...From Their Forthcoming Album
"Live At The Down Home"
NewFound Road offers a taste of its upcoming album Live at the Down Home with a video for “If You’ll Pretend” – a song that was written by bandmates Tim Shelton and Josh Miller. Due April 26, Live at the Down Home is NewFound Road’s first live album and was recorded at the revered Johnson City, Tennessee music venue. The video can be viewed HERE.
The powerful four-piece bluegrass band is known as “virtuosic” (Allmusic), “thrilling” (Raleigh News & Observer), and “the genuine article” (Vintage Guitar ). Tim Shelton, founder, band leader, lead singer and (mostly rhythm) guitarist of this group of young veterans, possesses one of the truly distinctive voices today. The current band’s line-up includes brothers Joe and Jamey Booher on mandolin, bass and harmony vocals and Josh Miller on banjo, guitar, harmony and lead vocals with special guest Jim VanCleve on fiddle.
NewFound Road will be taking its driving sound to audiences around the country.
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Upcoming tour dates are listed below and a complete listing is also available at www.newfoundroad.com.
On this, their new album, NewFound Road once again demonstrate their abilities as a crowd pleasing outfit, this time on a live recording made at Johnson City, Tennessee’s venerable music venue The Down Home. Tim Shelton, founder, band leader, lead singer and (mostly rhythm) guitarist of this group of young veterans, possesses one of the truly distinctive voices in bluegrass today. His nuanced, sometimes booming, always forceful and magnetic baritone is equally effective on the reflective singer-songwriter fare the band often features and the more traditional material with which the band’s shows are also laced. His style can be reminiscent of the full bodied, vocals of early personal favorites of Tim’s like Larry Sparks and Tony Rice (an often overlooked influence on current singers as well as guitarists), and other recent favorites like Ronnie Bowman. The current band’s line-up, and the one featured on this live album, includes brothers Joe and Jamey Booher on mandolin, bass and harmony vocals and Josh Miller on banjo, guitar, harmony and lead vocals and he is, as Tim mentions at one point during the evening’s proceedings. one of the finest dancers you’ll ever see. The repertoire on this live album is a mix of time proven favorites from Newfound Road’s earlier albums, (Try To Be, Lonesome River, That’s How I Got To Memphis, Houston), that has worked in concerts and at festivals, newer songs penned by band members and others, and material that would, at first glance, seem unlikely fare for a bluegrass repertoire, songs like Bill Withers’ classic Ain’t No Sunshine. In the hands of this tremendously talented bunch, however, Ain’t No Sunshine not only works, (to borrow from the current argot), it kills.
Prescription Bluegrass Review:
We can't remember when we've heard a new CD that was this solid from a group this tight on a live recording this clean. Instrumentally, vocally and every other way, this is a perfect album with 13 perfectly selected songs - all executed supremely . There isn't a clunker in the bunch. This group is SOLID like 25-year-old cement. It's difficult to get this type of sound in a controlled environment in the studio much less getting this type of sound from the stage. We were amazed by the "ease" at which Tim Shelton delivered each line and the fluidity of the transition from one song to the next. Tim's stage mastery gives one the impression that he was born and raised on stage. He's right at home.
Upcoming tour dates are listed below and a complete listing is also available at www.newfoundroad.com.
On this, their new album, NewFound Road once again demonstrate their abilities as a crowd pleasing outfit, this time on a live recording made at Johnson City, Tennessee’s venerable music venue The Down Home. Tim Shelton, founder, band leader, lead singer and (mostly rhythm) guitarist of this group of young veterans, possesses one of the truly distinctive voices in bluegrass today. His nuanced, sometimes booming, always forceful and magnetic baritone is equally effective on the reflective singer-songwriter fare the band often features and the more traditional material with which the band’s shows are also laced. His style can be reminiscent of the full bodied, vocals of early personal favorites of Tim’s like Larry Sparks and Tony Rice (an often overlooked influence on current singers as well as guitarists), and other recent favorites like Ronnie Bowman. The current band’s line-up, and the one featured on this live album, includes brothers Joe and Jamey Booher on mandolin, bass and harmony vocals and Josh Miller on banjo, guitar, harmony and lead vocals and he is, as Tim mentions at one point during the evening’s proceedings. one of the finest dancers you’ll ever see. The repertoire on this live album is a mix of time proven favorites from Newfound Road’s earlier albums, (Try To Be, Lonesome River, That’s How I Got To Memphis, Houston), that has worked in concerts and at festivals, newer songs penned by band members and others, and material that would, at first glance, seem unlikely fare for a bluegrass repertoire, songs like Bill Withers’ classic Ain’t No Sunshine. In the hands of this tremendously talented bunch, however, Ain’t No Sunshine not only works, (to borrow from the current argot), it kills.
Upcoming Tour Dates
April
May
April
- 22 Willow Oak Bluegrass Festival Roxboro, NC
- 23 Mountaineer Opry House Milton, WV
May
- 6 The Down Home Johnson City, TN – CD RELEASE PARTY
- 7 Denton Farm Park Denton, NC
- 14 Canal Street Tavern Dayton, OH
- 20 Central Virginia Bluegrass Festival Amelia, VA
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