Steep Canyon Rangers’ Latest LP Will Appeal To Country, Bluegrass Fans As Much As Band’s Fans

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Country-bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers has been making headlines quite a bit lately.  The band announced last week, that it had received a Grammy® nomination for its 2019 live recording North Carolina Songbook.  The nomination comes on the heels of the release of its most recent studio recording, Arm in Arm, which it released Oct. 16 through Yep Roc Records.  The band’s 16th overall recording (counting its live recordings), its release came only seven months after the release of its then latest recording, Be Still Moses, and is a work that the band’s longtime fans will find just as engaging and entertaining as Be Still Moses and the rest of the band’s offerings.  That is proven through the record’s musical and lyrical content alike.  This is shown in part early on in ‘Everything You Know.’  This song will be discussed shortly.  ‘Take My Mind’ is another interesting addition to the band’s new album.  It will be discussed a little later.  Much the same can be said of ‘In The Next Life,’ which serves as part of the 11-song record’s midpoint.  When it is considered along with the other songs addressed here and the rest of the record’s entries, the album in whole becomes a work that Steep Canyon Rangers’ established fan base will enjoy just as much as country and bluegrass fans in general.

Steep Canyon Rangers’ latest album (and second this year) Arm in Arm is a positive new offering from the band that will find a far reaching appeal among audiences.  That is due to its musical and lyrical content, as proven in part early on by the song ‘Everything You Know.’  The song’s musical arrangement boasts a gentle, relaxed sense through its banjo, fiddle, and vocals.  The whole of those elements and the equally gentle brush strokes on the snare drum creates such a casual sense throughout the composition.  One could actually argue that the pairing especially of the vocals with the banjo and fiddle lends itself to a comparison to Darius Rucker’s cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Wagon Wheel.’  On a similar note, comparisons are just as easy to works from Reckless Kelly.  That relaxed sense from the song’s musical arrangement helps to translate the lyrics and mindset exhibited in the song’s lyrical content.

The lyrical content featured in this song comes across as taking on a familiar topic – that of encouraging audiences to live life for themselves and not letting others determine who and what we are and do.  That is just this critic’s interpretation.  The inference is made in the song’s chorus, which states, “Don’t tell ‘em everything thing you know/Let the whole world wonder/When the time is right to give up the gold/Hold a little back for the folks back home.”  The song’s second verse adds even more to that seeming topic as it states, Checked out of my room, walked down to the Rio Grande/Fortune teller on the sidewalk/Laughing at the way I talk/He drew a map upon my hand/Said what’s to be and what might have been/So I pulled up these chains/Set a course for the Spanish Main/And I’ll be coming back someday, baby, but I don’t know when.”  Again, here is a statement of someone not letting his fate be determined by someone else.  It is his own decision.  The fortune teller is just a metaphor.  Considering the positive message that seems to be delivered here and its companion musical arrangement, the song in whole proves to be a work that will certainly resonate with listeners.  It is just one of the album’s most notable positives.  ‘Take My Mind’ is another notable addition to the album.

‘Take My Mind’ presents a vintage style arrangement with its vocal harmonies and banjo line.  At the same time, there is a touch of modern bluegrass added to the mix that will appeal to fans of Steep Canyon Rangers’ bluegrass contemporaries Old Crow Medicine Show.  It is an upbeat work that pairs well with the song’s lyrical content, which seems to paint a picture of someone who is dealing with a lot.

The noted inference is made right from the song’s lead verse, which finds the song’s subject stating, “Give me nothing to hold that you don’t mind breaking/My nerves are on fire, my fingers are shaking/I’ve been taking the news pretty good ‘til now/Never did any good anyhow/I’ve been racking my brain for a simple solution/A little peace to replace my shattered illusion/‘Cause I’m losing the stories that I once believed/Reality won’t let me be.”  He adds in the song’s second verse, “I could walk out in the rain, find me a rainbow/Instead I sit in my room and pull the shade on the window/But the shadow I cast never fades away/It covers up my brightest days.”  The song’s chorus, which states, “Take my mind/Send it on the next thing flying/On down the line/Take my mind,” adds even more to the argument that this is someone who is dealing with a lot.  What is so interesting here is the fact that the song’s musical arrangement does not take the route that it could have and been so much more moody and brooding.  Instead the band took a different route, and instead offered something more energetic, which completely changes the song’s mood, especially when it is considered with the song’s lyrical content.  Keeping all of this in mind, the song leaves no doubt as to what makes it another important addition to Steep Canyon Rangers’ latest album.  It is not the last of the record’s most notable works, either.  ‘In The Next Life’ is one more way in which Arm in Arm proves its success.

