Railroad Earth
https://railroad.earth
Railroad Earth is a Roots and Americana band with influences spanning several genres of folk music.
When they started out in 2001, they were a bunch of guys interested in playing acoustic instruments together. They took five songs from their budding repertoire into a studio and knocked out a demo in just two days. Their soon-to-be manager sent that demo to a few festivals, and - to the band's surprise - they were booked at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival before they'd even played their first Ultimately, Railroad Earth's music is driven by the remarkable songs of front-man, Todd Sheaffer, and is delivered with seamless arrangements and superb musicianship courtesy of all six band members. As mandolin/bouzouki player John Skehan points out, "Our M.O. has always been that we can improvise all day long, but we only do it in service to the song. There are a lot of songs that, when we play them live, we adhere to the arrangement from the record. And other songs, in the nature and the spirit of the song, everyone knows we can kind of take flight on them." Sheaffer continues: "The songs are our focus, our focal point; it all starts right there. Anything else just comments on the songs and gives them color. Some songs are more open than others. They 'want' to be approached that way - where we can explore and trade musical ideas and open them up to different territories. But sometimes it is what the song is about."
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Hot Buttered Rum
https://www.hotbutteredrum.net
Hot Buttered Rum gets its hands dirty planting songs with roots in Appalachia and branches in California. Five-string banjo and five-alarm fiddle dovetail with doghouse bass to frame the voices of the sextet's two busy songwriters. Twenty years in, with fresh mud under its fingernails, HBR's driven, danceable music continues to find its way into the hearts of fans nationwide.
"Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity." - Relix Magazine
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https://railroad.earth
Railroad Earth is a Roots and Americana band with influences spanning several genres of folk music.
When they started out in 2001, they were a bunch of guys interested in playing acoustic instruments together. They took five songs from their budding repertoire into a studio and knocked out a demo in just two days. Their soon-to-be manager sent that demo to a few festivals, and - to the band's surprise - they were booked at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival before they'd even played their first Ultimately, Railroad Earth's music is driven by the remarkable songs of front-man, Todd Sheaffer, and is delivered with seamless arrangements and superb musicianship courtesy of all six band members. As mandolin/bouzouki player John Skehan points out, "Our M.O. has always been that we can improvise all day long, but we only do it in service to the song. There are a lot of songs that, when we play them live, we adhere to the arrangement from the record. And other songs, in the nature and the spirit of the song, everyone knows we can kind of take flight on them." Sheaffer continues: "The songs are our focus, our focal point; it all starts right there. Anything else just comments on the songs and gives them color. Some songs are more open than others. They 'want' to be approached that way - where we can explore and trade musical ideas and open them up to different territories. But sometimes it is what the song is about."
~~~~~~~~~
Hot Buttered Rum
https://www.hotbutteredrum.net
Hot Buttered Rum gets its hands dirty planting songs with roots in Appalachia and branches in California. Five-string banjo and five-alarm fiddle dovetail with doghouse bass to frame the voices of the sextet's two busy songwriters. Twenty years in, with fresh mud under its fingernails, HBR's driven, danceable music continues to find its way into the hearts of fans nationwide.
"Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity." - Relix Magazine
Don't miss the chance to see them!
Railroad Earth
https://railroad.earth
Railroad Earth is a Roots and Americana band with influences spanning several genres of folk music.
When they started out in 2001, they were a bunch of guys interested in playing acoustic instruments together. They took five songs from their budding repertoire into a studio and knocked out a demo in just two days. Their soon-to-be manager sent that demo to a few festivals, and - to the band's surprise - they were booked at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival before they'd even played their first Ultimately, Railroad Earth's music is driven by the remarkable songs of front-man, Todd Sheaffer, and is delivered with seamless arrangements and superb musicianship courtesy of all six band members. As mandolin/bouzouki player John Skehan points out, "Our M.O. has always been that we can improvise all day long, but we only do it in service to the song. There are a lot of songs that, when we play them live, we adhere to the arrangement from the record. And other songs, in the nature and the spirit of the song, everyone knows we can kind of take flight on them." Sheaffer continues: "The songs are our focus, our focal point; it all starts right there. Anything else just comments on the songs and gives them color. Some songs are more open than others. They 'want' to be approached that way - where we can explore and trade musical ideas and open them up to different territories. But sometimes it is what the song is about."
~~~~~~~~~
Hot Buttered Rum
https://www.hotbutteredrum.net
Hot Buttered Rum gets its hands dirty planting songs with roots in Appalachia and branches in California. Five-string banjo and five-alarm fiddle dovetail with doghouse bass to frame the voices of the sextet's two busy songwriters. Twenty years in, with fresh mud under its fingernails, HBR's driven, danceable music continues to find its way into the hearts of fans nationwide.
"Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity." - Relix Magazine
Don't miss the chance to see them!
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https://railroad.earth
Railroad Earth is a Roots and Americana band with influences spanning several genres of folk music.
When they started out in 2001, they were a bunch of guys interested in playing acoustic instruments together. They took five songs from their budding repertoire into a studio and knocked out a demo in just two days. Their soon-to-be manager sent that demo to a few festivals, and - to the band's surprise - they were booked at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival before they'd even played their first Ultimately, Railroad Earth's music is driven by the remarkable songs of front-man, Todd Sheaffer, and is delivered with seamless arrangements and superb musicianship courtesy of all six band members. As mandolin/bouzouki player John Skehan points out, "Our M.O. has always been that we can improvise all day long, but we only do it in service to the song. There are a lot of songs that, when we play them live, we adhere to the arrangement from the record. And other songs, in the nature and the spirit of the song, everyone knows we can kind of take flight on them." Sheaffer continues: "The songs are our focus, our focal point; it all starts right there. Anything else just comments on the songs and gives them color. Some songs are more open than others. They 'want' to be approached that way - where we can explore and trade musical ideas and open them up to different territories. But sometimes it is what the song is about."
~~~~~~~~~
Hot Buttered Rum
https://www.hotbutteredrum.net
Hot Buttered Rum gets its hands dirty planting songs with roots in Appalachia and branches in California. Five-string banjo and five-alarm fiddle dovetail with doghouse bass to frame the voices of the sextet's two busy songwriters. Twenty years in, with fresh mud under its fingernails, HBR's driven, danceable music continues to find its way into the hearts of fans nationwide.
"Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity." - Relix Magazine
Don't miss the chance to see them!
show less
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