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shindell-list-digest       Monday, June 5 2006       Volume 08 : Number 088



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [RS] New music.                                         [Rongrittz@aol.com]

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Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 22:30:07 EDT
From: Rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: [RS] New music.

So, as I waited anxiously for two of my most hotly-anticipated CDs of the  
year, Richard's covers CD and Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer's "Seven is the  
Number," I've been trying to pass the time with other new music.  And  
unfortunately, two CDs that I had hoped would help fill the void have been  pretty 
disappointing: Kris Delmhorst's "Strange Conversation" and the Dixie  Chicks' "Taking 
the Long Way."
 
The former, primarily poems (not Kris's) set to music,  isn't really doing 
much for me.  I'm just not finding the songs as  interesting as her own original 
work, although the first cut, "Galuppe  Baldessare," is a ton of fun.  And 
the latter, well, I think the Dixie  Chicks focused too much energy and anger on 
the whole country-music backlash  that they forgot to make an entertaining 
and compelling  record. 
 
I will say, though, that Mark Erelli's "Hope &  Other Casualties" is still 
finding a lot of time in my CD player; definitely my  favorite CD of the year so 
far.
 
Anyone else finding anything interesting to pass the  musical time until 
Richard's CD comes out?
 
RG

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