‘In The Next Life’ is a gentle, flowing country western style composition whose arrangement whose guitar, vocals, simple percussion and fiddle lines collectively create a sound that lends itself to comparisons to works from Reckless Kelly.  The relaxed sense established through the song’s musical arrangement pairs with the song’s seemingly thoughtful lyrical content to make for even more engagement and entertainment. 

The lyrical theme featured in ‘In The Next Life’ comes across as presenting a statement of being aware of their actions.  That is inferred throughout the song’s run, beginning with its lead verse and chorus, which state, “Once I had a lover who never held back/Once I had another who wanted all I had/It took a few years to remember them well/To leave my tears right where they fell/Maybe in the next life/Maybe I’ll get it right/Maybe in the next life/Baby, give me one more try/And I’ll wait my turn/I’ve still got karma to burn.”  The song’s second and third verses support the seemingly noted statement even more, stating, “Somewhere in a past life I must’ve been a real saint/Hey, lucky me, born with money in the bank/And to my future self, I’m sorry in advance/But I’m feeling too good now/To worry ‘bout a second chance/It’s too early to call, it’s too late to call sober/When you were out in the woods, did you hear me fall over/Falling on your quiet place, wrecking the scene/Turning all your time away into some strange dream.”  When this contemplative whole is considered with the song’s relaxed musical arrangement, the whole of the song ensures listeners will be left thinking and talking.  When it is considered along with the other songs examined here and the rest of the album’s entries, the whole of the record proves itself to be a work that will appeal easily to any longtime fan of Steep Canyon Rangers. 

Steep Canyon Rangers’ latest album Arm in Arm is a positive new offering from the bluegrass/country music act.  That is proven through the record’s musical arrangements and lyrical content alike.  Each of the three songs addressed here serve well to support the noted statement.  When they are considered alongside the rest of the album’s works, the whole makes the album a presentation that will the band’s established fan base will enjoy just as much as more casual country and bluegrass fans.  The album is available now. 

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Steep Canyon Rangers Receive Another Grammy Nomination

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Steep Canyon Rangers received a special honor this week.

The band announced Tuesday, it is one of five nominees in the “Best Bluegrass Album” category for the 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony. The nomination is for the band’s live recording North Carolina Songbook. The eight-song recording was captured April 28, 2019 at the annual Merlfest in Wilkesboro, NC and released Dec. 5, 2019 through Yep Roc Records.

The performance featured in the recording featured performances of ‘Stand By Me’/’Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down’ and ‘Blue Monk’ among others. The record debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Billboard Chart.

Vocalist Woody Platt was humble as he talked about the nomination in a prepared statement.

“It is such an honor to be recognized by the Recording Academy with a Grammy nomination,” said Platt. “It is especially sweet because this record pays tribute to many of the great artists from our musically rich home state of North Carolina.”

Platt’s band mate Graham Sharp expanded on Platt’s statements.

“This album was conceived as a love letter to our home state and the overwhelmingly diverse amount of groundbreaking musicians it has produced,” said Sharp. “It was a joy to perform and we’re truly grateful to be nominated among such a cool slate of our peers.”

Steep Canyon Rangers’ nomination in the 63rd annual Grammy Awards ceremony is just the latest of the band’s honors. The band is a member of the North Carolina music Hall of Fame. The band has also recorded three albums with famed comedian/actor/musician Steve Martin.

The group’s album Nobody Knows You won the Grammy in 2013 in the “Best Bluegrass Album” category. Only a year prior, the band was nominated for its album Rare Bird Alert.

Steep Canyon Rangers released its latest album Arm in Arm this year through Yep Roc Reords.

More information on Steep Canyon Rangers’ Grammy nomination, and new album is available along with the band’s latest news at:

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Twitterhttp://twitter.com/SteepCanyon

The full list of the nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards ceremony is available along with all of the latest Grammy news at:

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Steep Canyon Rangers Debuts New Single, ‘Sunny Days’

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Steep Canyon Rangers debuted its latest single this week.

The band debuted its new single ‘Sunny Days’ Tuesday through The Boot.  The song is the fourth single from the band’s forthcoming album Arm in Arm, which is scheduled for release Oct. 16 through Yep Roc Records.

The band premiered the album’s lead single ‘In the Next Life‘ June 15. The video for the album’s next single ‘Every River‘ followed July 21 and ‘Honey on my Tongue‘ was next in August.

The musical arrangement featured in ‘Sunny Days’ is an upbeat work that is led by the banjo work of Graham Sharp.  Michael Guggino’s mandolin playing builds on the foundation formed by Sharp’s performance.  Nicky Sanders’ fiddle playing enriches the song even more while the subtle brushes on the snare drum put the finishing touch to the upbeat whole.

