2008-07-10 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
This is one of the cleanest, very well done recordings i've ever heard. I can listen to every song over and over again; very pleasing. (Read full review at Amazon)
2008-03-08 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
I am compelled to write these rare comments because this is one CD in the family collection that we can agree upon without reservation. There are those CDs he particularly likes, those she likes, some of each other's they don't mind too much --... (Read full review at Amazon)
2008-02-16 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
I bought this CD after exchanging email with the banjo player Dr. Greg Liszt, who played with Springsteen during the Sessions tour. Dr. Liszt was very cordial and down to earth in correspondence and peaked my interest in his band. Clearly a... (Read full review at Amazon)
2007-10-13 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful
I heard "Come on in my kitchen" on MPR one day and was impressed enough to purchase the cd. This alternative bluegrass group is a super feel good deal. Gregory's banjo picking is guaranteed to get even the most upright sophisticated types knee... (Read full review at Amazon)
Like Nickel Creek and the Duhks (and Alison Krauss and Union Station before them), Crooked Still employ bluegrass elements as a springboard for an eclectic, expansive dynamic. Behind the sweetly ethereal and occasionally jazzy vocals of Aoife O' Donovan, the interplay of Gregory Liszt's banjo, Rushad Eggleston's cello (both bowed and flatpicked), and Corey DiMario's double bass gives the young New England band a sound that is closer to chamber-grass than hoedown. Though none of the material on this label debut is original, the transformations typically are, with the murder balladry of "Little Sadie" given a surprisingly sprightly reading, Bob Dylan's early "Oxford Town" taken at double-time speed, and Robert Johnson's "Come On in My Kitchen" sounding more meditative than bluesy. The band and veteran producer Lee Townsend enlist a number of guests for harmony and instrumental support, but it's plain that the drummerless quartet has the talent and musical vision to deliver on this album's considerable promise. --Don McLeese
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