Della Mae has been going through some exciting changes in the last couple months. First and foremost, the ladies are in the middle of recording their first full-length album to be named "I Built this Heart". All the songs on the album are written and composed by women and the album will honor the lives of Celia's father, Frank Woods, along with the late Hazel Dickens, a Della Mae Idol and a pioneer in Bluegrass.
The group has promised to give Prescription Bluegrass Radio an "Exclusive First" to broadcast a song from the album. "Jamie Dear", a song from the pen of the group's newest member - Celia Woodsmith will be the song radio listeners will hear. "Jamie Dear" is a rousing toe-tapper about the guilt of a romantic breakup that Woodsmith says she wrote about four years ago however this is the first time the song has been recorded. Prescription Bluegrass Radio is syndicated and fans will be able hear the song several times by tuning in to all of the various stations that carry the broadcast. Click Here for times and locations. The song will be included in the program that airs on affiliate stations beginning Saturday, June 11th.
The group has promised to give Prescription Bluegrass Radio an "Exclusive First" to broadcast a song from the album. "Jamie Dear", a song from the pen of the group's newest member - Celia Woodsmith will be the song radio listeners will hear. "Jamie Dear" is a rousing toe-tapper about the guilt of a romantic breakup that Woodsmith says she wrote about four years ago however this is the first time the song has been recorded. Prescription Bluegrass Radio is syndicated and fans will be able hear the song several times by tuning in to all of the various stations that carry the broadcast. Click Here for times and locations. The song will be included in the program that airs on affiliate stations beginning Saturday, June 11th.
"I was also studying a lot about landscape natural history, and the chorus lyrics "Swamp's on fire and the Leatherleaf, is burning like the letters that you sent to me" was taken directly after I learned about a certain plant "leatherleaf" that grows in swamps and burns like crazy. Sometimes it will burn in the winter effectively lighting a whole swamp on fire in a most improbable way."
Listen To "Jamie Dear" Click on the player . . . .
Celia Woodsmith, joined Della Mae just this year as rhythm guitarist and singer. She has been performing with the group since February (Joe Val bluegrass Festival) and has penned ten of the songs on the record. Della Mae has amicably parted ways with Banjo player Grace Van't Hof, who recently achieved her fundraising goal, and is currently in the process of recording an album of her own!Della Mae is going in exciting new directions musically. Many of Woodsmith's songs have tastes of blues, folk, pop and country with very real and heartfelt lyrics. The strong bluegrass base of Fiddle player Kimber Ludiker, Mandolinist Jenni Lyn Garnder, Guitarist Courtney Hartman and Bass player Amanda Kowalski keep the tradition alive and kickin'. As if the album couldn’t get any better, the ladies say they are humbled by the appearance of several surprise guests on selected tracks- "we can’t wait to leak the names!"
"We are incredibly excited to see where “I Built this Heart” and a summer of amazing festivals will take us! We hope that this album will be one of many. All of the material on our new album has been written by women and features special guests Alison Brown on banjo, Laurie Lewis and Emma Beaton (Joy Kills Sorrow) on vocal harmonies, Brittany Haas (Crooked Still) on twin fiddles, and Courtney Hartman on guitar (who you'll see making guest appearances with us all summer)! "
The record, due to be out in time for Greyfox and Rockygrass festivals in July is going to be exclusively available for pre-order on Kickstarter.com, a premier fundraising site. Check up on it for unique fundraiser gifts and up-to-date information.
One of the features of the Kickestarter campaign is that fans can click on a special "Ask A Question" Icon which will allow them to type a question about the group or the new album and get an answer direct from the group's award winning fiddle player, Kimber Ludiker According to the group's calculations, total costs for the album will exceed $13,000. In a statement the ladies posted on their Kickstarter page, they go beyond simply asking for donations.
"We need YOUR help to get this record out! We are so proud and excited about the material on "I Built This Heart", and can't wait to share it with all of you. We have an incredible amount of gratitude towards all of our fans, listeners, and supporters. You are an inspiration to keep writing, performing, and honing our craft. It is a humbling experience to be making this album WITH you, not just FOR you."
Donors can contribute any amount of money. The suggested amounts begin at $10.00 and range up to any amount however the ladies promise if some gracious soul wanted to donate $5,000 or more they would make a life-sized cut-out of the donor and take it with them everywhere they go in addition to other seriously exclusive options. However much fun and shenanigans it may sound like, they say seriously, "...we already have a line on where to get the Cut-Out done."The band is also working on a special promotional video for the new album that will be released hopefully within the next week and a special CD Release concert is planned with Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum for July 23rd at Club Passim in Cambridge, MA (Tickets and More Info Here)
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