it’s alright

As usual, the holiday season resulted in some new music landing in my lap. My family has the wonderful habit of giving each other what we personally like, with only half an ear to what we think the recipient likes. It sounds backwards, but it means we end up with really good stuff we might not otherwise have listened to. (Believe it or not, I’ve even come to appreciate most of the hardangar fiddle records I received a number of years back).
Best new stuff for me this year: Randy Travis’ latest album, “Around the Bend”. Country isn’t ususally my thing, but I’ve always liked Travis’ voice for all of it’s color. Not everything on this album is my cup of tea, but Travis sounds great, and the instrumentals are so good that they bring interest to pretty much every track. Here are a couple of my favorites:
Around the Bend
Turn it Around
But my favorite is his cover of Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice”. Travis doesn’t have an inch of irony in his musical soul, so his take on this ends up sounding positively giddy with freedom and no regrets. It’s a wonderful interpretation:
categories: music
tags: Randy Travis
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