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1/13/2025 Yonder Mountain String Band (from the album Nowhere NextYonder Mountain String Band (from the album Nowhere Next available on Frog Pad Records/Thirty Tigers) (by Bryant Liggett)
The passage of time playing performing and recording hasn’t slowed down Yonder Mountain String Band. As they push past a quarter century as a band, whether on stage or in studio, they keep a foot down on the gas pedal. Their latest release, Nowhere Next shows maturity while still staying true to the NuGrass genre; they remain a band with limitless influences on a path that finds them moving string band music fast and forward to another level. The album opener in “The Truth Fits” has that typical Jam Band-Grass drive, banjo player Dave Johnston leading the charge from the first solo, and that aforementioned ‘fast and forward’ description couldn’t be more present than on the cut “Cruisin’”. “Didn’t Go Wrong” starts with an Outlaw Country riff before Adam Aijala adds repetitive, Prog-Rock acoustic guitar while Ben Kaufmanns scats vocals; call it Prog-Boogie. This reviewer has always loved the songs of Johnston, and “Leave the Midwest” continues that fandom. Dave Johnston’s croon always homey and warm, this is a tale of leaving your home to head-west and make dreams into a new life; a front-porch sing-along that’s a straight-ahead song, the instrumentation solid but not theatrical, as Yonder Mountain String Band play it straight and true. While this band has certainly toyed with other genres, they’ve always had their heart in Bluegrass, “Secondhand Smoke” nodding to that love. With plenty of boogie and plenty of jam, longtime fans will revel in this Yonder Mountain String Band release, as it has all of the elements that made you fall for this band back in 2000. (by Bryant Liggett) Listen and buy the music of Yonder Mountain String Band from AMAZON For more information, please visit the Yonder Mountain String Band website The Blog Tags widget will appear here on the published site.
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