Reviewed by Dave Brassington

This fine album was a breath of fresh air from start to finish, a very traditional bluegrass line up of guitar, fiddle, mandolin and bass, augmented by the very considerable talents of Little Roy Lewis on 5 string banjo, allied to the fine lead vocals of Lizzy Long. Here the team perform a bevy of good new and strong gospel material such as the very catchy "Today Is Gonna Be A Brighter Day" and stirring "That's The Power In The Blood." The Oak Ridge Boys add their considerable vocal talents to "Dinner On The Ground". Full marks to Ernie Haase's StowTown Records for not only producing and releasing such a top quality music group, but for searching out new material rather than recording the 88th version of a, say, Bill Monroe gospel classic! There a couple of non-gospel songs here including a mighty fine version of the Louvin Brothers classic "When I Stop Dreaming", complete with some sublime harmony.

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