Waking Up Tillie consists of three award-winning singers and muscians: Randy Johnson (fiddle, vocals), Pete Peterson (banjo, guitar, vocals), and Kellie Allen (guitar, vocals). Here’s a dynamic old-time, harmony singin’ trio that I’m sure you are going to enjoy. Their music includes 19th century Victorian tearjerkers, gospel songs from the Book of Revelation, traditional and ragtime fiddle tunes and includes the song “Forgiveness” by the 2004 winner of Merlefest songwriting competition. Get ready to sing and shout as you dance your way through this great album.
Waking Up Tille hails from Riegelsville, PA and their new album was released on July 11th of this year.
TrueGrass is a new bluegrass band based in Rural Retreat, Virginia and playing “tradional bluegrass music the way it should be played,” acording to the band’s new website. While the band may be new, the members of this band are certainly not new to bluegrass music. Emory Parks (guitar and vocals) has been playing bluegrass music all his life and was inspired by his father. Emory says he stuck with tradional bluegrass music even when bluegrass went through unpopular times. He has recorded his own album, “Let’g Go Back Again” which will be playing soon on my radio station. Freel Taylor (bass and vocals) also started playing music as a kid after he started listening to the “Grad Ole Opry.” He’s played with a number of old time and bluegrass bands. Jack Wells (mandolin and vocals) is another veteran bluegrass musician who has played with a numerous northern Virgina and Maryland based bands. Travis Houck (dobro) brings a fresh new approach to the dobro in bluegrass, and Wayne Thomas (banjo and vocals) plays banjo with skill that he may have inheritied from his bluegrass musician father. I’m sure you are going to enjoy the music of this new band.
