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█ ARTIST: VA █
█ TITLE: The Rough Guide to Bluegrass █
█ LABEL: World Music Network █
█ GENRE: Bluegrass █
█ BITRATE: 229kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 1h 42min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-01-31 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-04-12 █
█ URL: http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/RGNET1267/ █
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█ Disc 1/2 █
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█ 01. Gibson Brothers - Safe Passage 4:40 █
█ 02. Kathy Mattea - Coal Tattoo 3:20 █
█ 03. Ralph Stanley - Dream of a Miner's Child 2:56 █
█ 04. Darrell Scott - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive 5:03 █
█ 05. Sierra Hull - From Now On 3:23 █
█ 06. The Grascals - Blue Rock Slide 4:17 █
█ 07. Claire Lynch - A Canary's Song 4:18 █
█ 08. Peter Rowan - Across the Rolling Hills 3:49 █
█ 09. Hazel Dickens - Coal Mining Woman 3:57 █
█ 10. Larry Sparks - The Old Coal Mine 3:06 █
█ 11. Ricky Skaggs - Coal Minin' Man 3:52 █
█ 12. The Steeldrivers - Blue Side of the Mountain 3:30 █
█ 13. Charlie Sizemore - Fords of Pittman 2:50 █
█ 14. The Country Gentlemen - Paradise 3:29 █
█ 15. Tom T. Hall - A Hero in Harlan 4:00 █
█ 16. Ginny Hawker - Jesus is the Rock 2:33 █
█ 17. Blue Highway - Union Man 3:36 █
█ 18. Dry Branch Fire Squad - Black Lung 2:31 █
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█ Disc 2/2 █
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█ 01. Scott Holstein - The Spell 3:16 █
█ 02. Scott Holstein - Walls of Stone 4:40 █
█ 03. Scott Holstein - Cold Coal Town 4:17 █
█ 04. Scott Holstein - Blackwater 2:51 █
█ 05. Scott Holstein - Leavin' Charleston 3:21 █
█ 06. Scott Holstein - Boone County Blues 3:01 █
█ 07. Scott Holstein - Montani Semper Liberi 2:56 █
█ 08. Scott Holstein - Roll Coal Roll 2:51 █
█ 09. Scott Holstein - Clinch Mountain Hills 3:38 █
█ 10. Scott Holstein - The Holstein Waltz 3:53 █
█ 11. Scott Holstein - Ain't No Higher Ground 2:45 █
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█ Every tradition evolves, and bluegrass is no different. There's █
█ newgrass, of course, but even real bluegrass has moved on. This █
█ compilation offers both old and new, with some of the major names on the █
█ scene, ranging from the legendary Ralph Stanley and the late Hazel █
█ Dickens through people like Ricky Skaggs and Peter Rowan to those still █
█ making names for themselves, such as Darrell Scott with the wonderful █
█ "You'll Never Leave Harland Alive" and the Gibson Brothers. The subject █
█ matter of the songs remains the same, and for the most part, newer █
█ artists keep to the standard instrumentation, but with more emphasis on █
█ the song than on the picking. That's not to say there's a lack of flashy █
█ fiddle or mandolin (just listen to "From Now On"), just that the █
█ emphasis has shifted, and the high lonesome quality of the voice, once █
█ the trademark of bluegrass, has been toned down a little in search of █
█ more mainstream success. It's a good encapsulation of bluegrass, █
█ enhanced by the slightly rockier sounds of Scott Holstein on a bonus █
█ album. ~ Chris Nickson, Rovi All Music Guide █
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