Guggino talked about the arrangement and its companion lyrical content in a recent interview.

“It’s got a driving pulse at the top of it, like a rock anthem, but it changes at the line, “What I wouldn’t give to be with you in the sunshine,” said Guggino. “We knew the song had to change there, so we bring it down, and there’s a group solo with the banjo, fiddle, and mandolin all playing at once with each instrument occupying a different space. The music releases as the speaker releases that wish to be in the sunshine.”

Audiences who purchase Steep Canyon Rangers’ new album will not only support the band, but the homeless community in the band’s hometown of Asheville, NC.  Steep Canyon Rangers has partnered with Asheville, NC-based brewery Wicked Weed Brewing to use sales of its new album to help the city’s homeless population.  The company will donate $10 per album (up to 2,000 albums) sold through Yep Roc Records’ store to Haywood Street’s Downtown Welcome Table to feed the city’s homeless population.

Arm in Arm‘s track listing is noted below.

  1. One Drop of Rain
  2. Sunny Days
  3. Everything You Know
  4. Every River
  5. Honey on my Tongue
  6. In The Next Life
  7. Bullet in the Fire
  8. Take My Mind (ft. Oliver Wood and Michael Bearden)
  9. A Body Like Yours
  10. Afterglow
  11. Crystal Ship

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Yep Roc Records’ New Benefit Record Can And Likely Will Succeed In Its Aim

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Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC has hosted countless acts over the course of its 50 years in business, but its future is now in doubt as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Its closure meant the cancellation of its entire concert schedule, leading to trouble paying the rent and basic overhead costs.  In response, many of the North Carolina bands that have gone on to national (and even global) fame since their days performing at Cat’s Cradle have come together for a benefit compilation meant to raise money for the famed venue.  The compilation, Cover ChargeNC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle, was released Friday through Yep Roc Records.  The 25-song collection is a widely appealing presentation that will connect just as much with fans of Americana and southern rock as it will to those with an appreciation of pop music.  That is proven through the acts and songs featured throughout the compilation.  This will be addressed shortly.  The performances of the noted songs by the featured North Carolina acts adds to the record’s appeal.  They will be discussed a little later.  The record’s sequencing rounds out its most important elements.  Each noted item is important in its own way to the whole of this compilation’s presentation.  All things considered, they make Cover Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle a work whose own music is sure to help keep the music alive at its beneficiary club.

Yep Roc Records’ new benefit record Cover Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle is sure to benefit the famed local music venue, an greatly at that.  That is proven in part through the acts and songs that are featured in the 25-song presentation.  They range from a cover of The Go-Gos’ Can’t Stop The World’ by Superchunk, to an updated take of Buffalo Springfield’s timeless protest song ‘For What It’s Worth’ by Faith Jones, to a cover of Paul McCartney’s ‘Every Night’ by Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team and so much more, the compilation runs the gamut on genres and acts.  There is even a cover of Madonna’s ‘Dress You Up’ next to Beck’s ‘Think I’m In Love’ along with a pair of Neil Young covers to add to the presentation.  Again, what listeners get here is an extensive list of covers of songs from a wide range of well-known acts.  The covers in question are unique takes on the noted songs by acts that are well-known in their own right and others who are building their reputations quite well.  That aspect alone makes for its own reason for audiences to take in this record.  It is just one of the aspects that makes the compilation worth hearing.  The acts’ performances of the respective covers add their own hare of interest and appeal to the record.

The performances in question are of note because while they largely stay true to their source material, they give the songs their own unique updates.  Case in point is the noted update on Buffalo Springfield’s ‘For What It’s Worth.’  The original song is well-known by audiences of all ages.  It is a very subdued composition.  That reserved nature and feeling was used intentionally so as to heathen the feeling of the song’s subject as he/she looked around at everything happening in the world at the time.  Faith Jones’ update is less subdued and reserved than its source material.  It is not more energetic than said song.  It is however, still impacting in its own right.  The use of the pedal to give it a sort of funk vibe plays into its infectious nature.  The addition of the slide guitar alongside that element gives the song a bit of a country vibe.  Those two elements serve well to play into the song’s bigger message of unity, what with the genres begin so different yet coming together.  The overall energy level through the arrangement plays alongside the music to help translate the emotion in the continued message of that need for unity and hope even with everything going down.  The whole is a work that is one of the compilation’s highest points.  It is just one of the ways in which the record’s featured performances prove important to its presentation.  Mandolin Orange’s take of Bob Dylan’s Boots of Spanish Leather’ is another way in which the performances stand out.

