John Starling and Carolina Star - Slidin' Home

This new album reunites three original members of The Seldom Scene: Starling (lead vocals), Mike Auldridge (Resophonic guitar, baritone harmony vocals) and Tom Gray (bass).They are joined at various times by Rickie Simpkins (fiddle), Kent Ippolito (guitar, mandolin), Jon Randall (mandolin, guitar, harmony vocal), Jimmy Gaudreau (mandolin), Larry Stephenson (mandolin, harmony vocal) and Jay Starling (piano), with Emmylou Harris guesting on one track.A good selection of material ranging from familiar traditional songs to more contemporary pieces, sung and played with soul, and certainly an album that John Starling's admirers will want to add to their collection. **** Al Moir (CMP, March 2007)Tracks: Waitin' For A Train / Cold Hard Business / South Riding Tango / In My Hour Of Darkness (with Emmylou Harris) / The Riverboat Song / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Those Two Blue Eyes / Willin' / Irish Spring / Prayer For My Friends.