DANNY BURNS
It’s rather unfortunate to admit, as both a fan and a critic, but there aren’t a lot of artists in the country music scene today willing to put the music - and quality thereof - ahead of everything else when it comes to their careers. Vanity and an ill-conceived notion of virtuosity’s role in Nashville have influenced a lot of good artists to go bad, but in crossover Danny Burns’ new single cover of the legendary “Danny Boy,” neither affects what the acclaimed musician is trying to get done. He’s leaving the nonsense on the side here and giving us as brawny a mixture of country and bluegrass as can be produced from within the studio. URL: https://www.dannyburnsband.com/ The cosmetics of the music in this performance fall into place on their own and are never sourced from something synthetic on the other side of the glass - truth be told, I don’t think Burns has it in him to force a lot of bells and whistles into this piece. He’s got too much love for the breadth of the guitars and th