SISTER SADIE, "Sister Sadie II" Pinecastle. 12 tracks
Sister Sadie is the best bluegrass supergroup to come down the pike in ages.
Dale Ann Bradley, Tina Adair, Gena Britt, Deanie Richardson and Beth Lawrence have come together to create an amazing sound.
They began performing together in 2016 and released their first album that year.
It drew raves from fans across the country.
This year, they're nominated for emerging artist of the year honors by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
And the band will release "Sister Sadie II" Aug. 24.
It's available for prerelease purchase now at SisterSadieBand.com.
Adair wrote or co-wrote two tracks _ "Losing You Blues," the first single, and "Jay Hugh," a song about a woman who was widowed at 42 when her husband died in a jail fire and left her with 12 kids.
Britt wrote "Raleigh's Ride," an uptempo instrumental.
There's a strong uptempo gospel number _ "Since I've Laid My Burden Down."
Tom T. Hall's "I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew," a song about people's indifference to others' suffering, was written in 1967. But it's as applicable today as it was then.
Woody Gurthrie's "900 Miles" is about a person down on their luck trying to jump a freight train to get home.
"No Smoky Mountains" is a love song that finds a woman telling her lover she won't let hard times come between them until there's no bluegrass in Kentucky and no Smoky Mountains.
"Something To Lose" finds the singer wondering if the man she wants wouldn't like to finally have someone in his life that he'd be afraid to lose.
In "I'm Not A Candle in the Wind," the singer says she's a warm fire burning, not a candle that might blow out.
"It's You Again," a 1989 hit for Skip Ewing, is about a woman who finds the man she loves is always on her mind.
Dan Fogelberg's "Morning Sky" is a hard-charging song about a woman getting ready to leave and telling her man if he has anything to say to her, he'd better hurry.
Great sound by a great band.
