Blue Highway collection drops in January
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – Blue Highway's "Some Day: The Fifteenth Anniversary Collection" comes out Jan. 19, 2010 on Rounder. The CD is a collection of the best of the bluegrass band's Rounder recordings, one cut from a Rob Ickes solo album, and 3 new selections including Bleeding for a Little Piece of Mind, which was co-written by Tim Stafford and Darrell Scott and also features Scott on lead vocals.
Having previously released 8 albums and toured internationally for 15 years, the members of Blue Highway -- Tim Stafford (guitar, vocals), Wayne Taylor (lead vocals, bass), Shawn Lane (tenor vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle), Rob Ickes (Dobro, Scheerhorn acoustic slide guitar), and Jason Burleson (banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass vocals) - have remained intact for about 15 years.
They first convened in 1994. Blue Highway joined forces with Rounder Records in 2000 and their first Rounder release, in 2001, "Still Climbing Mountains," was also their first album of entirely original material. It was followed in 2003 by the gospel project "Wondrous Love," winner of IBMA's Gospel Performance of the Year in 2004, and by 2005's "Marbletown." Their latest 2008 release, "Through the Window of a Train" won 2008's IBMA Award for Song of the Year for the title track.
Songs on the upcoming CD are:
1. Cold and Lowdown Lonesome Blues ** new
2. Through the Window of a Train
3. Bleeding for a Little Peace of Mind **new
4. Monrobro
5. Some Day ** Re-recorded and never released on Rounder before
6. Still Climbing Mountains
7. The Seventh Angel
8. Elzic's Farewell ** cut from a Rob Ickes solo album
9. Sycamore Hollow
10. Seven Sundays in a Row
11. Wild Urge to Ramble
12. Marbletown
13. Wondrous Love
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Through the Window of a Train
Classic Blue Highway. After 10 years, they have earned the accolade.
Three lead singers - all talented enough to front a national level band. The rich harmony work is of the Blue Highway signature stack. Wayne Taylor sings with the emotion of man who escaped the coal mines and ain't planning on going back. Tim Stafford continues to craft songs with depth. Some of the best
work of Alison Krauss was from his catalogue.
The instrumentation is perfect. From the get go, Jason »»» |
Lonesome Pine
This latest disc in the Rebel Records' Vault Masters series, reminds us why Blue Highway is one of the best contemporary bluegrass bands. This brings together material from the band's first three landmark releases: "It's a Long, Long Road," "Wind to the West" and "Midnight Storm."
Suffice it to say that the ranging vocal harmonies on a song like "In the Gravel Yard," can send a shiver down your back. Not to mention the fact that it was Blue Highway Dobro picker Rob Ickes who supplanted Jerry »»» |
Wondrous Love
One of contemporary bluegrass music's most celebrated and award-winning bands, Blue Highway's albums have always featured a gospel song or two, often original compositions from the pen of Shawn Lane or Tim Stafford. Fans of their spiritual side will be overjoyed with their new all-gospel album.
The disc begins with an a capella, shape-note style rendition of the titular hymn that's guaranteed to raise a few goosebumps. They also tackle classics like Jimmy Martin and Paul Williams' "This World Is »»» |
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