Bob Dylan’s original song is a timeless song of lost love in its own right.  To say that it is a deeply emotional work is a powerful statement in its own right, what with Dylan’s minimalist approach to the song musically and lyrically.  It is just Dylan by himself singing and strumming his guitar.  Mandolin Orange takes that deeply emotional impact and builds on it.  The duo – Andrew Marlin and Emily Franz – offer audiences a composition here, that is even more reserved than Dylan’s original work.  The guitar work is noticeably slower in the act’s take on the song than in Dylan’s original.  What is so important to note though, is that even with the increased emotional approach, the duo doesn’t let itself go over the top.  Rather, the pair, with its violin and guitar, make it just as powerful as Dylan did with his work if not more so.  It would have been so easy for Marlin and Franz to go over the top, but that never once happens.  The result is, again, a work that pays wonderful tribute to its source material while introducing successfully, for a whole new generation of listeners.  It is yet another way in which the compilation’s performances prove important to its whole.  Chatham County Line’s over of Beck’s ‘Think I’m in Love’ is one more example of what makes the record worth hearing.

Beck’s original song ‘Think I’m In Love’ is a stark contrast to that of Chatham County Line’s cover of said song and vice versa.  Beck’s work is a funky, upbeat composition that exudes well, a person’s thought of, well, being in love.  That is the case even with the subtleties in its guitar line and beat.  CCL’s take on the song meanwhile, is even lighter than its source material.  The light, bluegrass approach that the group uses is an approach for which the band has come to be known throughout its life.  The subdued use of the mandolin and percussion alongside the vocals gives the song a whole new identity here that is certain to engage listeners in its own right.  Together with the other noted performances and those not directly addressed, the performances in whole give audiences just as much engagement as the featured songs and acts.  Even with all of this in mind, there is still one more item to address in examining the compilation, its sequencing.

The sequencing of Cover Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle is important to address because of the impact that this aesthetic element has on the record’s general effect.  As the genre styles change from one to the next, the album also manages to keep its overall energy stable throughout.  The crests and troughs are places at all of the right places from one to the next.  Case in point is the first handful of the record’s featured songs.  The record’s energy starts high in its opener, Superchunk’s cover of The Go-Gos’ ‘Can’t Stop The World.’  From there, the energy pulls back immediately in Sarah Shook & The Disarmers’ cover of Cigarettes After Sex’ ‘Apocalypse.’  The energy gradually builds back over the course of the next two songs before pulling back again in the Steep Canyon Rangers’ cover of Neil Young’s ‘Unknown Legend.’  The album pulls back even more in its energy immediately after in Skylar Gudasz and Erich Bachmann’s cover of The Everly Brothers’ timeless hit ‘All I Have To Do is Dream.’  This song stays true to its source material, but at the same time, is much slower than the original in terms of its tempo.  The noted rise and fall happens again over the course of the next two songs before quickly shifting gears again in The Love Language’s cover of Teenage Fanclub’s song ‘Everything Changes.’  The rises and falls in the album’s energy continue throughout the record from there, with each happening at the right places and rates of change.  Keeping this in mind, the album’s sequencing clearly proves pivotal in its own way to the whole of its presentation.  When it is considered along with the record’s featured songs and acts, and performances, the whole of the compilation becomes a work that holds its own against it counterparts in this year’s already vast sea of covers compilations.

Yep Roc Records’ new covers compilation Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle is a positive offering from the independent label.  It is a work that is certain to make plenty of noise as it helps save a venue that has helped Cat’s Cradle create its own noise over the years.  That is due in part to the songs and acts that are featured throughout the collection.  Regardless of listeners’ familiarity with the acts, this aspect is certain to generate its own share of engagement and entertainment among audiences.  The performances of the featured covers will generate its own interest for the collection, as has been noted.  The record’s sequencing rounds out its most important elements.  All three noted elements are key in their own way to the whole of this collection.  All things considered they make Charge: NC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle a presentation that is sure to help keep the music coming at Cat’s Cradle thanks to its own music.  The collection is available now.

The track listing for Cover ChargeNC Artists Go Under Cover To Benefit Cat’s Cradle is noted below.

