Album
Little Sparrow
2001 · Folk, World, & Country
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Little Sparrow is a Country album by Dolly Parton, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
Setting dulcet harmonies against lively but tasteful acoustic picking, <i>Little Sparrow</i> is the sound of a mature artist creating the music she loves, on her own terms. Like 1999's <i>The Grass Is Blue</i>, this Grammy-winning album from 2001 showcases Parton's return to her musical roots, filtering traditional genres like bluegrass, mountain ballads, gospel, and Celtic music through a breezy, pop-inflected sensibility. The stories of love, loss, and betrayal contained here represent a canny mixture of standards, originals (including a lovely reworking of her melancholy '70s gem "Down From Dover"), and a few unexpected covers, like Collective Soul's "Shine" and even the Eagles chestnut "Seven Bridges Road." <i>Little Sparrow</i> makes effective use of vocal and instrumental backup from such leading lights of the contemporary acoustic scene as Jerry Douglas, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and Dan Tyminski. But the real star is, as always, that extraordinary voice: 25 years after first hearing, it remains as pure and otherworldly as any.
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Tracklist
- 1Little Sparrow4:13
- 2Shine5:11
- 3I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby3:02
- 4My Blue Tears3:02
- 5Seven Bridges Road3:29
- 6Bluer Pastures4:10
- 7A Tender Lie3:44
- 8I Get a Kick out of You2:30
- 9Mountain Angel6:51
- 10Marry Me3:17
- 11Down from Dover5:09
- 12The Beautiful Lie2:34
- 13In the Sweet By and By3:53
- 14Little Sparrow (Reprise)1:36
Sound DNA
- Country
- Bluegrass
- twangy
- mournful
- southern
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- AltanMUSICIAN, GUEST
- Barry BalesMUSICIAN, BASS BASS
- Bryan SuttonMUSICIAN, GUITAR FIDDLE GUITAR
- Chris ThileMUSICIAN, MANDOLIN MANDOLIN
- Ciaran CurranMUSICIAN, GUEST
- Ciaran TourishMUSICIAN, GUEST LOW WHISTLE WHISTLE
- Dáithí SprouleMUSICIAN, GUEST GUITAR
- Dermot ByrneMUSICIAN, GUEST ACCORDION
- Jerry DouglasMUSICIAN, RESONATOR GUITAR GUITAR RESONATOR GUITAR
- Jim MillsMUSICIAN, BANJO BANJO
- Mairéad Ní MhaonaighMUSICIAN, GUEST VOCALS
- Mark KellyMUSICIAN, GUEST GUITAR
- Mike SniderMUSICIAN , BANJO MUSICIAN, FEATURING , BANJO BANJO
- Steve BuckinghamMUSICIAN , DULCIMER, AUTOHARP MUSICIAN, FEATURING , DULCIMER, AUTOHARP DULCIMER
- Stuart DuncanMUSICIAN, FIDDLE FIDDLE
- Alison KraussHARMONY VOCALS
- Becky Isaacs BowmanHARMONY VOCALS
- Byron HouseBASS
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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