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A Reference Recording....

For those of you who love the sound of the female voice(s) and/or have a passions for bluegrass/folk/Celtic styles...run, do not walk, to either Amazon or to mistyriverband.com and order Misty River's 'Rising'. Great music, awesome sound quality...what more can one ask? This is what this mad hobby always should be about - and so seldom is.

Misty River has produced 3 other albums. All musically outstanding but none have quite the 'band-is-in-the-room' quality (and I mean that quite literally - the illusion is very close to pefect). They are all still sonically way above average, however, and definitely worth owning.
curriemt11

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curriemt11 OP
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My pleasure. On the surface, this would appear to be nothing more than a run of the mill indie CD. Nothing could be further from the truth. You can listen to some of their music at the site. Try 'Only Love'...this is the first track on "Rising"...and the one that made me say 'man, this is something very special'. They're mp3s of course, but you'll get the idea.

> we seem to get lost in the quest for better gear

I couldn't agree more. And I'm just as guilty as many.
curriemt11 OP
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Timrhu,

As long as you liked the music itself, you won't be steered wrong. I can guarantee you'll be happy with the engineering side of things. Enjoy!

Mike
curriemt11 OP
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Jackaroe,

Thanks for the suggestion of 'Railroad Earth'. Will have to check that one out. I fully agree with you on the Acoustic Disc CDs - wonderful stuff. Nearly all of the label's recordings are excellent, I'm not sure how some of the 'Dawg' music would appeal to the uninitiated, though :)
curriemt11 OP
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Royy,

If you like those two, 'Willow' is also excellent, but slightly different in terms of musical direction from the other two. There's even a very interesting version of Simon and Garfunkel's 'Kathy's Song' on there. I believe that's available for listening on the website, in fact.
curriemt11 OP
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Royy,

Looks to me as though cdbaby.com has a 2 CD deal for 'Rising' and 'Live' for $25:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/mistyriverset
curriemt11 OP
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All kinds of good recommendations. Love it, thanks everyone!
curriemt11 OP
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Mjw55,

My knees thank you.
curriemt11 OP
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Timrhu,

I agree about the vocal separation. Take the opening of 'If I Needed You', for example. Four very distinct voices sitting out there in 3D space. Lovely stuff.
curriemt11 OP
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I received this from one of the members of Misty River:

"Our band is talking about doing a new CD toward the end of this year with the engineer who did Rising, but nothing is confirmed yet."

Yes please, I'll have some of that!
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