The Very Best of the Moms & DadsArtist: Moms & Dads
GNP's The Very Best of the Moms & Dads is a fine 22-track collection that contains strong versions of such standards as "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home," "Oh, Lonesome Me, " "Five Foot Two, " "Me and Bobby McGee, " "Jambalaya, " "Sail Along Silvery Moon, " "My Happiness, " "Yes Sir, That's My Baby, " "Maria Elena, " "Baby Face, " "My...
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Can't Stand Too TallArtist: Rick Cua
This hard-rock message music has a couple of ballads. ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide
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Blue RidgeArtist: The Seldom Scene
Songwriter and vocalist Jonathan Edwards ("Sunshine") teams with The Seldom Scene's flawless playing. Featuring Edwards, John Duffey, Mike Auldridge, Phil Rosenthal, Ben Eldridge, Tom Gray, Robbie Magruder, and Kenny White. ~ Chip Renner, All Music Guide
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Cajun Saturday NightArtist: D.L. Menard
Out of all of his albums, Cajun Saturday Night ranks as one of D.L. Menard's least Cajun-influenced. Throughout the album, Menard tears through Cajun-informed honky tonk numbers, singing entirely in English and playing with a crack band that includes Buck White, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas. Menard re-records some of his Cajun songs in...
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Christmas CelebrationArtist: Kathleen Battle
In tandem with conductor Leonard Slatkin, Battle tackes nearly two dozen international holiday favorites on A Christmas Celebration, which compiles material drawn from several centuries and from nations ranging from France, Italy and Spain to Czechoslavakia and Germany. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Let Me Entertain YouArtist: Ann-Margret
No one would argue that Ann-Marget's principal entertainment skill was as a vocalist. So it may seem a bit finicky to point out that this well-packaged, 21-track retrospective of recordings from the early and mid-'60s actually is not the best anthology of her music. That honor belongs to The Many Moods of Ann-Margret (on the Australian...
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