I have a different piece of music for you this week.  My niece came to visit this week and she and hubby brought me a real treasure.  It's called "Blood On The Border" - The War Between Missouri and Kansas.  It was compiled and produced by Chris Edwards.  I'll quote you the introduction to give you a feel for its content.

"The recording, with it's eight songs linked narrative segments all composed by Chris Edwards, views the situation leading up to the War along the Missouri/Kansas border and the subsequent guerrilla war that followed.  By using this point of view through the eyes of Bud Pence, one of the guerrillas who rode with Quantrill and Anderson from 1861 to 1865, Edwards is able to give a much different slant to what took place during these dark and dangerous times."

There you go.  I found the listening of this CD fascinating and as the intro indicates quite a different slant on those times.  Give it a try.  You'll certainly learn a different aspect...

Well, as is my "want" on occasion I have tried out an artist I had never heard before and I "LIKED" it...   Heh Heh   The artist is Sean Harkness, his instruments are steel string and acoustic nylon guitars.  Incredibly pleasing music for a Sunday evening or around sunset on any old day when you get home from work, the kids are fed, the dishes are washed and you just want to wind down.  This particular CD is titled "Aloft".   A sample listing of the songs on the CD are "Siempre Conmigo" (Always With Me), "Summer Solstice", "Aloft", "Paradise Road", "Cuchullain's Dream", "Coming Home", "Green Mountain Trail", and "Harlem River Drive". ............Enjoy!!

Music: Well, this week I listened to another CD by the Chieftans.  This one is called "Tears of Stone" and it is indeed a blockbuster.  I applaud Paddy Maloney and the Chieftans for working so hard to gather the talent that is on this CD and not giving up.  They spent 3 years bringing this all together and it is something.  Listen to these artists:  Brenda Fricker & Anuna, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, The Rankins, The Corrs, Sinead O'Connor, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Loreena McKennitt, Akiko Yano, Joan Osborne, Sissel, Eileen Ivers, Natalie MacMaster, Maire Breatnach, Annbjorg Lien, Diana Krall, Russell Malone, and Bishop Nathaniel Townsley Jr. & Gospel Jubilee.  This isn't a concert, it's "an Event" by some incredibly talented people who love their work.  Pick up a copy and then just fly away :D  Enjoy............

I also noticed in the Chat Log the explosion of singing going on Heh Heh !!!!    And due to the Colorado weather this last week I'll add; "the sun's so hot I froze to death, Suzanna don't you cry".   And I did notice a wee bit of discussion about Western songs so here's a great CD Set for you.  "Cowboy Classics - The Best of the West", a digitally remastered 4 CD Set that has all the old favorites and some of the new.  Folks like "The Sons of the Pioneers", "Gene Autry", "Jimmie Davis",  "Rex Allen", Mary Robbins", "Tex Ritter", "Riders in the Sky", "Slim Whitman", "Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans", "Eddy Arnold", and don't forget "Frankie Lane" doing Rawhide....  Enjoy............