New Moon (Northern Lights album)
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New Moon is an album by the progressive bluegrass
band Northern Lights
. In 2003, three members of Northern Lights, Taylor Armerding, Dave Dick and Christ Miles, left the group, leaving Bill Henry to build a new band from the scratch. He recruited four new members, so that the band become quintet again: Ben Demerath on guitar, Mike Barnett on violin, Joe Walsh on mandolin and John Daniel on bass. This is also the first album in group's history, which doesn't feature 5-string banjo but two acoustic guitars instead.
Progressive bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass is one of two major subgenres of bluegrass music. It is also known as newgrass, a term attributed to New Grass Revival member Ebo Walker. Musicians and bands John Hartford, New Grass Revival, J.D. Crowe and the New South, The Dillards, Boone Creek, Country Gazette, and the...
band Northern Lights
Northern Lights (bluegrass band)
Northern Lights was an American Progressive bluegrass band formed in 1975 in New England, which musical career spanned more than three decades....
. In 2003, three members of Northern Lights, Taylor Armerding, Dave Dick and Christ Miles, left the group, leaving Bill Henry to build a new band from the scratch. He recruited four new members, so that the band become quintet again: Ben Demerath on guitar, Mike Barnett on violin, Joe Walsh on mandolin and John Daniel on bass. This is also the first album in group's history, which doesn't feature 5-string banjo but two acoustic guitars instead.
Track listing
- Oh, Lady Be Good (Gershwin) 3:04
- Lonely Moon (Brayer) 3:03
- Listen to the Radio (Griffith) 2:28
- Empty Pages (Capaldi, Winwood) 3:50
- Twenty Six Daughters (Demerath) 5:00
- Bury me Beneath the Willow (trad.) 2:59
- Sit Down Servant (trad.) 2:40
- Dusty Miller / Ride the Wild Turkey (trad., Anger) 4:27
- Blue Chalk (Gorka) 4:12
- California Blues (Rodgers) 3:18
- Orphan Girl (Welch) 3:16
- Baby I Love You (Roosevelt) 4:07
Personnel
- Ben Demerath - guitar, vocals
- John Daniel - bass, vocals
- Bill Henry - vocals, guitar
- Joe Walsh - mandolin, vocals
- Mike Barnett - violin, vocals