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Thread #102633   Message #2179782
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
26-Oct-07 - 12:57 PM
Thread Name: New ShoreGrass Recording: Going Home
Subject: RE: New ShoreGrass Recording: Going Home
I was very excited to open my November 2007 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine to find this review of our new album! Now I can breathe again. Nothing worse than deafening silence when you put out a new recording. Also heard that Sing Out! has selected it for review in the upcoming winter issue.

Shoregrass is a New England band consisting of Frank (banjo) and Barbara (guitar) Shaw along with son Jonathan (bass) and Paul Pozzi (mandolin), Stacy Phillips (fiddle and resonator guitar), and Bud Morrisroe (fiddle). "Going Home" is a showcase for original numbers mostly penned by Barbara including "Glorious Day," "The Letter," and "Goodbye My Good Old Friend." Also featured are Bill Monroe's "I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home" and Merle Travis' "Sixteen Tons." Shoregrass has created a pleasant collection of down-home music that should attract considerable attention for the band.