Ralph Stanley - A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family

Ralph Stanley on A Distant Land To Roam has proven again that he will always remain true to his roots, keeping the promise he made to fans by releasing a full collection of Carter Family songs.

The grand old man of bluegrass sings and picks his banjo through a baker's dozen of the first family of country music's best-known songs, including religious material like Motherless Children, Little Moses, and God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign, and simple, sentimental love songs like I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes.

The simple arrangements of these Carter Family classics, Ralph Stanley's fragile, high lonesome voice, and his superb banjo picking give these songs a new lease of life.

• God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
• Little Moses
• Worried Man Blues
• Longing For Home
• Motherless Children
• Storms Are On The Ocean
• Keep On The Firing Line
• Engine 143
• I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
• Poor Orphan Child
• On A Hill Lone And Grey
• Waves On The Sea
• Distant Land To Roam