Album Review - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Real Live Roadrunning

Strange as it may seem, the problem with Mark Knopfler and Emmylou 
Harris' recent concert set Real Live Roadrunning isn't the performances. 
Instead, the trouble lies largely with the redundancy between the live 
recording and the similarly titled studio outing that served as the 
inspiration for the duo's collaborative tour. Between the CD and the DVD 
that are included in the collection, seven tracks from All the 
Roadrunning are duplicated, and although they are tackled impeccably, 
they also adhere quite closely to their studio counterparts. Alternating 
between playful and melancholy moods, Harris and Knopfler add a 
springier bounce to Done with Bonaparte, and they give the 
country-imbued fiddle accompaniment that graces Red Staggerwing more 
room to breathe. Elsewhere, Knopfler laces This Is Us with a brief but 
fiery guitar solo before the song settles into its lovely piano-driven 
conclusion, and he suitably underscores Right Now with a blues-baked 
bite. Still, the updated tunes never quite manage to assume distinctive 
personalities that can erase the memory of their original incarnations. 
Real Live Roadrunning's highlights, therefore, come in the form of the 
reinvigorated nuggets from Harris and Knopfler's back catalogues.

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