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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Nashville-based bluegrass band was recorded near the legendary studio at NuttHouse Recording Studio in Sheffield, Alabama.
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- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): Bluegrass, Country, Americana, Contemporary Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass
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| Long Way Down | |
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| I thought you were sent from heaven You had me floating on a cloud But tonight my sky is falling And it's a long way down It's a long way down Now... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jun 17, 2015Their fourth album, The Muscle Shoals Recordings, is an outstanding 11-song offering that lives up to the lofty expectations of its namesake.
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Jun 16, 2015Everything that makes the SteelDrivers, fundamentally, the SteelDrivers, is present and laid out on the table totally disrobed, with no frilly affectations or studio voodoo accentuating their raw mix.
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Jun 16, 2015While The Muscle Shoals Recordings reaffirms the SteelDrivers' deserved prominence in the bluegrass world, it does little to transcend the genre's current boundaries.
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Jun 16, 2015If the title suggests a concept that isn't quite there, the music speaks for itself, and what it says is eloquent and deeply pleasing.
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Jun 16, 2015The album’s title implies a wider expansion of the SteelDrivers’ already elastic sound that doesn’t appear, yet the group has rarely sounded more focused or passionate. That makes The Muscle Shoals Recordings another notable entry into the group’s already distinctive catalog.
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Jun 16, 2015Whenever they appear close to becoming unhinged, that rowdy, reckless approach is even further affirmed.