Cover Charge Track Listing:

  1. Superchunk – “Can’t Stop the World” (The Go-Go’s)
  2. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – “Apocalypse” (Cigarettes After Sex)
  3. Hiss Golden Messenger and Jonathan Wilson – “Travellin’ in Style” (Free)
  4. The dB’s – “I’m on an Island” (The Kinks)
  5. Steep Canyon Rangers – “Unknown Legend” (Neil Young)
  6. Eric Bachmann & Skylar Gudasz – “All I Have to Do is Dream” (The Everly Brothers)
  7. The Connells – “Keep Your Distance” (Richard Thompson)
  8. Mandolin Orange – “Boots of Spanish Leather” (Bob Dylan)
  9. The Love Language – “Everything Flows” (Teenage Fanclub)
  10. Dex Romweber (feat. Jennifer Curtis) – “A Face in the Crowd” (Andy Griffith)\
  11. Tift Merritt – “Help Me Make It Through The Night”  (Kris Kristofferson)
  12. The Old Ceremony – “Alone Again Or” (Love)
  13. Mayflies USA – “There is a Light that Never Goes Out” (The Smiths)
  14. The Mountain Goats – “The Longest Winter” (Paradise Lost)
  15. Faith Jones – “For What It’s Worth” (Buffalo Springfield)
  16. Mipso – “Long Distance Love” (Little Feat)
  17. Terry Anderson and The Olympic-Ass Kickin Team – “Every Night” (Paul McCartney)
  18. Florence Dore – “Somewhere Down the Line” (Marshall Crenshaw)
  19. Southern Culture on the Skids – “Let’s Work Together” (Canned Heat)
  20. Iron & Wine – “Piss Diary” (Kingsbury Manx)
  21. Mount Moriah – “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” (Neil Young)
  22. Sam Melo of Rainbow Kitten Surprise – “Stars” (Janis Ian)
  23. Don Dixon & Marti Jones – “Respoken” (The Lovin Spoonful)
  24. Chatham County Line – “Think I’m in Love” (Beck)
  25. The Veldt – “Dress You Up” (Madonna)

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Steep Canyon Rangers Announces New Album Release Date, Debuts Video For LP’s Lead Single; Announces New Live Dates

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Steep Canyon Rangers has some good news for its fans.

The band announced Tuesday, it is scheduled to release its new album this fall.  Additionally, the band announced it will hold a trio of free live shows next month.

The band is scheduled to release its new album Arm in Arm Oct. 16 through Yep Roc Records.  Pre-orders are open now. In anticipation of the album’s release, the band debuted the video for the album’s lead single ‘Every River‘ Tuesday.

The video, shot entirely in black and white, finds the band performing its single in a studio setting.  The song’s musical arrangement is a modern southern/roots rock presentation that will appeal to fans of the noted genres, complete with guitar, mandolin, bass, drums and vocals.  The seeming sociopolitical commentary contained within the song’s lyrical content (which is featured with the video) will assuredly engage listeners just as much as its musical counterpart will entertain and engage them.

In other news, since the COVID-19 pandemic has halted touring plans for musical acts the world over, the band also announced Tuesday, it will host three free, live drive-in shows next month.

The concerts are scheduled to take place Aug. 27-29 in Brevard, NC; Asheville, NC and Burnsville, NC.  The performance schedule is noted below.

 

Steep Canyon Rangers Drive-In Tour

August 27 – Brevard Music Center – Brevard, NC

August 28  – The Riveter – Asheville, NC

August 29 – Old Avondale Mill Site – Burnsville, NC

 

The concerts were made possible through partnerships with and sponsorship from: Can’d Aid, Zander Insurance, Young & McQueen Grading Company, Homeplace Beer Company, Come Hear NC, Wicked Weed Brewing, Looking Glass Eye Center, Mosaic Realty, PLATT, Explore Brevard, Brevard Insurance, French Broad Stone & Supply, Smith, Terry, Johnson & Windle Construction Law, Harkness Design, Brevard Music Center, and The Riveter.

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Yep Roc Records To Celebrate 20th Anniversary With 3-Night Festival This Fall

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Yep Roc Records will celebrate its 20th anniversary this fall in North Carolina.

The little label that could will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a three night celebration that will run from Oct. 19 – 21 in Carrboro, N.C. and its new hometown of Hillsborough, N.C. The celebration will be highlighted with performances from the likes of Nick Lowe, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones, Tony Joe White, Los Straitjackets, The Stray Birds and more.

Tickets for the three-day anniversary celebration are on sale now.  They can be purchased online now here.  Ticketing options include single-night, two-night and three-night access.  The label has also made available early bird VIP Premium Packages that include three-night access to the celebration, artist reception and dinner on Oct. 20, Yep Rock 20 gear including T-shirt, pin and festival blanket.  More VIP events will be announced soon.

The first night of the upcoming celebration will be headlined by Nick Lowe.  The festival’s second and third nights will feature performances by all of the noted bands and others at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro.

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