Blue Highway - Wondrous Love
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Track List: Wondrous Love
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- Wondrous LoveDownload & Buy
- Traveling PreacherDownload & Buy
- Wicked Path Of SinDownload & Buy
- I'm Asking YouDownload & Buy
- Live On Down The LineDownload & Buy
- Chasing After The WindDownload & Buy
- Seven Sundays In A RowDownload & Buy
- This World Is Not My HomeDownload & Buy
- Ahead Of The StormDownload & Buy
- Old Brush Arbors
- The Ground Is Level At The Foot Of The CrossDownload & Buy
- It Won't Be LongDownload & Buy
- The Old Rugged CrossDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Wondrous Love
- Release Date:
- 06/24/2003
- Label:
- Rounder / Umgd
- UPC:
- 011661052420
User Reviews: Wondrous Love
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Brilliant instrumental prowess, soaring harmonies, driving rhythms, well-crafted original material, & creative arrangements
, June 24, 2003Reviewer:
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Contemporary bluegrass supergroup Blue Highway's gospel album Wondrous Love shines brightly with reverent harmonies and hard-earned precision. Expertly recorded and produced, each voice gets equal space and every instrument's strum is clean and warm, intimate and clear. Peppering their repertoire with a handful of a cappella spirituals, the band not only demonstrates their ability to harmonize like a choir, but when the music kicks back in after these vocals-only tracks it reminds the listener of Blue Highway's strong pickin' ability as well. Pure and honest, reverent and welcoming, bright and rollicking, clear and convicted, Blue Highway have continued their winning streak of terrific albums by picking a theme close to their hearts and making it available to everyone who will listen. Far beyond being just one of the best bluegrass-gospel albums of the year, Wondrous Love could easily stand on critics' lists as one of the best albums of the year. - Zac Johnson, All Music Guide |
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Song Listing: 1. Wondrous Love, 2. Traveling Preacher, 3. Wicked Path of Sin, 4. I'm Asking You, 5. Live on Down the Line, 6. Chasing After the Wind, 7. Seven Sundays in a Row, 8. This World Is Not My Home, 9. Ahead of the Storm, 10. Old Brush Arbor, 11. The Ground is Level at the Foot of the Cross, 12. It Won't Be Long, 13. The Old Rugged Cross
It was only two years after Tennessee-based contemporary bluegrass supergroup, Blue Highway, formed that they were taking home IBMA awards for "Emerging Artist of 1996" and "Album of the Year" (for "It's a Long, Long Road"). A year later, the band won "Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year" for the song "God Moves in a Windstorm." Why they've waited six years longer to release their first gospel album is a mystery. This project is long overdue, and it is certainly a heavenly treat with their brand-name harmonies and instrumental virtuosity. The band features five consummate players and vocalists: Tim Stafford (guitar), Shawn Lane (mandolin, fiddle), Wayne Taylor (bass), Rob Ickes (resophonic guitar), and Jason Burleson (banjo, guitar). Ickes is a five-time winner of the IBMA Dobro Player of the Year award.
The title cut opens the project with a sparse mandolin prelude, followed by a cappella harmonies that build to a full studio-enhanced chorus of multiple Blue Highwaymen, including guest Alan O'Bryant. "Traveling Preacher" is a bouncy tale of a man of faith, while Shawn Lane's "I'm Asking You" is an introspective ballad with an uplifting and inspirational message. Another song without instruments, Tim Stafford's "Chasing After the Wind" exhorts listeners to find the Hand of God. Wayne Taylor's songwriting collaboration on "Seven Sundays in a Row" (with Kim Williams and Larry Shell) reinforces the fact that the band's bass player is also a gifted bluegrass songcrafter, as are Lane and Stafford who also penned songs on this album. Besides their original material, Blue Highway does a very commendable job with more standard material like Wicked Path of Sin, This World is not My Home, and Old Brush Arbor. "The Ground is Level at the Foot of the Cross" has an important message - no matter how different people are, we all stand in the same relationship before God. Rob Ickes closes the album with a wondrously moving instrumental rendition of The Old Rugged Cross. Guest artist Sonya Isaacs adds harmony on two cuts.
Blue Highway has built a reputation for brilliant instrumental prowess, soaring harmonies, driving rhythms, well-crafted original material, and creative arrangements. Wondrous Love is a topnotch gospel album from a band that continues to be foremost in their profession and presentation. Blue Highway's got the power, and this is an album that will help you find true inwardness from the gospel messages presented in their spiritual songs. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now) ...