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If you haven't seem DTB in person, find the time to catch a show or festival. Silverlined is a great starter CD if you are not familiar with DTB or for us seasoned fans.its danceable stuff. bring the whole family, bring your friends or come alone you are sure to find many friends at a DTB show. I have been a member of the herd for about ten years now and love this band. Have all their CDs (Group and Solo Projects) and even a cassette or two.
Most of the songs have a very catchy hook. This is a great album. Tara and Jeb trade songs throughtout the album.
The bottom line is that DTB is making music that has a feel , an energy and a creativity that is lacking in most of the music that comes out these days. Tara's voice is perfect, beautiful as always, produced well, and her songs are as lyrically brilliant as ever. The special guests are great and add just more flavor to the album. It seems very rare over the past few decades that any group actually is able to follow-up a great album with another great one, but DTB has pulled it off. I am grateful that these two superb songwriters crossed paths and continue to crank out great music. This album is produced almost to perfection - there are a few background vocals I could do without but no major complaints there. Not to mention that they are making music in a niche that they more or less created.I've listened to the album a few times already and I'm still not sure I'm ready to say that it's better than the last album, Life's a Ride, but I have a feeling I will eventually rank this album higher. With 13 songs on the album I can honestly say there is not a bad song on the album (Jeb pushes the limits with his songwriting, and even with his singing on "Blue Eyes" but it's enjoyable when you listen to the album as a whole).
A sad day for me. The overall sound is homogenized and bland. On the second listening I was already skipping through the CD. Donna the Buffalo's wonderful personality and uniqueness are only quietly present beneath the surface.
When's the last time we heard horns with DTB. Tara sings about the struggles of love and Jeb sings about the joys and limitations of life.There's an unguarded maturity here that brings a smile and a nod of understanding as you dance. Tara and Jeb have done it again. Jeb's brought back the pedal steel and Bela Fleck brings his banjo into the mix. Some of the topics, (war, selfishness), cause reflection but DTB works hard to find the Silverlining in these times."How good it could be to make a world called home" The music is Danceable Americana and the lyrics are uniquely true. They've teamed up with guest musicians to add new sounds to songs we've heard at shows for a few years.
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