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艺人姓名：Craig Bickhardt

专辑名称：Brother to the Wind

发行时间：2009-04-04

风格类型：Country

公司厂牌：cdbaby

Craig Bickhardt抯 new CD Brother To The Wind contains some of the best work he
has done in a long career dedicated to ennobling the art of song.  One listen
and you'll be reminded of the days when artists like James Taylor, Leonard
Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot were pioneering the singer-songwriter
genre.s
"Music used to change people,?Bickhardt notes. 揜ecords used to be made for
careful listeners who read the lyrics and talked about the songs, interpreted
their meanings.  That抯 the kind of music I relate to.? Craig is following in
the traditions of his admired predecessors.
For the project, Bickhardt dug deep into his 800-tune catalog.  The record
contains songs that have already proven their strength, having been recorded by
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Tony Rice, Charlie Louvin and
others.  But Craig is not merely some hit maker capitalizing on his
thoroughbred discography.  These are the quintessential versions of highly
artistic songs, and throughout his extraordinary career Craig picked up many
believers among the better artists of his generation.  You can hear them
sitting in on nearly every cut of the CD; Janis Ian, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Tim
O'Brien, Darrell Scott, Maura O'Connell, Rusty Young, Jack Sundrud and a host
of others.
"I wanted to include some of the artists and friends I've known and respected
on this CD.  You get to a point where you realize you don't have forever in
this world. It's time to do the things I've put off, and one of those things is
to sing and pick with these great people I've met and admired.?
Native Pennsylvanian Craig Bickhardt抯 big break came in 1982 when he was
chosen to write and sing two songs for Robert Duvall's Academy Award winning
film "Tender Mercies".  In the wake of that film抯 success, Craig made his move
to Nashville where his songs found their way onto platinum and Grammy winning
CDs by legends such as Ray Charles, B. B. King, Alison Krauss, Martina McBride,
The Judds and Dianne Schuur to name just a few.  Along with his friends and
collaborators Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch and Don Schlitz, Craig also helped
to establish the original Writers In The Round series at The Bluebird Caf?
He went on to have three hits as an artist when he joined Schuyler and Knobloch
to make their SKB CD No Easy Horses for MTM Records.  The group's version of
Craig's song "Givers And Takers" entered the top ten on the Billboard country
charts in the fall of 1988.
In 2006 Bickhardt made the bold move to leave Nashville and return to the
concert stage and to his roots in eastern Pennsylvania.  Since his move he has
shared the stage with Kathy Mattea, Judy Collins, Billy Joe Shaver, Livingston
Taylor, and Janis Ian among others.  His performance at the 2008 Philadelphia
Folk Festival prompted the concert抯 promoter Jesse Lundy to say, 揅raig
Bickhardt stands among the giants of songwriting. His main stage show at this
year's Philly Folk Festival was absolutely outstanding.?

- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
[01] life with the sound turned down                    [04:26]
[02] carrying a dream                                   [04:54]
[03] brother to the wind                                [03:56]
[04] even a cowboy can dream                            [04:25]
[05] a day well spent                                   [03:05]
[06] if he came back again                              [04:02]
[07] this old house                                     [04:48]
[08] lord franklin                                      [04:34]
[09] the real game                                      [03:40]
[10] donald and june                                    [03:50]
[11] prayers for you                                    [03:26]
[12] where in the world                                 [04:44]

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