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A Reference Recording....

For those of you who love the sound of the female voice(s) and/or have a passions for bluegrass/folk/Celtic styles...run, do not walk, to either Amazon or to mistyriverband.com and order Misty River's 'Rising'. Great music, awesome sound quality...what more can one ask? This is what this mad hobby always should be about - and so seldom is.

Misty River has produced 3 other albums. All musically outstanding but none have quite the 'band-is-in-the-room' quality (and I mean that quite literally - the illusion is very close to pefect). They are all still sonically way above average, however, and definitely worth owning.
curriemt11
curriemt11 OP
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Jackaroe,

Thanks for the suggestion of 'Railroad Earth'. Will have to check that one out. I fully agree with you on the Acoustic Disc CDs - wonderful stuff. Nearly all of the label's recordings are excellent, I'm not sure how some of the 'Dawg' music would appeal to the uninitiated, though :)
curriemt11 OP
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Royy,

If you like those two, 'Willow' is also excellent, but slightly different in terms of musical direction from the other two. There's even a very interesting version of Simon and Garfunkel's 'Kathy's Song' on there. I believe that's available for listening on the website, in fact.
curriemt11 OP
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Royy,

Looks to me as though cdbaby.com has a 2 CD deal for 'Rising' and 'Live' for $25:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/mistyriverset
royy
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Curriemt11,
Thanks again for the tip. I changed my order and got the set plus "Willow". If you don't know yet, I also recommend "Pearl" by Zoe Speaks. http://www.zoespeaks.com/festival.html
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pehare
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Curriemet11 thanks, nice recommendation, looking forward to spinning it. Honest roots music, period. Ditto on Railroad Earth...their 'a bird in the house' studio album is good too . The Biscuit Burners 'a mountain apart' is something fans of this genre might enjoy, good recording to boot.
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