This is smooth British Columbia bluegrass and more from a fine Vancouver fiddler and singer who's also a longtime member of The Paperboys. Shannon Saunders is a smokey-voiced singer with a Norah Jones-like depth in her voice, and her songwriting and fiddling draw from country, gospel, and Celtic sources as well as traditional bluegrass roots. There's plenty of down-home fiddle, banjo, and high harmonies on this disk, like on the travelling song "See You in the Morning" and "San Juan Worm", a classic breakdown featuring Splinters banjo player Cam Salay, plus some different sounds too, like the traditional "Dark Hollow" arranged as a midtempo shuffle with slide guitar, or the slow, meditative fiddle tune "Bell Housing". Don't worry about getting splinters in your fingers; Cold November is a disk that fans of modern bluegrass will want to grab.
(TN) Dirty Linen 2004
Check out the artist's website:
http://thesplinters.com
Track List:
1. Sweetwater
2. Chestnut Skies
3. I-90
4. One Beat At A Time
5. Bell Housing
6. Dark Hollow
7. See You In The Morning
8. San Juan Worm
9. I Never Walk
10. Pickin' To Beat The Devil
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(TN) Dirty Linen 2004
Check out the artist's website:
http://thesplinters.com
Track List:
1. Sweetwater
2. Chestnut Skies
3. I-90
4. One Beat At A Time
5. Bell Housing
6. Dark Hollow
7. See You In The Morning
8. San Juan Worm
9. I Never Walk
10. Pickin' To Beat The Devil
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- COUNTRY: Bluegrass
- COUNTRY: Country Folk
- TYPE: ACOUSTIC