hometown bluegrass - CD's

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Home Again

  1. 1. Losing again
  2. 2. Cryin My Heart Out Over You
  3. 3. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy
  4. 4. Uncle Pen
  5. 5. Grandma's Apron
  6. 6. Doc Harris The Fisherman
  7. 7. Forty Years of Trouble
  8. 8.I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again
  9. 9. You Tried to Ruin My Name
  10. 10. Kentucky waltz
  11. 11. Gone, Gone, Gone
  12. 12. I'll Break Out Again Tonight
  13. 13. It's Goodbye & So Long to You
  14. 14. Amazing Grace

 

 

Population 5

  1. Hope You Have Learned
    2. Jesus Remembered Me
    3. Are You Teasing Me
    4. Way I've Always Been
    5. Can't You Hear Me Calling
    6. John Deere B
    7. Maple Sugar
    8. Mama's Rocking Chair
    9. Don't You Call My Name
    10. The Rocket
    11. Preacher's Words
    12. Hold On Me
    13. Ashes of Love
    14. Heaven On My Mind     

Reprinted from the Essa times

"When it comes to Bluegrass, some would say that the mid to southern states of Virginia, Kentucky and the Carolinas have us beat. Although these areas are undoubtedly Bluegrass hotspots that represent all that is great within the Bluegrass sound and its history, the future of Bluegrass could very well reside with performers such as Hometown Bluegrass.
The bands’ new release is a collection of fourteen tracks ranging from traditional tunes from Bill Monroe along with some newer covers of Canada’s own Fred Eaglesmith, to some very beautiful originals. Every track of this CD is extremely well recorded with fantastic vocal/harmonies and instrumental breaks that are full of that Bluegrass drive.
I think the most impressive part of this album, and band, is in their musical accuracy.  Most Canadian Bluegrass bands that I have heard may have all the licks, perfect harmonies and well choreographed breaks, but almost never seem to have that southern “lilt” or “push” that the Bluegrass players of the south so easily demonstrate. The Hometown Bluegrass have “lilt.” They bend the feel forward and really drive the instrumental breaks; this is what makes Bluegrass sound the way it does. If you want to hear the very best in Bluegrass music and learn from where this fantastic sound was invented, you would listen to the likes of Bill Monroe, Flatts and Scruggs and The Stanley Brothers. If you want to hear a bang-on tribute to those musical roots with an undeniable future of their own, listen to the Hometown Bluegrass and especially their new release."

David Zimmerman