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Softly and Tenderly: The Complete Trio - Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt

Softly and Tenderly: The Complete Trio - Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt

Trio has been a not-much-played album on my shelves for many years, and when I was getting all excited about this release I wondered why the original never solidified a place on my favourites list. Partly, naturally, I blame my lifetime companion, who has a cynical suspicion about collaborative albums,

Let The Song In My Head Ring - Undercurrent by Sarah Jarosz

There’s something slightly unnerving about Sarah Jarosz, something a little spooky. I think I thought that her last album, Build Me Up From Bones, suffered from it; not because I object to spooky, but because I felt that ultimately the songs didn’t work quite hard enough to match

When The Final Line Unfolds - Guy Clark (1941-2016)

When The Final Line Unfolds - Guy Clark (1941-2016)

On paper Guy Clark sounds like a thorough eccentric. You know. He was famously perfectionist; so unwilling to let others mess up his songs to the extent that in the latter part of his career he recorded all the instrumental parts himself, separately, then ran them together. He made guitars

Bottle of Blues - Gram Parsons and what his music was

Bottle of Blues - Gram Parsons and what his music was

There are a number of ways I could characterize my entry into country music fandom. And probably in a few months’ time I’ll be using that line again and choosing a different example (it’s a cheap opener, okay?) – but today it feels like I can put it all