New Appalachian Music
We are super excited to announce our new album, entitled REBUILD!! We had a great time collaborating with our stellar bandmates, Bennett Sullivan and Kevin Kehrberg, and our wonderful producer, Jon Weisberger, on this record and we can't wait to share it with the world. Rebuild will officially release on Organic Records on October 8th, and you can pre-save and pre-order the album HERE! Rebuilding is unfortunately not something that only happens once in our lives, but is a theme that continues …
"Chestnut Mountain" is a song I wrote about our family homeplace in Wilkes County, NC. My late grandfather, bluegrass fiddler Jim Shumate, was born there in 1921. There is so much history on that mountain. When I was young, the whole area was relatively remote and undeveloped aside from a few almost impassable roads. Later, a developer came in and tried to get my grandparents to sell their part, but to no avail. To my grandparents, that land was priceless. I'm so thankful that they held out and …
