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Title: Sadly, a dud.
Review: This project looks so promising. Get together some fine instrumentalists, invite some famous singers, work over some classic tunes. Well, the instrumental tracks are fine (Anger plays well throughout). Everything else -- with the exception of Willie Nelson's affecting reading of 'Hard Times Come Again No More' -- is rotten. Jane Sibbery makes an utter mess of 'Shenandoah' -- hard to do, as anyone who can hold a tune can make this song work. The reprise, which features Sibbery teaching the tune to an infant, is embarrassingly awful. And Tim O'Brien should buy Sheila Jordan's 'Lost and Found' -- he might get some ideas on how to sing 'The Water is Wide'. Those unfamiliar with these beautiful tunes will get the wrong impression; those who love them should steer well clear.
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