I disliked this album. It seems top-heavy and bloated; more of a chance for all these stars to show how "down with" Bill Monroe they are, when in fact they aren't really playing these songs much in the Monroe tradition at all. Yeah, sure, we can't begrudge modern artists the chance to put their personal stamp on old music, but this too-perfect studio style doesn't reach me emotionally. I'd rather just listen to some old bluegrass, or to new bands like the Crooked Jades or Jim & Jennie who still have some of the clattersome, old-time fire to their picking & plunking.