awesome soul-stirring acoustic pickin', slidin' n' harmony!
author: marty howe
How do you seperate the CD from the artist? I can't. Hard to believe they've only been together a year or so. Refreshingly down to earth, unlike the commercial crap so prevelent in "top 40". Musicianship top-notch - the "clawhammer" banjo style hits more like a sledgehammer, as it has a completely different feel than conventional playing, & Phil can really rip! Ben's slide dovetails quite nicely, & is on every song. I thought one would tire of hearing the same instrument on every song, but Ben makes it work, & I now can't imagine the songs working without it! Nice to hear music without an attitude or a political agenda, just pure entertainment.
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author: Bri-dog
Where did these guys come from? I don't know. But we're glad they could make it...and just in time. It can get lonley here in American roots music when you don't see a new face after while. And it's nice when the new face reminds you of something framiliar and old, you feel like you it know already. Unlike many traditionalists, what you will find here may be in part tunes you've heard before, but even in them, there is something raw, something truly their own at work. The origionals make you listen and think about stuff. I'd put em up there with the other refreshing roots revivalists (Welch/Rawlings, Old Crow Medecine Show, Be Good Tanyas, Reeltime Travelers, Crooked Jades,etc.) both paying homage and forging new sounds that open us to places we didn't know existed. The thing I want to know is where the're goin... (BUY THIS ALBUM.)
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This CD is refreshingly different than most old time releases
author: Buell
GHOST IN THE RADIO has revamped my love afair with old time music! Rather than just spew out the same old versions of these shared songs and tunes, Phil and Ben seem to have a deep, heart-felt personal understanding of this music. And those originals! 'Happening All Over Again' is song destined for some greater purpose. I've never heard another duo generate so much sound with just a dobro and banjo. Simply wonderful!
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