Lovely thoughts and post.

Much as I love Emmylou, not sure I consider her quite in the same category as Dolly.

But that is just me, and I am glad to know both of these wonderful country musicians are as thoroughly appreciated across the pond as in their own backyards. I'm an old southern hillbilly and it sometimes takes me awhile to appreciate changes. I really super enjoyed the second selection on Clarke and Walker's website but it might take a few listens for me to fully appreciate an authentically British interpretation of classic USA country music. I think I will learn to appreciate the vocals before I will learn to appreciate the instrumentation, which sounded a bit stilted to me.

Please don't take my comments as a criticism. Just my first impressions to the music in the process of also learning and expanding my own horizons.

In other words, I'm an old, non-musician, country music fart willing to learn and very appreciative of the opportunity to do so.