Gaining Wisdom - QUOTES
Rounder Records
Release Date: February 27, 2007
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USA TODAY'S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2007 by Ken Barnes
#1 Best CD of 2007 by Travis Tackett BluegrassJournal.com
Top 10 CDs of 2007 by CountryStarsOnline.com

In whatever musical context she chooses, Donna has the potential to go as far as she wants. The idea of producing this album intrigued me, because Donna is unique enough as a writer and performer to establish herself as a distinctive voice both within today’s bluegrass scene and beyond it. I truly believe this album is going to amaze everybody, regardless what category or genre they want to fit it into. As we were recording, I remember telling her, 'This album will be your calling card, and will open doors for you that you cannot imagine.' I believed that then, and now, as I listen to her new album, I believe it more than ever. Donna is very personable with her tunes – she writes from the soul. As a performer, she has many avenues to choose from." ~Tony Rice 

USA TODAY - Find Me Out on a Mountain Top, Donna Hughes: Sumptuously doleful tune that sounds like — but isn’t — a century-old Appalachian lament.

“As a longtime worshipper of Tony Rice, I knew that his involvement with this CD was a confirmation of the depth, substance, and talent of Donna as an artist and songwriter. She will garner many new fans with this work, and please the ones who already are lucky enough to know her music.” 
~Mary Chapin Carpenter

"This lady is one of the best new singer-songwriters in the world of bluegrass. I’m a big fan!" ~Carl Jackson 

COUNTRYSTARSONLINE.com - Jim Moulton said "It might be the best bluegrass CD of the year. In a pop world of cookie cutter top forty music, this disc is pure creative genius. This is a must have for bluegrass lovers."

MUSIC ROW - "There is also an uncontested DisCovery Award winner in this stack of platters. Donna Hughes is a songwriter that you all need to pay heed to, even you non bluegrassers. Hughes is the newest female sensation in bluegrass. She’s not only an expressive vocalist, but an extraordinary songwriter as well." read more

The Lonesome Road Review said, "Her songs are a conversation with the listener, speaking straight to our hearts with her wisdom gained." read more

"This is a very impressive cast that infuses her music with a great deal of enchantment. Hughes writes and sings moving and sensitive personal songs with a relaxed, refreshing, contemporary flair." Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine

"I heard one of your songs on WNCW, and I really liked what I heard!" ~Barry Bales of Alison Krauss & Union Station 

"Donna is a great writer and singer, an original bluegrass voice crying in the wilderness for the 21st century. We need a hundred more like her." ~Tim Stafford, Blue Highway