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Lone Prairie

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Matt Brown shows a profound understanding of old time music for a young player. The tunes are all interesting, and the trio is superb. The fiddle playing is in turns exciting, gritty, sinuous, and gorgeous. Paul Brown's banjo playing is wonderfully nuanced and fits perfectly with Matt Brown's fiddle. (Paul Brown is the NPR announcer. He shares a profound musical connection with Matt Brown, but he is no genealogical relation.) Beverly Smith provides rock solid and tasteful guitar backup, and her singing is delightful. Matt Brown's maturity as a musician is shown particularly in his song accompaniment - subtle and perfectly in accord with the singing. The performance of "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still" from the Warner Collection is a knockout.

Matt Brown is wise beyond his years. He has an amazing creative ability to shape the sound he wants out of his fiddle. Beverly sings and plays guitar wonderfully, and Paul Brown has mastered several different styles of playing banjo, and that is obvious on this recording. You owe it to yourself to have this in your home or car.

Three solid musicians who play masterfully and obviously enjoy what they are doing. If you like "old time music" you'll love this album.

I fell in love with this CD right away. Great stuff. Would recommend it you anyone that likes old time fiddle. Well recorded with a great selection of tunes.