Mountain Home Music Company, a division of Crossroads Entertainment and Marketing is proud to announce the release of what promises to be one of the most exciting new band line ups in Bluegrass today, Western North Carolina’s Balsam Range. The name of the group is new but the players are no strangers to Bluegrass fans. Grammy winning Marc Pruett from Ricky Skaggs’s Bluegrass Rules line up heads up the group on banjo. He is joined by Southern Gospel and solo artist Tim Surrett on Bass, Darren Nicholson formerly of Alicia Nugent Band on Mandolin, former Harvest guitar player Caleb Smith and new comer powerhouse lead vocalist Buddy Melton on fiddle. For fans of the genre that may need a reminder of why they love this music, this is the real deal.
The new project titled Marching Home was produced by Jerry Salley and includes a mix of not-so-traditional versions of Bill Monroe classics as well as contemporary and hard driving originals. Salley comments, “Individually they are incredible talents and have accomplished so much. Collectively, Balsam Range is one of the finest new bands on the Bluegrass music scene – mixing tradition with a fresh approach - they complement each other perfectly!!”
Guest appearances on the project include Doyle Lawson, Joe Diffie, Jimmy Van Cleave, and Jerry Salley. Look for this CD in stores in October and listen for it from your local bluegrass DJs. Also listen for “The Train’s Ready” the first single from the album to be released on Prime Cuts of Bluegrass in November.
All tracks will be available for digital download at major download outlets.
Author: AGM
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Written: 09/27/2007
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