Festival Time Again

A cross between a bluegrass and a folk album, "Festival Time Again" by Joe Ross has facets of both genres but leans more toward bluegrass. The title track is a brisk little number about meeting anew with old acquaintances with such lyrics as, "It's festival time again, our spirits now revived. Friends have come from here or there, some have just arrived." The second track, "Blood Red Roses," has a warlike connotation with the lyrics, "They say I'm a hero who helped keep them free, their country's been spared from tyranny." "Good Deeds," is a song about the commendable things one can do for another person out of the kindness of their heart, for example, the line, "Rake leaves in a neighbor's yard, good deeds are not that hard. Bake cookies for a friend that's sick/ help a classmate with their homework, be sweet and nice, don't be a jerk." A pleasant break comes with "HotQua Nights," which is an instrumental song. It's a lovely change from the other songs on the album and one listeners can boogie to. To sum up, "Festival Time Again" by Joe Ross may confab about the routine things in life but does it in an inimitable way.