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Ford, Old Crow roll on

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 – Country rapper Colt Ford and bluegrassy/string band-based Old Crow Medicine Show lead the list of new releases today. The prodigious Jim Lauderdale also is out with a new CD, while The Jayhawks reissue and expanded upon three previous releases.

Ford returns with "Thanks for Listening." The dozen songs find Ford getting help from friends like Keith Urban on "She's Like," Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame on "Cut Em All," Lee Brice on "Sip It Slow" and Justin Moore on "Farm Life."

Old Crow comes off "Carry Me Back," a strong album for the band, with "Remedy." The new disc contains another song written in part by Bob Dylan, "Sweet Amarillo." He did the same for Old Crow about a decade ago by giving the band a song that turned into "Wagon Wheel," one of OCMS's best-known songs and a hit for country mainstreamer Darius Rucker.

Lauderdale has been on a roll. Last year, he released three albums. He is now out with "I'm a Song," his 26th release. Among the songs is a redone version of "King of Broken Hearts," first done on 1991's "Planet of Love." Lauderdale produced the 20 songs.

The Jayhawks are out with "Sound of Lies," "Smile" and "Rainy Day Music." The discs were released in 1997, 2000 and 2003 respectively. Each contains previously unreleased material. While most of the releases are in the Minneapolis band's trademark alt.-country sound, a few songs rock and are cut from a different sonic cloth.


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CD review - Jubilee While they started as a bluegrass band, Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS) in recent years have won two Grammys and are considered one of our best roots bands, meshing Americana, old-timey music, folk and rock into an appealing sound. "Jubilee," their eighth studio album, is likely named for their 25th anniversary although the leadoff track is "Jubilee Jones." Co-producer Matt Ross-Spang returns from their previous effort "Paint This Town" and they again recorded in ...
CD review - Live From the Ryman The very best way - the only way, really - to see Old Crow Medicine Show is live. Like its namesake, the medicine shows of old that were part preaching, part snake oil sales pitches, part old time music and pure entertainment, the band delivers a high-energy performance that keeps the crowd on its feet the entire show. This album includes the band's performances recorded between 2013 and 2019 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and what better place than the Mother Church of country music ...
CD review - Volunteer Dave Cobb produced "Volunteer" for Old Crow Medicine Show, and while word on the street was that this promised to be a more rocking, less roots music effort, such talk shouldn't dissuade fans of the group's established sound from checking it out. Sure, there may be a little more electric guitar than on past efforts, but this is still very much OCMS music. While rock and roll is not the best term for these songs, perhaps rambunctious best describes some of them. ...


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