Composer: Jonathan Yudkin. Personnel: Kenny Rogers (vocals); Kenny Rogers; Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar, dobro); Jonathan Yudkin (bouzouki, mandolin, fiddle); Ron Folsom, Alan Grunfeld, Bob Peterson, Natalie Leggett, Josephina Vergara, Miwako Watanabe, Tereza Stanislav, Haim Shtrum (violin); Karen Elaine Bakunin (viola); Rudy Stein, Dan Tobin Smith, Dan Smith (cello); Jim Hoke (accordion); Gordon Mote (piano); Charles Judge (keyboards, synthesizer); Warren Hartman (synthesizer); Michael Rhodes (bass instrument); Shannon Forrest (drums); Vince Gill, Russell Terrell, Sarah Buxton (background vocals); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff, Tom Bukovac (electric guitar); Russ Pahl (steel guitar); Bruce Dukov, Darius Campo,... Less

Bridge Over Troubled Water is the most enduring album in the beloved duo's catalog, boasting some of their finest vocal performances as well as some of Simon's most accomplished songwriting. It spawned no less than four hit singles: "The Boxer," "Cecilia," "El Condor Pasa" and the iconic title track, which became an instant standard and which remains one of the most-covered songs in pop history. The album also features such beloved Simon and Garfunkel classics as "Keep the Customer Satisfied," "Baby Driver," "The Only Living Boy in New York" and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright." Capturing the contemplative mood of the end of a tumultuous decade, Bridge Over Troubled Water quickly became one of the most popular albums of its time, appealing to counterculture audiences as well as mainstream... Less

Bridge Over Troubled Water is the most enduring album in the beloved duo's catalog, boasting some of their finest vocal performances as well as some of Simon's most accomplished songwriting. It spawned no less than four hit singles: "The Boxer," "Cecilia," "El Condor Pasa" and the iconic title track, which became an instant standard and which remains one of the most-covered songs in pop history. The album also features such beloved Simon and Garfunkel classics as "Keep the Customer Satisfied," "Baby Driver," "The Only Living Boy in New York" and "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright." Capturing the contemplative mood of the end of a tumultuous decade, Bridge Over Troubled Water quickly became one of the most popular albums of its time, appealing to counterculture audiences as well as mainstream... Less

Personnel: Mary Flower (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Tony Furtado (bottleneck guitar, banjo); Tim O'Brien (mandolin, fiddle); Courtney Von Drehle (accordion); Reggie Houston (soprano saxophone); Janice Scroggins (piano); Matt Johnson (drums).Audio Mixer: Jordan Leff.Liner Note Author: Terry Currier. Recording information: Secret Society Recording Studio, Portland, OR (2008). Illustrator: Gary Houston.BRIDGES is a tribute to folk-blues guitarist Mary Flower's newly adopted home town of Portland, Oregon. Using the best of the local blues community as her fellow musicians and choosing covers connected to the area (including the anti-war anthem "Portland Town"), BRIDGES is filled with the independence and openness of the Pacific Northwest as well as Flower's typically excellent acoustic... Less

Eden's Bridge includes: Sarah Lacy (vocals). Personnel: Sarah Lacy (vocals, organ, background vocals); David Bird (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, cittern, background vocals); Troy Donockley (Uilleann pipe); Richard Lacy (piano, keyboards, bodhran, cymbals, rainsticks, shaker, tambourine, chimes, background vocals); Jon Large (fretless bass); Terl Bryant (drums, cowbells, cymbals, guiro, pandeiro, shaker, tambourine, caxixi, bells, chimes). Recording information: Sound Advice Recording Studios, Normanton, West Yorkshi (04/1995- 07/1997). Photographer: Paul White.Celtic Psalms, like its companion piece, Celtic Worship, was marketed in Christian music stores in the hopes of cashing in on the increasing American enthusiasm for Irish music. Eden's Bridge is evidently a CCM... Less

It's no use comparing Stones albums to Exile on Main St. anymore; the world's greatest rock & roll band clearly substitutes finances for passion these days. But compared to, say, Soul Asylum or the Black Crowes, the band still produces worthwhile records--"Flip the Switch," "Out of Control," and the closing Keith Richards suite all give Bridges the edge over the Stones' spotty previous Voodoo Lounge. Despite dross like the plagiarized hit "Anybody Seen My Baby," and the underutilization of the talented Dust Brothers production team, the Stones don't deserve our indifference just yet. --Steve Knopper