I promised to go back and rate the albums I've reviewed/mentioned or alluded to in the past using a five star system. Since I don't review stuff I don't like, don't expect anything below 3 stars. I tried to arrange this by columns, but this format doesn't work well that way so I'll simply do each row as Album, Artist, Rating. Here goes:
Lorraine, Lori McKenna, 4.5
Crows, Allison Moorer, 4.0
Live At the Troubadour, James Taylor/Carole King, 4.5
Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars, 5.0
Simply Eva, Eva Cassidy, 4.5
Grace, Cheri Call, 4.0
Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless, 4.0
Ready to Go, Bryan Sutton, 3.5
Paper Airplane, Alison Krauss & Union Station, 3.5
Suzy Bogguss, Suzy Bogguss, 3.5
Simpatico, Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins, 4.5
Follow Me Down, Sarah Jarosz, 4.0
Cricket's Orchestra, Meaghan Smith, 4.0
Coal, Kathy Mattea, 4.0
The Dreaming Fields, Matraca Berg, 4.0
Debra Fotheringham, Debra Fotheringham, 3.5
Father to Son, Sam Payne, 4.0
When Forever Rolls Around, The Lovell Sisters, 4.0
Time to Grow, The Lovell Sisters, 4.5
Daybreak, Sierra Hull, 4.0
Live at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, The Lovell Sisters, 3.0
Spring, Larkin Poe, 4.0
Fall, Larkin Poe, 3.5
The Harrow and the Harvest, Gillian Welch, 4.0
Trains I Missed, Balsam Range, 3.5
American Folk Songbook, Suzy Bogguss, 5.0
That about covers it. I've left some out that I may have hinted at in earlier posts, but these are the ones that I want to rate now. I will rate as I go in the future, so probably won't do a listing again. Also as a note of interest, I'm warming up to Larkin Poe more as I listen to their Fall and Spring EPs on a regular basis. The ratings reflect my change of attitude.
The weather's gloomy today, so I'm looking forward to some good Christmas concerts/music in the near future. Bring it on!
