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Robbie Fulks' first break in his career as a musician came when he joined the veteran bluegrass group the Special Consensus in 1983, and even though it turned out to be just one of many creative paths he would follow, a look at his catalog confirms he's never lost his love for acoustic country music and the home truths of bluegrass storytelling. 2013's Gone Away Backward and 2016's Upland Stories were mostly acoustic efforts that were among the best-reviewed work of his career (the latter also earned him a Grammy nomination), and 2023's Bluegrass Vacation is at once a companion piece to those records and his first proper bluegrass album since leaving the Special Consensus. Bluegrass Vacation was recorded in Nashville with a crew of first-class bluegrass pickers, including Jerry Douglas on Dobro, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, San Bush and Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, and Alison Brown on banjo. Fulks' guitar playing is more than strong enough for him to stand alongside the high-priced help if more stylishly idiosyncratic (he favors occasional bursts of atonality more than his accompanists), and the best songs here are further evidence he's a remarkably gifted tunesmith. "Angels Carry Me" is a powerful tale of one man's love-hate relationship with his father, and "Momma's Eyes" is an equally moving and no less complicated story of a woman's grim final years. "One More Glass of Whiskey" and "Sweet Li'l Cora-Mae" are more cheerful variations on classic themes, and "Longhair Bluegrass" is a funny and loving first-person account of his discovery of the birth of newgrass (as well as meeting fellow acoustic pickers who smoked reefer). This being a Robbie Fulks album, he can't quite hold back the snarky undercurrent that mostly stayed quiet on Gone Away Backward and Upland Stories, and there's a smirk in "Let the Old Dog In" and "Backwater Blues" that feels a bit too smart for the room. But the closing track, "Old Time Music Is Here to Stay," is a stunner, a reminder that the enduring themes of bluegrass and classic country never lose their relevance, sometimes in ways that hurt as much as they heal. Bluegrass Vacation could be said to be Robbie Fulks' meditation on the notion that you can go home again, though it's also a place he never entirely left behind; it certainly testifies to his love of bluegrass and how it continues to inform and jibe with his songwriting decades into his musical career.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer - John Cowan, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie McCoury, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Eldridge, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Corbett, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Alison Brown, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Simontacchi, AssociatedPerformer - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer - Brennan Leigh, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Ronnie McCoury, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Eldridge, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Kohrs, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Missy Raines, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Corbett, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Stuart Duncan, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Phillips, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Eldridge, AssociatedPerformer - Sierra Hull, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Justin Moses, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Bush, AssociatedPerformer - John Cowan, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Alison Brown, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Simontacchi, AssociatedPerformer - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Todd Phillips, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Eldridge, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer - Brennan Leigh, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie McCoury, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Eldridge, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Russ Carson, AssociatedPerformer - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Todd Phillips, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Scott Simontacchi, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer - Brennan Leigh, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Tim O'Brien, FeaturedArtist - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - David Grier, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Dennis Crouch, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, AssociatedPerformer - John Cowan, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie McCoury, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Eldridge, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Shad Cobb, AssociatedPerformer - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Russ Carson, AssociatedPerformer - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Robbie Fulks, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Lorne Rall Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Skyler Chuckry, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
Resenha do Álbum
Robbie Fulks' first break in his career as a musician came when he joined the veteran bluegrass group the Special Consensus in 1983, and even though it turned out to be just one of many creative paths he would follow, a look at his catalog confirms he's never lost his love for acoustic country music and the home truths of bluegrass storytelling. 2013's Gone Away Backward and 2016's Upland Stories were mostly acoustic efforts that were among the best-reviewed work of his career (the latter also earned him a Grammy nomination), and 2023's Bluegrass Vacation is at once a companion piece to those records and his first proper bluegrass album since leaving the Special Consensus. Bluegrass Vacation was recorded in Nashville with a crew of first-class bluegrass pickers, including Jerry Douglas on Dobro, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, San Bush and Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, and Alison Brown on banjo. Fulks' guitar playing is more than strong enough for him to stand alongside the high-priced help if more stylishly idiosyncratic (he favors occasional bursts of atonality more than his accompanists), and the best songs here are further evidence he's a remarkably gifted tunesmith. "Angels Carry Me" is a powerful tale of one man's love-hate relationship with his father, and "Momma's Eyes" is an equally moving and no less complicated story of a woman's grim final years. "One More Glass of Whiskey" and "Sweet Li'l Cora-Mae" are more cheerful variations on classic themes, and "Longhair Bluegrass" is a funny and loving first-person account of his discovery of the birth of newgrass (as well as meeting fellow acoustic pickers who smoked reefer). This being a Robbie Fulks album, he can't quite hold back the snarky undercurrent that mostly stayed quiet on Gone Away Backward and Upland Stories, and there's a smirk in "Let the Old Dog In" and "Backwater Blues" that feels a bit too smart for the room. But the closing track, "Old Time Music Is Here to Stay," is a stunner, a reminder that the enduring themes of bluegrass and classic country never lose their relevance, sometimes in ways that hurt as much as they heal. Bluegrass Vacation could be said to be Robbie Fulks' meditation on the notion that you can go home again, though it's also a place he never entirely left behind; it certainly testifies to his love of bluegrass and how it continues to inform and jibe with his songwriting decades into his musical career.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
Sobre o álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 12 faixa(s)
- Duração total: 00:44:40
- 1 Folheto digital
- Artistas principais: Robbie Fulks
- Gravadora: Compass Records
- Género: Blues/Country/Folk Country
2023 Compass Records 2023 Compass Records
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