Black Twig Pickers and Jack Rose: Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers

This is mighty mountain music indeed, a match-up between finger-picking maestro Rose and bluegrass trio the Black Twig Pickers that's in the best traditions of Americana. Rose revisits the best of his long back catalogue -- his sublime "Kensington Blues" gets a regal treatment. Meanwhile, there are also stellar takes on trad songs, in particular the barnstorming murder ballad "Little Sadie", which opens the set with gusto.

-- Peter Shepherd Uncut