps in reaction to this initial pigeon-holing, Rimes moved further and further away from her straight country roots; as the singer's career progressed, she eventually became a country-pop diva on par with Shania Twain and Faith Hill. As the title suggests, THIS WOMAN completes Rimes's transformation into an adult crossover artist. Despite the twangy guitar licks of "I Want to With You," the track has much in common with the driving teen-pop anthems of Lindsay Lohan and Avril Lavigne as it does with Nashville's "new traditionalists." "Something's Gotta Give" delivers an interesting hybrid, pairing careening bluegrass violin with electric sitar straight out of a 1960s film soundtrack. Through it all, Rimes's voice remains a powerful, husky instrument imbued with equal parts stadium glitter and honky-tonk sawdust. In particular, "When This Woman Loves a Man" is a bluesy, Hammond organ-fueled tour de force that sounds like Bonnie Raitt on a drunken night out with Janis Joplin. An assertive statement by a fully formed artist, THIS WOMAN showcases Rimes at the peak of her vocal powers.

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Hillbilly Deluxe by Brooks & Dunn (CD - 08/30/2005)
 

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Hillbilly Deluxe by Brooks & Dunn (CD - 08/30/2005)
"Hillbilly Deluxe" (08/30/2005) Country Brooks & Dunn, Arista Records (USA)Brooks & Dunn: Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (vocals). Personnel: Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow (vocals); J.T. Corenflos (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (acoustic guitar, steel guitar); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin); Terry McBride (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Tom Bukovac, Larry Beaird, Bob DiPiero (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar, National guitar); David Grissom, Troy Lancaster, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Russ Pahl, Scotty Sanders (steel guitar); Larry Franklin, Stuart Duncan (mandolin); Hank Singer (fiddle); Kix Brooks (harmonica, background vocals); Harvey Thompson (tenor saxophone); Jim Horn (baritone saxophone); Steven Herrman (trumpet); Charles Rose (trombone); Reese Wynans, Tony Harrell (piano, keyboards); John Hobbs, Bill Payne (piano); Greg Morrow (drums, percussion); Scott Williamson, Shannon Forrest (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Chip Davis, John Wesley Ryles, Kim Parent, Lisa Cochran, Ronnie Dunn, Wes Hightower, Perry Coleman, Kim Keyes (background vocals). Additional personnel: Glenn Worf, Michael Rhodes (bass guitar); Eddie Bayers Jr. (drums); Dan Dugmore, Eric Darken, Kenny Greenberg, Stuart Duncan, J.T. Corenflos, Hank Singer, Bryan Sutton. Audio Mixers: Ronnie Dunn; Jason Gantt; Jeff Kersey; Steve Marcantonio. Recording information: Cyber Ranch; Emerald Entertainment's Tracking Room; Lobstar Studio; Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios; Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN; Starstruck Studios; Talent Shop Studios; The Rukkus Room; The Sound Kitchen, Nashville, TN; Tin Ear. Photographer: Chapman Baehler. Thanks to the newfound success of "real" country singers like Gretchen Wilson and Toby Keith, not to mention the neo-outlaw duo Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn return to their Nashville roots on HILLBILLY DELUXE. After a string of increasingly pop-oriented albums, the change does them good. The first single, "Play Something Country," could be the best jukebox song since Alan Jackson's early-1990s hit "Don't Rock the Jukebox." From that opening track onwards, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks stick to the basics: broken hearts ("Her West Was Wilder" and "I May Never Get Over You") and broken bottles (on the tough-guy "Whiskey Do My Talkin'" and the celebratory "Just Another Neon Night"). They don't abandon their rock flirtations entirely--Sheryl Crow drops by on "Building Bridges," and the stomping title track edges towards Big & Rich territory --but HILLBILLY DELUXE is the most purely country album Brooks & Dunn have released since 1993's HARD WORKIN' MAN, and it's one of their most entertaining ever.

