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- Summary: One of many musicians to benefit from the unexpected success of the 'O Brother Where Art Thou?' soundtrack, 75-year-old bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley reunites with producer T Bone Burnett for this 12-track effort.
- Record Label: Columbia / DMZ
- Genre(s): Bluegrass
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Stanley's eloquent, understated and unpretentious folk music is more than up to the challenge of finding its place in a world devoted to teen pop and nü-metal.
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Stanley proves once again that everything old is new again. Including, of course, himself.
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BlenderHis voice comes as sharp as a rusty switchblade. [#8, p.125]
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UncutThe man is as affecting as ever on this most traditional of collections. [Feb 2003, p.77]
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Ralph Stanley is an album for those that have already been initiated.
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Anyone who loved O Brother should find even headier musical pleasures on Ralph Stanley.
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Anyone expecting the sharp, high-lonesome sound of "How Mountain Girls Can Love" and "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" may be disappointed at the sound of the septuagenarian's old bones croaking together, but anyone who can appreciate the stark purity of honest American folk music will hold this album close to their hearts.
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harDec 11, 2005Dr. Ralph does it again. Amazing!!! He is easily amongst the very best singers in all of bluegrass histoery
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