Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)

Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 1998
Some find the Texas thrush a bit precious. (Maybe it's the way she sings "When I woke up this mawwwwwnin'" on this album's "You Were on My Mind"). Still, the sequel to her popular Other Voices, Other Rooms provides an easy-to-take introduction to some classic folk songs and performers. The likes of Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and John Prine add depth and range to the good-natured song swap. --Steven Stolder

Amazon.com
Few performers these days take the time to pay tribute to the artists whose work shaped their sensibilities. Fewer still make the effort to track down those artists and include them in a project that calls attention to their greatness. Nanci Griffith, on the other hand, has done it twice. Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) is the sequel to Other Voices, Other Rooms, Griffith's first such collection, which was a triumph on almost every level. The new album is nearly its equal,... read more