#alison krauss
Yep. Allison Krauss sounds great singing with Joe Elliott.
It’s always weird listening to an album one has been anticipating for months. It’s never what’s expected, but that’s neither good nor bad. With the first listen I just discover what it’s really like. I can’t really absorb it enough initially to have coherent thoughts about it. Just patchy reactions.
I’m looking forward to getting to know this album better.
I can already hear what they’ve been talking about as far as sounding more like Queen. And was that a ukulele solo I just heard?
I’m only 2/3 through it, and there includes the first three songs I’ve already become nicely acquainted with.So far those have been the most “rock” songs.
There is some beautiful guitar playing. Joe’s voice sounds great. The harmonies sound great. They’ve used some unusual sounds here and there.
Those looking for an all-rockers album like “High ‘n’ Dry” or “Pyromania” are going to be disappointed, but they’ve been disappointed since “Hysteria” in 1987. Those who’ve paid attention to the later albums and the wider range of songs the band has tackled as they’ve evolved will find much of the sound familiar, yet updated.
More to come.
A few legends of bluegrass singing a great old gospel song. Alison Krauss sang this on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, but it’s a much older song Doc says he got from his grandmother. The valley is a common theme in gospel music, from Lily in the Valley to Peace In The Valley to the biblical Valley of the Shadow of Death. Maybe it’s the humility of the valley next to the mountain (a place where God is often found), or the isolation from the rest of the world. The geography was changed to a river for the movie, another prominent symbol in gospel music, and was played during a scene of people being baptized en masse.
