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Amazon.com Editor, Marc Greilsamer
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New and Notable
Mountain Soul
Patty Loveless
Those who have followed Patty Loveless's career
know that the Kentucky-born singer has always had a soft spot for bluegrass.
Not only has she collaborated with the likes of Ralph Stanley and Ricky Skaggs,
but she's also dropped a bluegrass tune on her own records here and there. Now
she delivers a full album's worth of acoustic "roots country" that stands as
one of the best albums of her career, not to mention one of the year's best in
the genre.
Listen to "Someone I Used to
Know."
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I'm Already There
Lonestar
Thanks to 1999's
Lonely
Grill and its megahit power ballad "Amazed," this foursome
became one of the biggest names on the current country landscape. Their new
effort is again packed to the gills with catchy hooks, but this time out, the
sound has even more of a soft-rock feel to it. With a mix of energetic ditties
and big ballads, Lonestar don't break much new ground, which should please the
faithful. But please explain again how this is a country album?
Listen to "Unusually
Unusual."
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This is BR549
BR549
They may have heaved the hyphen, but the
neo-traditionalist quintet BR549 still offer an infectious mix of honky-tonk,
hillbilly swing, and twangy rock. Their first album for Sony's Lucky Dog
imprint builds on previous efforts with a bit more diversity and nuance, but
for the most part it's still just straight-up classic country performed by a
band who truly loves to play it. It won't win any awards for ingenuity, but it
does make for rather enjoyable listening.
Listen to "The Price of
Love."
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More new releases:
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The veteran
singer-songwriter continues his impressive resurgence with
Eternal and
Lowdown, an album that looks to the blues for its inspiration
and offers another sterling set of thoughtful original songs.
Radney Foster, Are You Ready for the Big
Show?
Recorded
live at Austin's Continental Club,
Are You Ready for
the Big Show? mixes old Foster favorites with a handful of new
songs.
When Western
swing wizard Bob Wills left Columbia for MGM in 1947, his peak years may have
been behind him, but as this double-disc collection proves, Wills and crew
still had plenty of exciting music left in 'em.
More recent reissues:
Time
(The Revelator)
Check
out the
New & Future
Releases page to view titles by release date, catch the latest digital
downloads, investigate the coolest new reissues, and more.
You'll find more great music, articles, and interviews in Amazon.com's Country Music section.
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