Editorial Product Review: :When The Infamous Stringdusters comes out June 10 on Sugar Hill Records, some may assume from the title that it s a debut recording. Those already aware of the Stringdusters phenomenon will know differently: that 2007 s Fork in the Road was the album that boldly introduced this daring, disciplined band to the world of bluegrass and a wider world of music enthusiasts who heard it and decided: if that s bluegrass, then I love bluegrass. ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:This is the longest selling album in the history of country music. Released in 1967, this collection of a dozen gems from country music's greatest female voice raced to #5 on the country charts upon release and has spent over 630 weeks on the country catalog charts since reissue on CD in 1988. Digitally remastered/HDCD. MCA. 2003. essential recording:In the late 1950s and the '60s, country music was essentially a singles medium. This album, first ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Sara evans is one america's major stars on the country music scene. After 5 albums it's time for a greatest hits! All the favourites are there plus 4 new tracks. The first single 'as if' is at radio now. :Growing up in her family band in Missouri, Sara Evans learned two valuable lessons: always imbue a song with palpable emotion, and quickly change directions if a number tends to flop. Both rules have kept Evans in ...
Editorial Product Review: :Never mind the project's odd couple, 'He's got a girlfriend; so does she' marketing shuck. This is a musical love affair in all its splendor. Produced by the seemingly chameleonic producer T Bone Burnett (who previously revived traditional bluegrass with spectacular success on O Brother, Where Art Thou?), the septuagenarian legend and his unlikely contemporary foil affectionately court a dozen songs from the Louis Armstrong repertoire with the warmth and natural grace that have been a deceptively ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:11 songs about America that echo and update some of the themes heard on early albums by The Band, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Enhanced format features exclusive live footage, band photos, and a trailer for the film 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart'. Slipcase. 2002. :Named in honor of the three-word codes used by short-wave radio operators, Wilco's fourth album sounds like a late-night broadcast of some weirdly wonderful pop station punctuated by static ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:Never mind that Van Morrison is one of the most indelible songwriters of the 20th century--take each album on its own terms. On 1968's seminal Astral Weeks, a twentysomething Van Morrison can be found belting his gospelly, bluesy vocals in just as fine a form as he would be 20 years hence. In the sociopolitical context of the times, the album cried out about such ubiquitous '60s themes as cultural oppression and social upheaval. But ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:This definitive 16-track collection gathers signature singles and album cuts from her nine Elektra albums spanning 1964 to 1975. Co-produced by Judy Collins and featuring backing performances by Stephen Stills, Van Dyke Parks, Ray Baretto, and more.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The brand new album from Brooks & Dunn featuring the hit single Proud Of The House We Built. Cowboy Town is the much anticipated follow up to Brooks & Dunn's highest selling album in 10 years, Hillbilly Deluxe. :Brooks and Dunn albums often blend powerful, soaring performances with a number of utter throwaways. 'American Dreamers,' a nostalgic look back, 'God Must Be Busy,' a powerful musing on present travails, and 'Cowgirls Don't Cry,' reflecting on life's ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The brand new album from Brooks & Dunn featuring the hit single Proud Of The House We Built. Cowboy Town is the much anticipated follow up to Brooks & Dunn's highest selling album in 10 years, Hillbilly Deluxe. :Brooks and Dunn albums often blend powerful, soaring performances with a number of utter throwaways. 'American Dreamers,' a nostalgic look back, 'God Must Be Busy,' a powerful musing on present travails, and 'Cowgirls Don't Cry,' reflecting on life's ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:The brand new album from Brooks & Dunn featuring the hit single Proud Of The House We Built. Cowboy Town is the much anticipated follow up to Brooks & Dunn's highest selling album in 10 years, Hillbilly Deluxe. :Brooks and Dunn albums often blend powerful, soaring performances with a number of utter throwaways. 'American Dreamers,' a nostalgic look back, 'God Must Be Busy,' a powerful musing on present travails, and 'Cowgirls Don't Cry,' reflecting on life's ...
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
Small and light enough for a shirt pocket, Samsung's Helix YX-M1 is a one-stop audio entertainment center with an XM radio, a digital music player, and room for 50 hours of tunes, but it comes up short on battery life.