Songs of April 2022

The Po' Ramblin' Boys 'Never Slow Down' is out March 25th, 2022 on CD/digital, LP in late 2022, and available for pre-order now.

Deep-rooted bluegrass troupe The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys kick it into high gear on Never Slow Down, their newest collection of classic songs and soon-to-be-classic originals. The GRAMMY-nominated group pours every ounce of passion they have into these recordings as they always have, this time with even more fervor and zeal with the addition of new band member Laura Orshaw. Taking on material by their heroes the Stanley Brothers, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, George Jones and more, the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys bridge the gap between the past and present, proving the eternal importance of bluegrass and making it accessible to all.

Never Slow Down

The Po' Ramblin' Boys - Blues Are Close At Hand

Far from a Mind

White Jesus Black Problems

Nibbadip

Narrow Line

Fire Escape

Wolves of My Want

The Knowing

The Knowing (From the Ani DiFranco Children's Book: The Knowing)

Grandfather Courage

Drifting Away (Acoustic)

I'd Rather Be Alone

Such Ferocious Beauty

Blue Skies

From the album Tomorrow Is My Turn

The landscape of American music is littered with the ghosts of the unknowable and mysterious blues musician, scratchy voices on a 78 conjuring up an era and an energy long gone. No one represents this better, perhaps, than Geeshie Wiley, who, along with equally unknown L.V. Thomas, recorded a handful of sides for Paramount Records in 1930–31. “Last Kind Word Blues” calls to me in a way that I can’t really explain, but when producer T Bone Burnett suggested it for the record, I knew instantly it was the way to begin.

Narrow Line

Mama's Broke

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