CD-Charts Position 151
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Emotionalism

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: The Avett Brothers

Release Date May 15, 2007
ok, I'm editing this review because I feel bad giving them such a hard time. About five songs are really good. The rest was just weepy without being very interesting.

Compared to other bands it's an ok album, just not nearly as good as "Four Thieves Gone" and "Mignonette". They loose a lot of their raw edge and punk-y-ness. Sentimental gives way to sappy here. There is nothing gripping in the sound here either.

What happened to those bluegrass-y punks that screamed and yelled through their songs and made me feel like I was drinkin' in the back of a truck, driving in the country while my friends (and I) rock on guitars and banjos?

I don't even want to play this one for friends - I used to show off ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 152
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The Times They Are A-Changin'

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Bob Dylan

Release Date June 21, 2005
In reviewing Bob Dylan's 1965 classic album Bringing All Back Home (you know, the one where he went electric) I noted that it seemed hard to believe now that both as to the performer as well as to what was being attempted that anyone would take umbrage at a performer using an electric guitar to tell a folk story (or any story for that matter). I further pointed out that it is not necessary to go into all the details of what or what did not happen with Pete Seeger at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 to know that one should be glad, glad as hell, that Bob Dylan continued to listen to his own drummer and carry on a career based on electronic music.

Others have, endlessly, gone on about Bob Dylan's role as the voice of his generation (and ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 153
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Loaded

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: The Wood Brothers

Release Date April 01, 2008
This album is absolutely amazing from start to finish. It ranges from touching melodious folk to gritty and funky. Excellent lyrics and writing, excellent instrumentation, and excellent all around. Get this album!

CD-Charts Position 154
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The Light of Other Days

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Celtic Thunder

Release Date January 05, 1993
I was disappointed to find out that there was more than one group called Celtic Thunder and this was not the group I had expected.

CD-Charts Position 155
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Nebraska

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Bruce Springsteen

Release Date October 25, 1990
If you painted pictures from these songs, they'd be in starkest black and white with splashes of red. The music itself is stark--just Bruce singing with his guitar and a harmonica howling sharp.

The title track is probably one of the scariest songs I have ever heard. The opening lyrics will make your hair stand up on end:

"I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died"

If Bruce isn't talking killers, he's talking cops. In "Highway Patrolman", Sgt Joe Roberts has got to put up with family trouble:

"Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
I get a call over the radio Franky's in trouble downtown
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CD-Charts Position 156
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The Point! (Deluxe Packaging)

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Harry Nilsson

Release Date November 19, 2002
Oblio and Arrow are as wonderful as I remember. My grandchildren are going to love this timeless treasure.

CD-Charts Position 157
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The Swell Season Live From The Artists Den

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
starring: Swell Season

Release Date April 15, 2008
I checked out The Swell Season at Bonnaroo this year and they blew me away with their rich and finely textured songs. This live performance captures the same spirit, in a sonically richer environment. Highly recommended to any fan of fabulous songwriting and beautiful harmony and melody.

CD-Charts Position 158
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My Blueberry Nights

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Original Soundtrack

Release Date April 01, 2008
"My Blueberry Nights" is a strong soundtrack collection. Norah Jones who stars in the film wrote the song "The Story" on set, which was included in the film. She sings, "I don't know how to begin because the story has been told before; I will sing along, I suppose it's just how it goes." Director Kar Wai explains in the liner notes that he went to music stores and bought CDs that were played on the stereo on cross country trips which scouted locations for the film. He loved Cat Power's CD The Greatest and included that title track and "Living Proof" from the CD on the soundtrack. Cassandra Wilson's recording of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" was another track that he put together with a slide show from the road trips to help Norah Young get a feel for the film's content. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 159
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Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Van Morrison

Release Date July 01, 2008
"My Blueberry Nights" is a strong soundtrack collection. Norah Jones who stars in the film wrote the song "The Story" on set, which was included in the film. She sings, "I don't know how to begin because the story has been told before; I will sing along, I suppose it's just how it goes." Director Kar Wai explains in the liner notes that he went to music stores and bought CDs that were played on the stereo on cross country trips which scouted locations for the film. He loved Cat Power's CD The Greatest and included that title track and "Living Proof" from the CD on the soundtrack. Cassandra Wilson's recording of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" was another track that he put together with a slide show from the road trips to help Norah Young get a feel for the film's content. ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 160
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Bridge Over Troubled Water

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Simon & Garfunkel

Release Date August 21, 2001
Nobody writes stuff this good anymore, except maybe Nick Worrall. Simply beautiful in every way possible.