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Fireflies [8/2] *
 

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"Fireflies" (08/02/2005) Country Hill, Faith, Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)Personnel: Dann Huff (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Mike Henderson (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar, dobro); Dan Dugmore (dobro, banjo, percussion); John Wittenberg, Anatoly Rosinsky, Robert Matsuda, Michael Markman, Berj Garabedian, Mario Diaz de Leon (violin); Denyse Buffum (viola); Dan Tobin Smith, Suzie Katayama, Stephen Erdody, Dan Smith, Carl Gorodetzky, Steve Erdody (cello); Steve Cohn (accordion); Eric Darken (bass guitar, percussion); Glenn Worf, Paul Bushnell (bass guitar); Shannon Forrest (drums, percussion); Shannon Forest (drums); Brett E. Warren, Gene Miller, Lisa Cochran, Liana Manis (background vocals); Jay Joyce, Tom Bukovac (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Darrell Scott (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar, electric mandolin); Byron Gallimore (electric guitar, organ, keyboards); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Stuart Duncan (mandolin); Roberto Cani, Bruce Dukov, Sara Parkins, Robert Peterson, Armen Garabedian, Darius Campo, Josephina Vergara, Michele Richards, Susan Chatman, Charlie Bisharat, Endre Granat (violin); Roland Kato, Evan Wilson, Bob Becker (viola); Paula Hochhalter, John Catchings, Larry Corbett, Steve Richards (cello); Jimmy Nichols (accordion, piano, organ, keyboards); Tim Lauer (accordion); Gordon Mote (piano); Charles Judge (organ, keyboards, string synthesizer); Chris McHugh, Matt Chamberlain, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Javier Sol¡s (percussion); Crystal Taliefero, Greg Barnhill, Kelly Willis, Rhonda Vincent, Tim McGraw, Wes Hightower, Bekka Bramlett, Perry Coleman (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Byron Gallimore; David Thoener; Greg Droman; Justin Niebank. Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Emerald ENtertainment, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Essential Sound, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Jane's Place, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); OceanWay, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Premium Recording Services, Austin, TX (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Starstruck, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); The Castle, Nashville TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); The Sound Kitchen, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004). Photographer: Andrew McPherson . Coming after the relative commercial disappointment of 2002's pop-oriented CRY--and, not at all coincidentally, Gretchen Wilson's rise as the new Everygirl of country--Faith Hill's FIREFLIES is a blatant attempt to ditch the singer's glamourpuss image and reassert her country roots, such things having become fashionable again. This isn't a problem, however: Shania Twain-like chart pop wasn't Hill's forte, and FIREFLIES brings her back where she belongs. The first single, "Mississippi Girl," is Hill's best song in years. A Dixie Chicks-like piece of sweet country-pop with a few bluegrass trimmings, the tune was written by country hitmaker John Rich. Rich also penned some of the other standouts here, like the laid-back "Sunshine and Summertime" and "Like We Never Loved At All," a dramatic, '70s-style duet between Hill and her husband Tim McGraw. Three other songs are from the catalogue of alt-country singer/songwriter Lori McKenna, taking Hill into a folkish vein similar to Mary-Chapin Carpenter. The overall lack of bombast suits Hill's girl-next-door delivery perfectly, making FIREFLIES a much-needed artistic comeback after a dubious detour.

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Christmas In The Mountains
 

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Christmas In The Mountains
"Christmas in the Mountains" (05/02/2005) Country Various Artists, RebelPerformers include: Ralph Stanley, The Country Gentleman, Larry Sparks, Lost & Found, The Wildwood Valley Boys, Paul Williams, Tommy Edwards. Personnel: Freddy Gibson, Keith Whitley, Larry Sparks, Ralph Stanley II, Tommy Holt, Tommy Edwards (vocals, guitar); Allen Mills (vocals); Scottie Sparks (tenor, guitar); Jeff Orr (tenor, banjo); Alice Zincone, Ralph Stanley (tenor); Eddie Adcock, Wes Vanderpool, Ronald Smith (baritone, banjo); Paul Williams (baritone, mandolin); Jack Cooke, Michael Aldridge (baritone); Charlie Waller (bass voice, guitar); James Alan Shelton (guitar); Tommy Boyd (dobro, banjo); David Burke (dobro); Steve Sparkman (banjo); Dempsey Young, Tim Duran, Jeff Stuart, John Rigsby (mandolin); Keith Williams, James Price, Billy Baker, Bobby Slone (fiddle); Ray Marshall (vibraphone). Photographer: Charles Shoffner. While balladeers often celebrate the winter holiday by singing of crowded city sidewalks and decorated storefront windows, country folks celebrate by singing of quieter seasonal pleasures. Christmas in the Mountains collects 14 songs from bluegrass favorites, including Ralph Stanley, Larry Sparks, and the Country Gentlemen. While contemporary singers rock around a synthetic Christmas tree, these old-fashioned performers seek comfort in home, family, and traditional values. Sparks offers an extra-sad version of "Blue Christmas" that's adorned by Tommy Boyd's dobro, while the Wildwood Valley Boys sing of "Christmas in Caroline." There are a couple of classics, "Christmas Time Back Home" and "Silent Night," by the Country Gentlemen, and a spruced-up "Christmas in Virginia" by the the Lost & Found. No Yuletide collection would be complete without a couple of tearjerkers and they are provided here by Tommy Edwards on "The Christmas Letter" and Paul Williams on "I Can't Go Home This Christmas." Over and over, Christmas in the Mountains rejoices in spending time with loved ones and the quiet solitude of winter in the mountains. For those who complain that the winter holiday has become too commercial and that no one remembers the real reason for the season, Christmas in the Mountains will serve as a fitting antidote. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

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Greatest Hits by Shania Twain (CD - 11/09/2004)
 

