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CD reviews: Old folk from the Village and beyond
Aspen Times - Mar 18, 2010
Bruce Hornsby is among the musicians contributing to “The Village,” a tribute to the songs of Greenwich Village in the '60s. “The Village” is subtitled “A ...

The day the music died
Virginia Gazette - Mar 17, 2010
Grammy winner Bruce Hornsby found the closing predictable and lamentable, given changing trends in how people buy music. “Kids buy single songs, ...

Bryan Adams' Symphony Hall show about to sell out
Allentown Morning Call - Mar 12, 2010
Light rocker Bruce Hornsby had a near sellout in 2002, and even popular parody singer “Weird” Al Yankovic came up 16 seats short of a sellout in 1996. ...

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The Way It Is

Already an accomplished musician and songwriter, Bruce Hornsby released his debut "The Way It Is" with his band The Range at age 32 in 1986. Earning top 40 hits and Grammy recognition, its impact was immediate. A Virginia native, Hornsby presented a unique, distinguished sound, identifiable by his remarkable, whimsical piano playing. Both a brilliant songwriter and vocalist in addition to his keyboard prowess, Hornsby employs some '80s production elements in synthesizers and electronica, as well as some distinctly southern musicianship by the ever-underrated Range.

Titles:
    1. On the Western Skyline
    2. Every Little Kiss
    3. Mandolin Rain
    4. Long Race
    5. Way It Is
    6. Down the Road Tonight
    7. Wild Frontier
    8. River Runs Low
    9. Red Plains
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Levitate

Bruce Hornsby's new album opens with a boisterous bit of fiddle-inflected folk-rock called "The Black Rats of London." The song's subject matter is the little known role played by rodents, bugs and microbes in shaping some of our nation's most important historical events.

"I wrote that out of a National Geographic article that I was reading about Jamestown," he told me in a recent telephone conversation. "This was quite a revelation to me about how the redcoats got sick in Yorktown, and it helped the Americans, the bluecoats, defeat them.

Titles:
    1. The Black Rats of London
    2. Prairie Dog Town
    3. Cyclone
    4. Continents Drift
    5. Paperboy
    6. Invisible
    7. Levitate
    8. Here We Are Again
    9. Space is the Place
    10. Michael Raphael
    11. Simple Prayer
    12. In the Low Country
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Rambling Boy

Charlie Hayden, family and friends combine to give us the kind of music Charlie was raised on by many of the best entertainers in the business.The musical performances were solid and fun for listener and performer alike. Charlie and his parents started at KMA Radio in Shenandoah, Iowa, and how fitting the album ends with Charlie singing "Shenandoah." I love it and recommend it.

Titles:
    1. Single Girl, Married Girl
    2. Rambling Boy
    3. 20/20 Vision
    4. Wildwood Flower
    5. Spiritual
    6. Oh Take Me Back
    7. You Win Again
    8. The Fields Of Athenry
    9. Ocean Of Diamonds
    10. He's Gone Away
    11. A Voice From On High
    12. Down By The Salley Gardens
    13. Road Of Broken Hearts
    14. Is This America? (Katrina 2005)
    15. A Tramp On The Street
    16. Old Joe Clark
    17. Seven Year Blues
    18. Old Haden Family Show
    19. Shenandoah
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A Night on the Town

If you like sad songs I highly recommend this album just for the duet with Shawn Colvin, "Lost Soul". The way her voice winds through it just made the hair on my arms, (not to mention my back) stand on end. Of course the rest of the album features tasty guitar and piano licks as well as an impressive group of guest artists who make for my favorite Range album. Still love listening to it to this day.I give it two thumbs and two big-toes up.

Titles:
    1. Night on the Town
    2. Carry the Water
    3. Fire on the Cross
    4. Barren Ground
    5. Across the River
    6. Stranded on Easy Street
    7. Stander on the Mountain
    8. Lost Soul
    9. Another Day
    10. Special Night
    11. These Arms of Mine
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