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Jim Lauderdale: ''The Bluegrass Diaries''
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Out of 6 votes - Similar Artists: Rodney Crowell, Kim Richey, Kelly Willis, Hal Ketchum
Out of 6 votes
- Location: Statesville, North Carolina, United States
- Genre: Country » Progressive Bluegrass
Editor's review
Lauderdale seems utterly incapable of making musical enemies. His newest bluegrass set is, once again, an authentic barnstormer that nevertheless requires no prior knowledge of--or even interest in--the genre. Porch pickin' meets goodhearted vocals and the degree of songwriting we've come to expect.
Biography
Fresh off of a 2006 Grammy nomination for his last bluegrass album Bluegrass and an earlier Grammy win in 2002 for his album Lost In the Lonesome Pines with Ralph Stanley, country music's most prolific songwriter Jim Lauderdale is back again with his next batch of high and lonesome hallmarks. The Bluegrass Diaries is the first of three albums the Nashville legend will release of the course of the next year. After releasing two albums in 2006, the man Nashville has come to know as the quintessential "songwriter's songwriter" is still constantly writing, recording and collaborating, resulting in this legendary output of top notch gems. Music seems to flow from the very pores of the man who has penned hits for some of country music's most chart-topping superstars including The Dixie Chicks, George Jones, George Strait, Vince Gill and Patti Loveless.
