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Rough Guide: Bluegrass

Various Artists

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Released: Jan 2012
Label: World Music Network
The second edition of Rough Guide: Bluegrass shines a somber spotlight on miners and their families. Although the Appalachian flavor lends a '30s-era Depression feel, the lyrics resonate with a modern sharpness. Ralph Stanley's innovative banjo picking, The Country Gentlemen's fleet fiddling and the late Hazel Dickens' high lonesome vocals set a high bar. Other highlights include Claire Lynch's "A Canary's Song," Larry Sparks' "The Old Coal Mine," The SteelDrivers' gritty "Blue Side of the Mountain" and The Dry Branch Fire Squad's haunting a cappella "Black Lung."
- Linda Ryan
Various Artists - Rough Guide: Bluegrass 2012-02-31
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    Safe Passage
    Safe Passage
    Gibson Brothers
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    3:20
    Coal Tattoo
    Coal Tattoo
    Kathy Mattea
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    2:56
    Dream Of A Miner's Child
    Dream Of A Miner's Child
    Ralph Stanley
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    5:03
    You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
    You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
    Darrell Scott
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    3:23
    From Now On
    From Now On
    Sierra Hull
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    Blue Rock Slide
    Blue Rock Slide
    The Grascals
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    4:18
    A Canary's Song
    A Canary's Song
    Claire Lynch
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    Across The Rolling Hills
    Across The Rolling Hills
    Peter Rowan
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    3:57
    Coal Mining Woman
    Coal Mining Woman
    Hazel Dickens
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    The Old Coal Mine
    The Old Coal Mine
    Larry Sparks
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    Coal Minin' Man
    Coal Minin' Man
    Ricky Skaggs
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    Blue Side Of The Mountain
    Blue Side Of The Mountain
    The Steeldrivers
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    Fords Of Pittman
    Fords Of Pittman
    Charlie Sizemore
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    3:29
    Paradise
    Paradise
    The Country Gentlemen
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    A Hero In Harlan
    A Hero In Harlan
    Tom T. Hall
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    2:33
    Jesus Is The Rock
    Jesus Is The Rock
    Ginny Hawker
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    3:36
    Union Man
    Union Man
    Blue Highway
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    Black Lung
    Black Lung
    Dry Branch Fire Squad
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    The Spell (Bonus Track)
    The Spell (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    4:40
    Walls of Stone (Bonus Track)
    Walls of Stone (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Cold Coal Town (Bonus Track)
    Cold Coal Town (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Blackwater (Bonus Track)
    Blackwater (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Leavin' Charleston (Bonus Track)
    Leavin' Charleston (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Boone County Blues (Bonus Track)
    Boone County Blues (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    2:56
    Montani Semper Liberi (Bonus Track)
    Montani Semper Liberi (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Roll Coal Roll (Bonus Track)
    Roll Coal Roll (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Clinch Mountain Hills (Bonus Track)
    Clinch Mountain Hills (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    The Holstein Waltz (Bonus Track)
    The Holstein Waltz (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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    Ain't No Higher Ground (Bonus Track)
    Ain't No Higher Ground (Bonus Track)
    Scott Holstein
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