Steep Canyon Rangers - Morning Shift - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

GRAMMY-Award winning bluegrass outfit Steep Canyon Rangers brought a special surprise to attendees of their performance at Merlefest 2019. To honor their home state, the Rangers performed a selection of songs from the artists of North Carolina. Featuring unsung Carolinian heroes like Ola Belle Reed and Elizabeth Cotten to world-renowned performers like Thelonious Monk, Doc Watson, James Taylor and Ben E. King, the Rangers' live North Carolina Songbook performance shows why the Tar Heel State continues to celebrate their legacy of musical excellence and influence that dates back over a century.1. Stand By Me2. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down3. Blue Monk4. Drunkard's Hiccups5. Shake Sugaree6. Sweet Baby James7. I've Endured8. Your Lone Journey

What does it mean to be a traveler in a fixed place? An adventurer in domestic space? A troubadour in a confined microcosm, or a constellation of microcosms-that is, a microcosmos? These are the questions Nashville musician, songwriter, and published poet Lou Turner (aka Lauren Turner, Styrofoam Winos) was reflecting on as she wrote her luminous third solo album, Microcosmos. She says of the cosmic country record, InchMusically, these songs are mostly in the country/folk vein of the 70s songwriter but lyrically they're challenging some of those tropes or totally subverting them altogether, talking about commitment and love-the small microcosmic things that make up the fabric of everything.Inch With her warm and welcoming voice and nylon-stringed acoustic guitar foregrounded over sparse yet playful arrangements, Microcosmos is a meditation on what it means to privilege cultivation over consumption and to ponder larger realities from within the shell of the fixed reality of a home. The reward is the adventure to be found in stillness and observation, the discovery of the otherworldly in earthly matter, the revelations of groundedness. Turner generously offers up these wonders to the listener, sharing hers, and inviting us to find our own.MicrocosmosLook Out BelowGreen and GrowingEmpty Tame and UglyDancing to Hold MusicWhat Might We Find ThereI've Got the O'sYou Got Under My SkinBig Ole HeadSmallest MercyHot Soup, Cold Bowl

Hailing from both the Appalachian and Piedmont regions of North Carolina, the Steep Canyon Rangers have long held traditional bluegrass paramount, while possessing an exceptional ability to bring it down the mountain, and to incorporate accessible influence from all walks of the region. With the band's last few albums, they have gained recognition from well beyond the world of bluegrass, earning a reputation as some of the most influential songwriters in Americana today. The band has made a name for themselves across the past quarter-century, with outlets like Rolling Stone recognizing them as Inchone of the most sought-after groups in Americana, bluegrass, and indie-folk.Inch Demand for a new live album from the Rangers increased after their GRAMMY-nominated 2019 album North Carolina Songbook, where the band covered songs across a multitude of artists all born in the Tar Heel State (ranging from James Taylor to Doc Watson to Thelonious Monk, to name a few) at MerleFest. The album drew widespread acclaim and topped the Billboard Bluegrass Chart for numerous weeks, and the requests for a live album of Steep Canyon Rangers' original songs grew louder and louder. Live at Greenfield Lake finally captures the magic of Steep Canyon Rangers' onstage chemistry, demonstrating the band's unparalleled harmonies and rich songwriting that has made the band one of the most critically-acclaimed across Americana music. The spellbinding, tender performances of InchRecommend MeInch and InchBirds of OhioInch mixed with blistering, barnburning renditions of InchAfterglowInch and InchSunny DaysInch exhibit the wide breadth of styles and genres that the Rangers tackle in concert. Album Tracks 1. As I Go (Live) 2. Sweet Spot (Live) 3. Pennies on the Tracks (Live) 4. Recommend Me (Live) 5. Tell the Ones I Love > Chuck in the Bush > Tell the Ones I Love (Live) 6. Fare Th