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1 Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor Fenoy 3:06
2 My Warfare Will Soon Be Over Traditional 4:33
3 Memories That Bless and Burn Thomas 4:57
4 Count Your Blessings Porter/Kallick 2:26
5 Keep Your Feet on the Ground Hees 2:23
6 Paul and Peter Walked Stuart 2:34
7 When I Get Home Ball 2:36
8 In My Time of Dying Public Domain [1] 3:15
9 Faded Pressed Rose Abshire 3:53
10 He Will Set Your Fields on Fire Jones 3:06
11 Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All of One Size [#] Public Domain [1] 1:52
12 Hewed out of the Mountain Traditional 2:35
13 Wayfaring Stranger Traditional 6:22
14 A Few More Years Traditional 4:32
15 Help Me Climb That Mountain Morris 3:04
16 There Is a Reason Block 5:31
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The Angels Are Singing: A Women's Bluegrass Gospel Collection

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Rounder

Style: Gospel

The Angels Are Singing: A Women's Bluegrass Gospel Collection

UPC: 011661048522

Release Date: 08/20/2002

Original Release Date: 08/20/2002

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor, My Warfare Will Soon Be Over, Memories That Bless and Burn, Count Your Blessings, Keep Your Feet on the Ground, Paul and Peter Walked, When I Get Home, In My Time of Dying, Faded Pressed Rose, He Will Set Your Fields on Fire, Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All of One Size [#], Hewed out of the Mountain, Wayfaring Stranger, A Few More Years, Help Me Climb That Mountain, There Is a Reason]
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Rick Anderson

One of the primary distinguishing features of bluegrass music has always been the male voice -- the fierce and otherworldly falsetto of Bill Monroe was as important to the establishment of bluegrass as a musical genre as were his hard-driving mandolin and the fiery banjo picking of Earl Scruggs. But although women have traditionally been regarded as peripheral in the history of bluegrass music, there are many who have made significant contributions, and they have done so throughout the music's history. From the rough-hewn mountain laments of Hazel Dickens to the soulful smoothness of Alison Krauss, the distinctive sounds of women bluegrass singers have added a distinctive dimension to the music's development. This collection of bluegrass gospel songs features women singing in a wide variety of bluegrass styles: the Stevens Sisters contribute the dark and bluesy "In My Time of Dying," Claire Lynch gets funky on a modern gospel composition called "Paul and Peter Walked," and Ola Belle Reed delivers a chilling a cappella rendition of "Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All One Size." Rhonda Vincent and Kathy Kallick both perform driving and rootsy numbers, while the Cox Family's contribution is, as usual for them, both gorgeous and slightly strange. Strict traditionalists might be put off by a few of these selections (the clarinet intro on "The Wayfaring Stranger" is especially startling), but everything here is very much worth hearing. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi