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- Summary: Married couple Buddy and Julie Miller release their latest album together featuring guest artists including Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, the McCrary Sisters, and Larry Campbell.
- Record Label: New West
- Genre(s): Country
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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There's a sense of timelessness rooted in rural America, along with a stripped-down musical ambience, that makes this a worthy companion to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand," for which Buddy was part of their touring band.
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At the edges of the record’s most grey-cloud moments is the iridescent glimmer of vocal harmony, which may not be too far from human harmony.
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UncutDespite a few rote movements, becomes an early contender for 2009 Top 10 lists. [Mar 2009, p.92]
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MojoMost are country ballads--sentimental, heartfelt and tend towards sacred. [Apr 2009, p.109]
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Written in Chalk is a welcome return by one of American music's great--if under-recognized--duos.
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A new Buddy and Julie Miller record is undoubtedly a special occasion; this one just makes you wish you could spend a little more personal time with the hosts.
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This is the new Nashville at its best: a no-nonsense, gently gutsy and agreeably freewheeling set, recorded in their home studio with no slick production work to take the rough edges off their songs.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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zeezouMar 29, 2009Pure bliss.
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davidlMar 24, 2009No formulaic country here.
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