Greensky Bluegrass

Today I'd like to talk about one of my favorite bands in the bluegrass/newgrass genre, Greensky Bluegrass.

Formed in late 2000, the band released its first album, Less than Supper, in May 2004. In 2006, the band won the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, earning them a spot on the main stage in 2007, releasing their next album, Tuesday Letter, soon after under the production of Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth. The band released Five Interstates in 2008 and Handguns in 2011, the latter of which debuted at #3 on the Billboard's Bluegrass Charts. If Sorrow Swims was released in 2014.

I find Greensky Bluegrass to be one of the best put-together bands in the bluegrass genre, carrying a unique sound that blends old and new in a way I can't describe other than to have you listen.

Windshield

Lose My Way

Forget Everything

Mandolin Orange

Every blog has to start somewhere, so I'll start by covering the band I'm listening to right now; Mandolin Orange.

This duo from North Carolina features Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz in a potent musical combination of bluegrass, country and folk. Their clean, stripped down sound is refreshing in its simplicity, featuring primarily guitar and mandolin or violin combinations with strong lyrical abilities. 

Beginning with their debut, Quiet Little Room, in 2010, Mandolin Orange has since released Hard Hearted Stranger/Haste Make (2011), This Side of Jordan (2013), and Such Jubilee (2015).

There Was A Time

Little Worlds

Train Song

Musical Dependency

Musical Dependency - A severe form of addiction. One with musical dependency may not get the shakes if they fail to get their fix. This is very serious.