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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2005-06-28
  2. Publisher: Dualtone Music Group
  3. Artist: Greencards
  4. Sales Rank in Music: #82093

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When two of the most towering figures in popular music invite you out on tour, you must be doing something right. What The Greencards are doing right is making great music. That’s why Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson asked the band to perform on their national tour starting May 25. The Greencards will tour with the iconic legends through July 11.There’ll be little rest for one of the hardest working bands in acoustic music, which is how they like it. After the Dylan/Nelson tour, The Greencards will makes stops in Texas, Colorado and Idaho before meeting up with Australian singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers.



One listen to the band’s upcoming sophomore album, Weather & Water, and it’s easy to hear why these musical giants are turning to The Greencards for tour support. The disc, which releases June 28 on Dualtone, is a modern acoustic masterpiece. The band produced the album and called on in-demand engineer Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek, Dolly Parton) to engineer it. They also wrote nearly every song on it. The highlight of the album may well be the band’s own "Time." This standout track mixes dreamy harmonies and a languid melody into a perfect rumination on the past. It’s alluring and addictive—a hallmark of The Greencards’ distinctive global brand of acoustic music. For the uninitiated, one of the hottest bands in America is comprised of two Australians—mandolin player Kym Warner and bass player Carol Young—and a fiddle-playing Brit named Eamon McLoughlin.
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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review
4.8 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Moody, sad but hopeful bluegrass pop, August 7, 2005
Eliphas Levi "eliphas" (Baton Rouge, LA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weather & Water (Audio CD)
I discovered this band from an NPR/public radio airing last week. I went out and bought the album from hearing "Long Way Down," and I have to say that it's one of the most geniune and sincere acoustic albums I've heard in years. The music itself is wonderful, but the lyrics lend the music an authenticity that is often missing from popular music: the things greencard sing about are what you and I live everyday, not idealized hopeful future-land. The sound and menaing resonate more with the Louvin Brothers and less so with contemporar country/bluegrass faire. It's definately a bluegrass for the alt-country generation, but it also has appeal for the old timers. This is a masterful bluegrass crossover I cannot recommend more highly! Earnest and white, these Aussies have hit the nerve . . . .


5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful Music, January 3, 2006
Faithless Street (Austin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weather & Water (Audio CD)
The Greencards have earned their success the hard way. Individually they learned the business playing for other artists such as Rodney Crowell . They actually met and came together as a result of working on a project for another artist. They have build a fan base using the time honored tradition of opening for bands they respected musically. In short, they are a flashback to a time when musicians became successful by making, of all things, music. On their second album they remind new fans and old exactly what kind of music can be wrung of this kind of work. Haunting and memorable, The Greencards may just be the best contemporary straight bluegrass band on the scene today.

The album opens with the haunting tribute to losing a loved one, "The Ghost of You And Me," which features Carol Young's voice to its best advantage. The title track is a chilling ballad, penned by fellow Aussie Jed Hughes, about a man forced by economics into commercial fishing, trapped on a boat...Read more


9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful recording, July 5, 2005
C. Wilson (SCAPPOOSE, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weather & Water (Audio CD)
The recording itself is beautifully mixed.

Each voice and instrument is crystal clear.

A beauty to listen to !

Harmony seems to be a forgotten part of modern music.

This is just a gem.

The voices mesh together like silk and honey.

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