Town Mountain live in Tennessee, with backstage chat
Town Mountain at The Shed in Marysville, TN (713/24) – photo © Scott Shankland It was a relatively small but especially enthusiastic crowd that greeted Town Mountain at The Shed in Maryville, TN midway into the band’s six day jaunt this past Saturday night. Happily then, the Asheville North Carolina-based band repaid the audience’s anticipation with […]
Lines in the Levee – Town Mountain
Widely — and wisely — considered one of the current mainstays of the so-called newgrass movement, Town Mountain take a decided step back in time with their new release on New West Records, Lines in the Levee. That’s not to say they're regressing — not by any means — but they are doubling down on [...] Town Mountain at the Salvage Station in Asheville
Jesse Langlais with Town Mountain at the Salvage Station in Asheville, NC (7/31/22) - photo © Lightshifter Studios When Town Mountain did a hometown show in Asheville, NC, Bryce Lafoon with Lightshifter Studios was in the audience. He shared this gallery of images he captured at Asheville's Salvage Station on July 31. New Freedom Blues – Town Mountain
Like Steep Canyon Rangers, Town Mountain makes an upward climb from bluegrass basics to yet another pinnacle. The two bands share a propensity for bending boundaries whenever it suits their purposes, a tack taken by means of their superior songwriting and clear populist precepts. They may not always please the purists, but they have gained [...] Album Premiere: New Freedom Blues from Town Mountain
As a treat for fans on the album release day, Town Mountain is offering a full premiere today of their latest, New Freedom Blues. The project was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC, produced by Foghorn Stringband's Caleb Klauder. The guys feel like it captures their many diverse influences, including traditional bluegrass, roots pop, [...] Town Mountain to Quicksilver Productions
Quicksilver Productions, a full-service artist representation and management agency in Washington, DC, has announced the addition of Town Mountain to their roster of talent. The Asheville, NC-based group plays original bluegrass with the sort of rough edge more commonly associated with old time music. Robert Greer is on guitar, with Phil Barker on mandolin, Jesse [...] ROMP rocks out for the 13th time
Hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum, ROMP Fest 2016 delivered another fine round of bluegrass music for its 13th year. The music and the weather in Owensboro, KY was best described as hot! Thursday music kicked off with two Hall of Famers on the schedule — Larry Sparks and Del McCoury. Storms delayed the schedule [...] Southern Crescent – Town Mountain
Asheville’s Town Mountain finds some Louisiana groove on their new release, Southern Crescent. It’s hard to find a list of “Best Places To Live” that does not have Asheville, NC on it. The people, the community, the arts, the Blue Ridge Mountains: all combine to keep Asheville high on any list for people searching for an [...] Photos from 2015 Mountain Song Festival
The Mountain Song Festival, hosted each year in September by The Steep Canyon Rangers in Brevard, NC to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County, appears to have been another great success. Artists from all over the world performed for a large and enthusiastic audience at the Brevard Music Center. Rangers banjo man Graham [...] Dead Session coming from Town Mountain
You didn't really think that a remake of Tommy bluegrass style would be the end of it, did you? Now here comes Town Mountain with The Dead Session, a special two-track project celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead. Scheduled for a November 13 release, the old school single will feature a pair of Dead [...] 