Gourd Music is proud to release Colonial Christmas, by Barry Phillips. On this exciting new work Barry has arranged three distinct types of music: American choral pieces by William Billings and other early American composers, dance tunes from John Playford s The English Dancing Master, and folk tunes of the period and earlier. Selections include The Merry …
Sarah’s third Sugar Hill Records release finds the acoustic phenom exhibiting an assured and striking musical voice, proving once again the promise of her early acclaim.Build Me Up From Bones, the third release from acclaimed 22-year-old singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz, is set to drop October 1st via Sugar Hill Records. Build Me Up From Bones was recorded in the …
Spawned from the ongoing renaissance currently enriching and expanding the traditional vocabularies of old time and bluegrass music, Chapel Hill-based maverick string band Mipso put time-honored tools to work on new terrain, with evocative, intoxicating results on their new release Old Time Reverie. Years of constant touring have tightened their attack, lending a new degree of authority and …
The Civil Wars consists of John Paul White, hailing from Florence, AL and Joy Williams, originally from Santa Cruz, CA, but now residing in East Nashville. The duo’s chance meeting a year and a half ago fueled an immediate songwriting chemistry and creative synergy. Their second show ever, performed at a sold out Eddie’s Attic, was recorded and …
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Rachel Platten’s wildly anticipated new album is Wildfire. The album includes the triple platinum single, “Fight Song”, that dominated U.S. radio charts throughout 2015, and the new hit single, “Stand By You”, co-written by Rachel along with Bleacher s Jack Antonoff, Joy Williams and Matt Morris.Completely engaged with her audience, Rachel commented via social media to …
Nonesuch Records releases The Staves’ Justin Vernon–produced label debut, If I Was, in the United States on March 31, 2015, with vinyl to follow April 21. The Staves, originally from Watford, England, are three sisters: Emily (vocals), Jessica (vocals, guitar), and Camilla (vocals, ukulele) Staveley-Taylor. The album was recorded in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Vernon’s April Base Studios—a …