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2002 studio album by Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko
Meeting on Southern Soil is an album by Norman Blake and Peter Ostroushko , released in 2002.
Reception [ edit ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Writing for Allmusic , the music critic Chris Nickson wrote of the album, "Albums like this renew the roots of American music, bringing new blood (tunes and songs) into what is really a flowing river of history. To hear these two together is a sheer joy and a triumph of musical skill and love."[1]
Track listing [ edit ]
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
"Blackberry Blossom" – 3:37
"Rise When the Rooster Crows " – 3:14
"President Richard Milhous Nixon's Hornpipe" (Ostroushko) – 3:17
"Blake's Railroad Blues" (Blake) – 8:45
"Muddy Creek" – 2:59
"Little Bessie" – 6:03
"Chickamauga" (Ostroushko) – 4:03
"Only a Bunch of Violets" – 4:33
"Oklahoma Redbird" – 2:44
"I Cannot Call Her Mother" – 3:46
"Marjorie's Waltz #3" (Ostroushko) – 6:52
"The Old Hickory Cane" – 3:19
"Oh Death" – 4:53
"Mandolin Medley: Caperton Ferry/Ruins of Richmond/Valley Head" (Blake) – 4:58
"The Little Log Hut in the Lane" – 2:40
"Christmas Eve Is Coming, Anna" (Ostroushko) – 3:04
Personnel [ edit ]
Production notes [ edit ]
Norman Blake – mixing
Peter Ostroushko – mixing
Jim Emrich – engineer
David Glasser – mastering
Carla Leighton – art direction, design
Billy Pierce – assistant engineer
Lane Brown Taylor – photography
References [ edit ]
Studio albums with the Rising Fawn String Ensemble With Tony Rice Soundtracks Compilation albums Collaborations or as sideman