Name: Daybreak [Digipak] *
Brand: Rounder
SKU: 21615410
Availability: OutOfStock

Daybreak [Digipak] *

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Album: Daybreak [Digipak] *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Easy Come, Easy Go	More Info...
2)	Don't Pick Me Up	More Info...
3)	All Because of You	More Info...
4)	Bombshell	More Info...
5)	Best Buy	More Info...
6)	I'll Always Be Waiting for You	More Info...
7)	The Land of Living	More Info...
8)	What Do You Say?	More Info...
9)	Tell Me Tomorrow	More Info...
10)	Daybreak	More Info...
11)	Chasin' Skies	More Info...
12)	Wouldn't Matter to Me	More Info...

Album: Daybreak [Digipak] *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Easy Come, Easy Go	More Info...
2)	Don't Pick Me Up	More Info...
3)	All Because of You	More Info...
4)	Bombshell	More Info...
5)	Best Buy	More Info...
6)	I'll Always Be Waiting for You	More Info...
7)	The Land of Living	More Info...
8)	What Do You Say?	More Info...
9)	Tell Me Tomorrow	More Info...
10)	Daybreak	More Info...
11)	Chasin' Skies	More Info...
12)	Wouldn't Matter to Me	More Info...

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Brandon Bell.
Liner Note Author: Jewly Hight.
Recording information: Minutia Studio; OMNI Sound; Unpainted Huffhines.
Editor: Brandon Bell.
Photographer: Gregg Delman.
There are lots of musicians on the bluegrass scene who play traditional, straight-ahead bluegrass, and some who combine it with elements of modern acoustic jazz and country music, but there are few who move back and forth from straight-ahead bluegrass to newgrass fusion with as much grace and as little obvious effort as Sierra Hull does. On her second album, she presents a program that includes seven original songs, and it's hard to know where to start in praising her: she has a voice as clear and carefully modulated as that of a young Alison Krauss; her songs are rooted in tradition but full of sly and subtle complications that will take any careful listener by delighted surprise, and her mandolin playing is a thrilling combination of sparkling precision and jazzy abandon. For acid-grass fans there's the rock-solid but creamily smooth "Don't Pick Me Up," a 1950s-style uptempo abandonment plaint; for those who miss the halcyon days of Grisman-Rice-styled New Acoustic Music, there's the brilliant instrumental "Bombshell" (listen to that mandolin solo, for crying out loud); and for those who think they have her pegged, there's a little slice of hot Western swing called "Best Buy." And everything else on the album falls somewhere along that bluegrass-newgrass-jazz spectrum, except for the title track, which is a stunningly pretty acoustic pop ballad. Not bad at all for a 19-year-old; in fact, it would have been a proud achievement for someone with 20 years in the business. It's hard to imagine how she'll top this one. ~ Rick Anderson