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Ralph Recommends
 Trisha
Yearwood - Jasper County
Jasper County, on MCA Nashville, is the most inspired collection of heartfelt
ballads and lovelorn rockers to land on my desk in many a long year.
There’s just no denying the sheer quality of emotional epics like
Georgia Rain and smouldering blues work outs like Who Invented The Wheel.
Even if you’d never heard of the woman before you’d just have
to admit she was something special after just one listen.
Unlike a lot of modern country crooners she has the rare ability to get
to the heart of a song the moment she opens her mouth. Some artists have
to struggle to find the soul of a song yet with Trisha it’s clear
to anyone listening that this is one artist who knows the importance of
passion in their work.
Across the eleven songs on offer here we get to hear the Oklahoma based
songstress at her very best taking on the good times with the rock and
roll showstopper Gimme The Good Stuff and also delving deep into the personal
with tracks like River Of You. Whatever the emotion on show you always
believe it’s the real thing and in a musical world packed with fakers
and frauds that’s a pretty impressive feat.
Other songs on the album like Beth Neilson Chapman’s gorgeous Trying
To Love You show that the woman clearly knows a great tune when she hears
it but more than anything it’s that unique voice that shines through.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Trisha Yearwood has one of the
sweetest voices in country music.
Ralph also recommends...
Patti Griffin - The Impossible Dream (Proper Records)
Dwight Yoakam - Blame The Vain (New West Records)
Willy Nelson - Countryman (Lost Highway)
John Prine - Fair and Square (Oh Boy Records)
Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
The Mavericks - Live in Austin (Texas Sanctuary Records)
Willy Nelson - It Always Will Be (Lost Highway) |
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