Steep Canyon Rangers “Nobody Knows You” album is topping all the Bluegrass Charts – and they are set to release on Vinyl next week.
Nobody Knows You is
the next level for the North Carolina quintet – Mike Guggino
(mandolin/vocals), Charles Humphrey III (bass/vocals), Woody Platt
(guitar/lead vocals), Nicky Sanders (fiddle/vocals) and Graham Sharp
(banjo/vocals) – known for forging their own distinct path within a
famously traditional genre. Having defied all notions of “déjà
bluegrass” since their beginnings more than 12 years ago at UNC Chapel
Hill, the new album – co-produced by the band and nine-time
Grammy-winner Gary Paczosa – is fueled by deft musicianship, impeccable
songwriting, distinctive vocals, and creative arrangements that eschew
all formulas. “We’ve made enough records by now that if we can’t just
follow what we want to do,” says Graham Sharp, who wrote seven of the
album’s dozen songs, “then what’s the point of us doing it?” The result –
which blasts out of the box with the album’s buoyantly mold-breaking
title track – is the most adventurous and fully realized accomplishment
Steep Canyon Rangers have achieved to date, and the record is poised to
bring them to audiences beyond their already devoted bluegrass,
folk, americana and jamband fanbase.
the next level for the North Carolina quintet – Mike Guggino
(mandolin/vocals), Charles Humphrey III (bass/vocals), Woody Platt
(guitar/lead vocals), Nicky Sanders (fiddle/vocals) and Graham Sharp
(banjo/vocals) – known for forging their own distinct path within a
famously traditional genre. Having defied all notions of “déjà
bluegrass” since their beginnings more than 12 years ago at UNC Chapel
Hill, the new album – co-produced by the band and nine-time
Grammy-winner Gary Paczosa – is fueled by deft musicianship, impeccable
songwriting, distinctive vocals, and creative arrangements that eschew
all formulas. “We’ve made enough records by now that if we can’t just
follow what we want to do,” says Graham Sharp, who wrote seven of the
album’s dozen songs, “then what’s the point of us doing it?” The result –
which blasts out of the box with the album’s buoyantly mold-breaking
title track – is the most adventurous and fully realized accomplishment
Steep Canyon Rangers have achieved to date, and the record is poised to
bring them to audiences beyond their already devoted bluegrass,
folk, americana and jamband fanbase.