Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: The Sugar Hill 50 - The Label's Greatest Hits for $20

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 29, 2009:

Looking for that perfect, convenient, around-$20 gift for the Americana music lover in your life? The Sugar Hill 50 is a special iTunes compilation that several of our staff members put together, and is a definitive audio history of Sugar Hill's 30 years. We picked out the fifty "greatest hits", the most influential songs from our most influential artists, from Ricky Skaggs and Doc Watson to Nickel Creek and Guy Clark. It's a nice, diverse collection of some of the finest roots music ever recorded. I really think you all will enjoy it! It's only $20, making it a great deal to boot.

The iTunes Sugar Hill 50 is acollection of the top 50 must-have tracks from the label's 30 years of music. Hand selected by discerning, critical ears, the entire 50 is an ideal addition to the Americana lover.

Artists range from bluegrass to string bands, folk to acoustic -- all the wonderful sounds the label is known for. Artists like Ricky Skaggs, The Duhks, Darrell Scott, Sam Bush, Sarah Jarosz, the Red Stick Ramblers and a whole lot more all are found in a single diverse collection. Sugar Hill has created an extremely broad sampler of some of their finest for this iTunes exclusive release.

The track list consists of 50 songs and an artist list that is definitely a "Who's Who" in Americana Music. The track list is:

"One Way Track" - Boone Creek
"You Touched Me" - Jimmy Murphy
"Long Time Gone" - John Starling
"I'll Take the Blame" - Ricky Skaggs
"Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow" - Ricky Skaggs
"Mis'ry River" - Doyle Lawson
"Church Street Blues" - Tony Rice
"Bright Sunny South" - Doc & Merle Watson
"Greenville Trestle High" - Doc Watson
"Snowin' On Raton" - Townes Van Zandt
"The Road Goes On Forever" - Robert Earl Keen
"Howlin' At the Moon" - Peter Rowan
"Colleen Malone" - Hot Rize
"We Hide and Seek" - Jerry Douglas
"Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go" - The Nashville Bluegrass Band
"Elma Turl" - Mike Cross
"From Ankara to Izmir" - Jerry Douglas
"Highway Paved With Pain" - Lonesome River Band
"She's More to Be Pitied (Remastered)" - The Seldom Scene
"Sailin' Shoes (Live)" - Sam Bush
"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" - Darrell Scott
"When There's No One Around" - Tim O'Brien
"Angel of Death" - Don Rigsby
"Left This Country Boy (Sittin' All Alone)" - Ronnie Bowman
"Lumpy, Beanpole & Dirt" - Bad Livers
"Sis Draper" - Guy Clark
"I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open" - Dolly Parton
"Decision At Glady Fork" - Bryan Sutton
"When You Come Back Down" - Nickel Creek
"Telephone Road" - Rodney Crowell
"Choctaw Bingo" - James McMurtry
"Smoothie Song" - Nickel Creek
"Black Jack" - Jim Mills
"Amtrak Crescent" - Scott Miller
"Bill Cheatham" - Aubrey Haynie
"Whisper In My Ear" - Gibson Brothers
"Nobody's Girl" - Reckless Kelly
"Love You In the Middle" - Maura O'Connell
"One On the House" - Allison Moorer
"The Jewel of Abilene" - Grey DeLisle
"Close to the Tracks" - Greg Trooper
"Down to the River" - The Duhks
"Jerusalem Ridge" - Casey Driessen
"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" - Chris Thile
"Fork In the Road" - The Infamous Stringdusters
"Modern Trick" - Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles
"Made In the Shade" - Red Stick Ramblers
"Locket and Key" - Donna the Buffalo
"To Say Goodbye" - Joey + Rory
"Song Up In Her Head" - Sarah Jarosz

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