(Rounder)
Raising Sand, Krauss's triumphant collaboration with Robert Plant, was never going to be the act of reinvention for the bluegrass star that it was for the ex-Zep singer. Reunited with her customary band, she cruises through a set of well-flossed modern country where the picking, on dobro, banjo, guitar and mandolin, is exemplary, but the material routine. Krauss contributes nothing self-penned and the job falls to journeyman writers, with a brace of well-judged covers for ballast (Richard Thompson's "Dimming of the Day" is a highpoint). While Krauss's crystalline vocals delight (not so Dan Tyminski's hollers), the album refuses to become more than its often pleasant parts.
Michelle Behennah Julie Benz Saira Mohan Brittny Gastineau Ashley Tisdale
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