After three wonderful straight Bluegrass albums, Valerie Smith has turned out this fine all gospel recording that is produced by Alan O'Bryant and Becky Buller. There's a variety of material here, and Valerie handles every piece well, though in our opinion the material overall is not quite as strong as on her previous records --Ms. Smith is most at home on Lisa Aschmann's RAISE THIS RIVER and BLOSSOMS ON THE ALMOND TREE and Claire Lynch's WINGS TO FLY: these songs seem like they were just made for Valerie. A very nice album by a singer with a real style and a load of talent.
