My wife just bought this CD for me from a thrift store for $2.00 & I love it. I own 2 SACDs of Allison Krauss & always wanted more but was too busy keeping up with other musical artists. I love Blue Grass because of its Celtic roots & American folk history. It's pre-country without steel guitars & songs about truck driving & broken hearts. It's songs about real life; religious & secular. I read many reviews about this CD & most got it right. I like to hear Allison Krauss sing because the male soloists throw me off with the more "twangy" aspects of Blue Grass. I believe the male singers sound best backing up Allison Krauss. There is more to this CD then Blue Grass, lots of beautiful folk ballads. Yes, the fast songs reveal Blue Grass at its best & the slow ballads are a great antithesis. A rating of 4 for the male soloists, I may need a few spins of the CD to re-gear my mind for a rating of a 5. Good sound production with Allison Krauss in the left channel. Some write that they think the instruments over power the singers but I hear everything. Maybe it's their stereo set up.