John Metzger
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 Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: Album Review - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Real Live Ro |
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Album Review - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Real Live Roadrunning
Strange as it may seem, the problem with Mark Knopfler and Emmylou
Harris' recent concert set Real Live Roadrunning isn't the performances.
Instead, the trouble lies largely with the redundancy between the live
recording and the similarly titled studio outing that served as the
inspiration for the duo's collaborative tour. Between the CD and the DVD
that are included in the collection, seven tracks from All the
Roadrunning are duplicated, and although they are tackled impeccably,
they also adhere quite closely to their studio counterparts. Alternating
between playful and melancholy moods, Harris and Knopfler add a
springier bounce to Done with Bonaparte, and they give the
country-imbued fiddle accompaniment that graces Red Staggerwing more
room to breathe. Elsewhere, Knopfler laces This Is Us with a brief but
fiery guitar solo before the song settles into its lovely piano-driven
conclusion, and he suitably underscores Right Now with a blues-baked
bite. Still, the updated tunes never quite manage to assume distinctive
personalities that can erase the memory of their original incarnations.
Real Live Roadrunning's highlights, therefore, come in the form of the
reinvigorated nuggets from Harris and Knopfler's back catalogues.
This is an excerpt. To read the complete review, please visit:
http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/knopfler-harris-realliveroadrunning.html |
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