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Great, but slow
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: Great music, even much better than I expected.But such SLOW delivery. I think it was shipped from a state right next to mine. Poor Service!
Why does Amazon have two seperate prices for this?
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: Okay, wonderful band. Saw them in concert. The Doc who plays banjo is...a little eccentric, probably on purpose. But once they started playing, it was delicious.
With that said, WHY DOES AMAZON HAVE IT LISTED FOR BOTH $6.99 *AND* $9.99?? Who would seriously buy the 9.99 version simply because it's from a later edition CD? They are the exact same thing!
WHY AMAZON WHY??
Anyway, buy it--but get the 6.99 version.
My new FAVORITE CD
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: I am a folk music junkie, and I LOVE this CD. The lead singer has the clear, bright voice of an angel. (Like Allison Krause, but less twangy.) The sweet voice, combined with banjo + the low, bowed, double bass, and cello! It is unlike ANY other Trad. I can't wait for the new album (due June 24, 2008).
Other worldly Mountain Music transcends Bluegrass
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: Other worldly harmonies, haunting female vocals. Crooked Still lies somewhere on the other side of Bluegrass and Folk. Guess you could say they transcend Bluegrass. Much like Nickel Creek, Crooked Still blazes a new trail down in the lower range of traditional Mountain Music. We live up the mountain from Doc Watson and plan on seeing them at MerleFest in April. If you ever get their interpretation of Gillian Welch's Orphan Girl in your head you're in trouble my friend. Thanks Crooked Still. I for one am glad you took this fork in the music world instead of the classical one you were on. Go ahead, and buy this CD you will not be disappointed.
Alternative bluegrass at its best!
Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)
Review Comments: It's absolutely amazing what this band can do with a hundred-year old song.
I was fortunate to catch Crooked Still promoting this debut CD at the 2006 Grey Fox Bluegrass festival in upstate New York. The audience seemed to be in awe. All the buzz was about them, and the line to buy one of their CDs was too long for me to wait in. I bought from CDBaby instead. (I got even luckier when I caught them in Madision, CT 4 months later, bought a second copy, and conversed with the band.)
I'd describe them as alternative bluegrass. The bluesy tunes are the most alluring for me. Listen to Last Fair Deal and Old Virginia on CDBaby - the long sound clip captures a beautiful cello solo, a wonderful double bass, an artful backround banjo, and good samples of lead singer/band leader Aiofe O'Donvan's sweet yet sultry voice. For more fun, listen to Angeline the Baker, Orphan Girl, Lulu Gal, Shady Grove, and of course, Hop High. And there's the rest... actually, there is not one bad song on this CD, so sample them all!
I would not purchase a used CD if you can afford not to; this band may not make the top 40 (like all bluegrass, unfortunately), but the band members deserve the credit for their talent - buy it new so they can get it.
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