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Title: Contemplative modern bluegrass
Review: This Nashville-by-way-of-Austin trio can actually trace its roots back to Australia and Great Britain, from which its three players hail. Their shared interest in bluegrass and acoustic string-band music has produced some very fine modern bluegrass, with the requisite mandolin and fiddle playing set against acoustic bass. What sets this threesome apart from Alison Krauss, Nickle Creek and others exploring the same contemporary ground are the dream-time tempos of their original ballads, and the contemplative introspection of their vocals and harmonies. Engineer Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Nickle Creek) captured the acoustic picking and the intertwined harmonies with tremendous clarity, bringing The Greencards' charms right into your living room. [2005 hyperbolium dot com]
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