Never Grow Old (1994)

About this title: Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen have made perfectly fine albums on their own, but together they tend to magnify their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. When they united for this effort in the mid-'90s the result was rather special. Part of this album's appeal lies in the songs they selected, which include such whimsically humorous fare as "Bill Morgan and His Gal" and "The Housewife's Lament," sweetly melancholy songs like the Civil War lament "Richmond on the James" and "Master Kilby," and a sprinkling of old-fashioned devotional songs thrown in for good measure ("Where We'll Never Grow ... read more

Tracks:

1. Where We'll Never Grow Old [Moore]
2. Curtains of the Night
3. Richmond on the James [Traditional]
4. Lost Jimmy Whalen
5. Master Kilby
6. Bill Morgan and His Gal
7. Wolves A' Howlin'
8. McKinley's Rag [Puckett]
9. Lone Pilgrim [Traditional]
10. Mary Anne
11. The Housewife's Lament
12. Light of Red and Green [Blair]
13. Pretty Sylvia
14. Oh My Little Darlin'
15. Railroading on the Great Divide [Carter]
16. Evening Shade
17. Where We'll Never Grow Old [Moore]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.