The Company She Keeps
Alison Brown
The Company You Keep (Compass Records, 2009)
Alison Brown is a remarkable artist. She is a gifted musician and also a visionary entrepreneur, who co-founded Compass Records, an independent label that has become one of the leading American roots music labels, releasing bluegrass, Celtic, world and folk music recordings. Her latest solo effort is The Company You Keep. Alison Brown's instrument is the banjo and even though bluegrass plays an important role in her music, Brown is also inspired by jazz improvisation and American contemporary instrumental music.
The Company You Keep features a series of instrumental melodic pieces and jazzy jams with Brown on banjo, John Burr on piano, Joe Craven on mandolin, fiddle and percussion, and her husband Garry West on bass. Additional guests contributes their talent on drums, guitar, fiddle, percussion and drums. The title of The Company You Keep was originally inspired by the words of Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (the author of Don Quixote): "Tell me the company you keep and I’ll tell you what you are."
With The Company You Keep, Brown has created a mix of insistent Americana virtuosity and joyful cinematic music.
Buy the CD:
- In North America: The Company You Keep. Other titles available: The Journey.
- In Europe: The Company You Keep. Other titles available: The Journey
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