THE ROSS FAMILY
I Believe
I Want To Know How It Feels – Paul’s
Ministry – Help Is On The Way – I’m Gonna Be Moving – There Is A God – I
Believe – in God We Trust – You Must Obey – Mary’s Tears – I’ll Fly
Away
Ministry – Help Is On The Way – I’m Gonna Be Moving – There Is A God – I
Believe – in God We Trust – You Must Obey – Mary’s Tears – I’ll Fly
Away
It is such a pleasure to listen to a brand new CD by a
group that has already been picked by the Rural Roots Music Commission
for a CD of the Year award for a CD the Ross’s did last year, and
reviewed by me at that time. They will be coming to the big 41st
National Old Time Music Festival in LeMars, Iowa, Aug. 29-Sept 4 to
receive their CD of the Year Award for “Higher Ground” which will garner
them the award “Young Gospel CD of the Year.” This very ‘close’
musical family plays in the incredibly lovely traditional bluegrass
style. Their music is born from their own hearts and souls as they
place voices and instruments, all incredibly well done down for
posterity in the recording studio. The banjo is especially nice in the
traditional style, no outrageous loud breaks, but rather a close band
sound keeping the tempo and outreach right on the button. They make
their home in Piedmont, Missouri, and stay very close to the ‘down-home’
style of performing, which is so much better than pretentious music
that might be hotter than blazes, but leaves little to the listener to
gather unto themselves the sounds they like to hear. Jeff Ross plays
acoustic bass right snappy; Danita Ross is on the mandolin, played much
like the early Bill Monroe style (before the bluegrass era of Earl
Scruggs); Charity Ross is on vocals and fiddle, and this instrument too
is performed in the older milder style; Justus Ross is on vocals,
acoustic guitar, and mandolin, making all of the contributing musicians
gather around his ‘lead’ and following nicely; Alex Clayton is the banjo
player who stays with the traditional Scruggs style, and also adds
vocals. My favorite song on this excellently recorded CD is “I’m Gonna
Be Moving” one of these days. How fantastic is the thought that Jesus
Christ is on the horizon, He’s very close to us now, and the Ross’s
understand this ‘wait and see’ time we are living. How magnificent it
will be for us Christians who will be ‘movin’ one of these days’ and one
of those days seems to be amazingly near now.
group that has already been picked by the Rural Roots Music Commission
for a CD of the Year award for a CD the Ross’s did last year, and
reviewed by me at that time. They will be coming to the big 41st
National Old Time Music Festival in LeMars, Iowa, Aug. 29-Sept 4 to
receive their CD of the Year Award for “Higher Ground” which will garner
them the award “Young Gospel CD of the Year.” This very ‘close’
musical family plays in the incredibly lovely traditional bluegrass
style. Their music is born from their own hearts and souls as they
place voices and instruments, all incredibly well done down for
posterity in the recording studio. The banjo is especially nice in the
traditional style, no outrageous loud breaks, but rather a close band
sound keeping the tempo and outreach right on the button. They make
their home in Piedmont, Missouri, and stay very close to the ‘down-home’
style of performing, which is so much better than pretentious music
that might be hotter than blazes, but leaves little to the listener to
gather unto themselves the sounds they like to hear. Jeff Ross plays
acoustic bass right snappy; Danita Ross is on the mandolin, played much
like the early Bill Monroe style (before the bluegrass era of Earl
Scruggs); Charity Ross is on vocals and fiddle, and this instrument too
is performed in the older milder style; Justus Ross is on vocals,
acoustic guitar, and mandolin, making all of the contributing musicians
gather around his ‘lead’ and following nicely; Alex Clayton is the banjo
player who stays with the traditional Scruggs style, and also adds
vocals. My favorite song on this excellently recorded CD is “I’m Gonna
Be Moving” one of these days. How fantastic is the thought that Jesus
Christ is on the horizon, He’s very close to us now, and the Ross’s
understand this ‘wait and see’ time we are living. How magnificent it
will be for us Christians who will be ‘movin’ one of these days’ and one
of those days seems to be amazingly near now.
RECORD REVIEW BY BOB EVERHART Pres., NTCMA – www.ntcma.net
for Country Music News International