A Song Will Rise - PETER PAUL & MARY****

When The Ship Comes In/Johnny Whalen/Come & Go With Me/Gilgarra Mountain/Ballad Of Spring Hill/ Motherless Child/Wasn’t That A Time/Monday Morning/The Cuckoo/San Francisco Bay Blues/Talkin’ Candy Bar Blues/For Lovin’ Me

A Song Will Rise was the fourth studio album from the immensely popular American folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. They were beginning to face stiff competition from Bob Dylan and soon Simon & Garfunkel, both with a less purist approach to folk music. (US:8)

"By their fifth album, Peter, Paul & Mary had fallen into a consistency of approach that could be viewed as either dependable or predictable. This had the usual assortment of traditional songs, songs that had first gained an audience during prior folk revivals, a bit of original material and mediocre blues. Overall, the trio's sound and balance of repertoire had still changed little, if at all, from their debut. They were at their best on folk tunes with sad melodies and harmonies."

"Of all the PP & M recordings, this one seems to overflow with emotion more than any of the others. Partly it's their performances, partly the selections. From the joy expressed in When The Ship Comes In to the pain of Spring Hill Mine Disaster it's all there. This recording has the intensity that is lacking in many of their recent albums. If I could only keep one of their albums, this would be it."

"A fine album, which in some ways represented this trio in a definitive way. A powerful, emotive record and worth buying for one track alone - a gorgeous version of Gordon Lightfoot's For Lovin' Me. It seemed at the time that they couldn't go wrong. An album that will always have a special place in my collection."

"A Song Will Rise is another classic example of the great harmony voices, rising for social justice. I think if you lived through the 60s and 70s these songs have more meaning. A treasure to baby boomers."

"I may have been slightly disappointed, but I still consider this an album worth adding to your collection. The sincerity and emotion is there, the vocals supreme, the guitar playing enviable. Not their best, but still a fine enough project worth hearing."

"Of all of PP & M's albums, I found this one over the years to be the truest to what American folk music was all about - songs that speak from the heart of our country."