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Fri Jul 26, 8:00 PM - Fri Jul 26, 8:00 PM
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Town Mountain Hard Drivin' Carolina String Band
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ASHEVILLE, NC -- Raw, soulful, and with plenty of swagger, Town Mountain has earned raves for their hard-driving sound, their in-house songwriting and the honky-tonk edge that permeates their exhilarating live performances, whether in a packed club or at a sold-out festival. The hearty base of Town Mountain's music is the first and second generation of bluegrass spiced with country, old school rock ‘n’ roll, and boogie-woogie. It's what else goes into the mix that brings it all to life both on stage and on record and reflects the group's wide-ranging influences – from the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and the ethereal lyrics of Robert Hunter, to the honest, vintage country of Willie, Waylon, and Merle.
The Bend Bulletin’s Brian McElhiney says Town Mountain, “has serious country and rock ’n’ roll DNA.” Town Mountain features guitarist and vocalist Robert Greer, banjoist Jesse Langlais, mandolinist Phil Barker, fiddler Bobby Britt, and Zach Smith on bass.
The word "freedom" evokes all kinds of imagery: running through a wide expanse of untouched nature, setting off on one's own to explore parts unknown, standing up for deeply held beliefs – at the core, each of these manifests what it means to be free.
It's fitting, too, that the word made its way into the title of Town Mountain's new album, New Freedom Blues. As the Asheville quintet's sixth studio album and the follow-up to 2016's Southern Crescent, New Freedom Blues marks an exciting new chapter for the band – one in which they fearlessly consider what it means to make bluegrass-influenced music in the modern era and one that should be a welcome listen for fans who have come to love the band's raucous, no-holds-barred live performances.
"The album is somewhat of a departure from the sound that we’ve typically recorded, our 'bluegrass' sound," banjo player Jesse Langlais explains. "We took the songs at their face value in the studio this time, as opposed to trying to take a song and make it fit inside certain bluegrass parameters. It morphed into this idea that we should be playing the songs for what they are as opposed to what we thought they should be."
Recorded at Asheville's Echo Mountain Studios with producer Caleb Klauder, the 11 tracks tha
The Bend Bulletin’s Brian McElhiney says Town Mountain, “has serious country and rock ’n’ roll DNA.” Town Mountain features guitarist and vocalist Robert Greer, banjoist Jesse Langlais, mandolinist Phil Barker, fiddler Bobby Britt, and Zach Smith on bass.
The word "freedom" evokes all kinds of imagery: running through a wide expanse of untouched nature, setting off on one's own to explore parts unknown, standing up for deeply held beliefs – at the core, each of these manifests what it means to be free.
It's fitting, too, that the word made its way into the title of Town Mountain's new album, New Freedom Blues. As the Asheville quintet's sixth studio album and the follow-up to 2016's Southern Crescent, New Freedom Blues marks an exciting new chapter for the band – one in which they fearlessly consider what it means to make bluegrass-influenced music in the modern era and one that should be a welcome listen for fans who have come to love the band's raucous, no-holds-barred live performances.
"The album is somewhat of a departure from the sound that we’ve typically recorded, our 'bluegrass' sound," banjo player Jesse Langlais explains. "We took the songs at their face value in the studio this time, as opposed to trying to take a song and make it fit inside certain bluegrass parameters. It morphed into this idea that we should be playing the songs for what they are as opposed to what we thought they should be."
Recorded at Asheville's Echo Mountain Studios with producer Caleb Klauder, the 11 tracks tha
