Vince Gill

Musician (5/94, p.72) - "...On paper this marriage between country and R&B seems merely a good idea, but on album, it comes across as genius....you may end up thinking of country and R&B as two sides of the same coin...."
Vibe (4/94, p.105) - "...most singers on this project are matched to partners with whom they can connect in a manner that transcends color, class, and musical category....the album's hits are more frequent, and more profound, than its misses...."
Audio (3/94, p.88) - Sound: B+ / Performance: A- - "...Performances throughout are delightful and ingenuous, and ringing with mutual respect. That many of the songs have been hits in both genres only adds resonance ....Thankfully nothing's too deep here except the roots...."
Stereo Review (4/94, p.91) - "...cuts through the differences in the cultures of blacks and whites to find the core of shared experience. Soul, it seems, whether black or white, urban or rural, knows no true domain but the heart...."

Coming at a time when the thread linking country music to its black-music roots threatens
to dissolve like so much surgical stitching in today's polarized society, Rhythm Country and
Blues offers small pleasures in pressing its point. On a couple of occasions it even rises
above the commonplace in spectacular fashion. Only a couple of tracks are outright
failures. Dueting with Gladys Knight on the Marvin Gaye-Tammi Terrell classic "Ai... More >