Dear Sister is the tenth studio album from bluegrass musician Claire Lynch. The album reached No. 9 on the Bluegrass Album chart in Billboard magazine.[2] The track, "Dear Sister", won the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association award for Song of the Year.[3]
| Dear Sister | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Bluegrass | |||
| Label | Compass Records | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
History edit
The song "Dear Sister" is based on author Frank Anderson Chappel and his 2002 book Dear Sister: Civil War Letters to a Sister in Alabama.[4] The sister detailed in the book is an ancestor of author Chappel.[4] Album co-writer Louisa Branscomb also has a connection similar to that of Chappel. Branscomb has a great-great aunt who had four brothers in the civil war, all of whom wrote letters to her which she saved after being found in the 20th Century.[4]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How Many Moons" | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Doin' Time" | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Once the Teardrops Start To Fall" | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Need Someone" | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Dear Sister" | 4:43 |
| 6. | "I'll Be Alright Tomorrow" | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Patch of Blue" | 3:09 |
| 8. | "That Kind of Love" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Everybody Knows I've Been Crying" | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Buttermilk Road / the Arbours" | 3:48 |
Chart performance edit
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)[5] | 9 |
References edit
- ^ Dear Sister at AllMusic
- ^ "Chart History - Claire Lynch". Billboard. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Bluegrass musician Claire Lynch to play Trails, Tales and Tunes". The Western Star. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Wake, Matt (19 August 2014). "Claire Lynch, bluegrass star, former Huntsville resident tells story behind 'Dear Sister' LP". AL.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Claire Lynch Chart History (Top Bluegrass Albums)". Billboard.
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