Nugent CD delayed again
Friday, February 13, 2009 – Alecia Nugent's third release for Rounder has been pushed back again. "Hillbilly Goddess" originally was slated for a January release, which was then March 24. Now, the CD is due May 12. No reason was given for the postponement.
Nugent's first single, Cryin' All the Way to the Bank, is getting play and 1 of 11 songs on the new CD.
Nugent previously released 2004's "Alecia Nugent" and 2006's "A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane" featuring country and bluegrass. The new CD features support from producer Carl Jackson, duet partner Bradley Walker, J.D. Crowe, members of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Blue Highway, The Dan Tyminski Band and The Infamous Stringdusters.
Nugent also emerges as a songwriter on this album. In addition to her autobiographical Nugent Family Band, co-written with Dixie and Tom T. Hall, she was inspired to write the title tune with Jackson and Sonya Kelly.
The songs are:
1. Wreckin' The Train
2. Don't Tell Me
3. HIllbilly Goddess
4. Just Another Alice
5. The Last Greyhound
6. Cryin' All The Way To The Bank
7. Dyin' To Hold Her Again
8. Nugent Family Band
9. Wishin' Hard
10. The Writing's All Over The Wall (with Bradley Walker)
11. Already Home
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Hillbilly Goddess
Alecia Nugent wraps her smooth, beautiful voice on her third release around songs written by some of the best in country and bluegrass music: Buddy and Julie Miller, Carl Jackson, Jerry Salley, Larry Cordle and Connie Leigh. She even co-writes a couple of songs - the rousing title track (written with Jackson and Sonya Kally) and the autobiographical Nugent Family Band (written with the storyteller Tom T. Hall and his wife Dixie).
The majority of the album (9 of the 11 songs) is ballads or mid-tempo offerings. »»» |
A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane
Alecia Nugent's second CD is a winner. She is an excellent vocalist and has a star-studded group of musicians backing her. Nugent takes off at high speed on "Too Good To Be True." Carl Jackson, Rob Ickes, Adam Steffey and Jim Van Cleve are solidly behind her, driving the song knee-deep in bluegrass.
She has a good and varied collection here. "I Cried All the Way To Kentucky" is a toe-tapper, while she tugs at heartstrings with "A Dozen White Roses." Not only does she have excellent musicians »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: McGraw has plenty of fight left –
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