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“Great songs” - an album review

As you know, I’m enjoying the exchange with fellow musicians and music lovers on Twitter. A guy I’ve become friendly with over the last few months is David Rozzell (@BluegrassHippie), a fine musician himself in UK-based bluegrass trio Wood, Wire & Words (find them on Facebook here). David & I exchanged CDs and he enjoyed “Wild, Blue & True” so much that he took it upon himself to write a short review of the album.

Et voilá:

Here’s an album to check out, Wild Blue & True from @markusrill http://www.markusrill.net I’m not very good a reviews, but I’m really enjoying this album & there are some great songs to be heard on it. I won’t list every song but I’ll pick a few favourites instead, starting with the two opening songs Wild Blue True-Hearted Man & Your Own Private Rainbow, a great way to kick off the album. Skinny Teddy stood out from the very first time I heard it, a brilliantly told story about a boxer, it’s a song that’ll stick in your head. The Boy Who Never Was My Friend & Girl Of Many Secrets are not just great songs but also draw you into the stories being told. Another highlight of the album for me is Time To Go, a deeply heartfelt & sad tale, it’ll make you stop & listen & you’ll be moved by the lyrics. The album finishes with Falling Into Place, I rather like the simple arrangement & space for the lyrics & melody to shine. Excellent album, one I think I’ll be listening to quite often I think. The rest of the album is equally as good, Markus is a great storyteller & it shows in all the songs.

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8 September 2011 ·