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Greatest Hits by Shania Twain (CD - 11/09/2004)
"Greatest Hits" (11/09/2004) Country Twain, Shania, Mercury NashvillePersonnel: Shania Twain (background vocals); Shania Twain (vocals); Mark McGrath, Billy Currington (vocals); Brent Mason (guitar, electric guitar); John Willis (acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin); Michael Thompson (electric guitar, slide guitar, E-bow, bouzouki); Billy Crain (slide guitar); B.J. Cole (dobro); Terry McMillan (harp, harmonica, cowbells); Jonathan Yudkin (mandolin, violin, fiddle, cello); Glen Duncan, Larry Franklin, Rob Hajacos, Aubrey Haynie, Stuart Duncan, Joe Spivey (fiddle); David Hamilton , Irish Film Orchestra, Carl Marsh (strings); Joey Miskulin (accordion); Arthur Stead (piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ); John Barlow Jarvis (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Matt Rollings, Michael Omartian (piano); John Hobbs (organ, Wurlitzer organ); Arthur Stead (organ); Joe Chemay (electric bass, bass guitar, fretless bass); Diamond Duggal, Simon Duggal (percussion); Olle Romo (programming); Dan Huff (guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, wah-wah guitar, electric sitar, talk box, 6-string bass, sound effects); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar); Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar, slide guitar); Nashville String Machine (strings); Paul Leim (drums, percussion); Robert John "Mutt" Lange (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Michel Gallone; Lynn Peterzell; Mike Shipley; Steve McMillan. Recording information: A.R.P. Track Productions, St. Anne Des Lacs, Quebec, Ca; Battery Studios, Nashville, TN; Compass Point Studios, Nassau, The Bahamas; Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; GBT Studio, Nashville, TN; Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Javelina Recording Studios, Nashville, TN; Masterfonics Tracking Room, Nashville, TN; Officine Meccaniche Next Recording Studios, Milan, Ital; Recording Arts, Nashville, Yn; Seven Studios, Mamaroneck, NY; Seventeen Grand Recording, Nashville, TN; Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, TN; Windmill Lane Recording Studio, Dublin, Ireland. Arranger: Robert John "Mutt" Lange. With the help of her husband, "Mutt" Lange, a legendary producer who helmed mammoth hits by AC/DC and Def Leppard, Canadian songstress Shania Twain developed a highly commercial style of country-tinged pop music that helped her become one of the biggest stars in America. Though GREATEST HITS doesn't include the two major singles from her 1993 self-titled debut, Twain has released so many hits that the 21-track disc is still overflowing with familiar chart-busters. Listening to these ubiquitous songs all in one stretch will leave listeners awed at the breadth of Twain and Lange's incredible talent for catchy pop ditties that sound cutting-edge while still retaining that ever-important hint of Nashville twang. In fact, though laced with the usual fiddles and steel guitars, many songs end up recalling ABBA and the Cars as much as anything south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Of course, the main attraction is always Twain's smoothly sensual voice, which has won over millions of fans worldwide.

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Time Well Wasted [8/16] *
 

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"Time Well Wasted" (08/16/2005) Country Paisley, Brad, Arista Records (USA)Personnel: Brad Paisley (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, Ferrington high string, baritone guitar, mandolin); Dolly Parton (vocals); Gary Hooker (electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, background vocals); James Burton (electric guitar); Michael Johnson (steel guitar, dobro); Randel Currie (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Kendall Marcy (banjo, background vocals); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Bryan Sutton (mandolin); Justin Williamson (fiddle); Jim "Moose" Brown (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards, background vocals); Bernie Herms (piano); Gordon Mote (keyboards); Eric Darken (vibraphone, percussion); Kevin Grantt (double bass, bass guitar, background vocals); Kenny Lewis (bass guitar, background vocals); Bobby Terry (bass guitar); Ben Sesar (drums); Wes Hightower (background vocals). Brad Paisley's music is an interesting amalgam of country sub-genres, a paradigm all its own. He melds straightforward, pop-friendly New Country with clever, somewhat Lyle Lovett-like songwriting and the occasional flutter of Joe Maphis/Jimmy Bryant-style guitar virtuosity. Surprisingly or not, this country combo platter made Paisley a star, and TIME WELL WASTED continues in the aforementioned vein. While there are some fairly mainstream moments here that wouldn't ruffle the feathers of, say, the average Kenny Chesney fan, WASTED boasts plenty of smart, sassy tunes brimming with lyrical witticisms worthy of Tom T. Hall or Shel Silverstein. "Alcohol," for example, is a first-person narrative from the beverage's point of view, and in retrospect it's shocking that it took this long to get written. Guest shots from both Dolly Parton and Alan Jackson show that Paisley's work has earned respect from disparate corners of the country scene, a respect that's amply justified by TIME WELL WASTED.

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