Rough Guide: Bluegrass
Various Artists
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."
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4:40Gibson Brothers
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3:20Kathy Mattea
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2:56Ralph Stanley
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5:03Darrell Scott
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3:23Sierra Hull
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4:17The Grascals
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4:18Claire Lynch
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3:49Peter Rowan
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3:57Hazel Dickens
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3:06Larry Sparks
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3:52Ricky Skaggs
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3:30The Steeldrivers
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2:50Charlie Sizemore
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3:29The Country Gentlemen
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4:00Tom T. Hall
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2:33Ginny Hawker
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3:36Blue Highway
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2:31Dry Branch Fire Squad
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3:16Scott Holstein
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4:40Scott Holstein
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4:17Scott Holstein
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2:51Scott Holstein
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3:21Scott Holstein
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3:01Scott Holstein
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2:56Scott Holstein
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2:51Scott Holstein
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3:38Scott Holstein
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3:53Scott Holstein
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2:45Scott Holstein
2012 World Music Network