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│██ Artist : Mike Barnett
██ Album : +1
██ Year : 2021
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│██ Genre : Bluegrass Quality : 242kbps avg/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
│██ Source : CD Size : 91.28 Mb
│██ Encoder : LAME 3.100 -V0 Language : English
:██ Cat. Nr : 7 4734 2 Label : Compass Records
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│▓█ Release date: 2021-04-02 Retail date: 2021-03-19
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1. Fire in the Hole featuring Stash Wyslouch 3:06 ██
2. Higher Ground featuring Ric Robertson 3:01 ██
3. Bucharest featuring Dominick Leslie 4:11 ██
4. Righteous Bell featuring Sarah Jarosz 2:28 ██
5. Just Married featuring Maeve Gilchrist 4:27 ██
6. Born to Be with You featuring Molly Tuttle 2:50 ██
7. Somewhere in the Middle featuring Nat Smith 3:41 ██
8. Anna Marie featuring Sierra Hull (Dedicated to 4:15 ██
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9. Dexterity featuring Jeff Picker 3:58 ██
10. The Breath and the Bow featuring Eddie Barbash 4:30 ██
11. Hollow City featuring Sarah Jarosz 3:02 ██
12. Hybrid Hoss ("Wheel Hoss") featuring Cory Walker 3:12 ██
13. Little Sisters Medley featuring Ricky Skaggs 3:35 ██
14. Piece O' Shrimp featuring Alex Hargreaves 3:42 ██
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██│ A fiddle prodigy who received a GRAMMY nod for his Compass Records
██│ release, PORTRAITS IN FIDDLES, Mike Barnett returns with a new album of
██│ 14 duets heÆs titled + 1. The album, originally slated for a fall 2020
██│ release, was delayed when Mike suffered a brain aneurysm last summer at
██│ his Nashville home. Friends and fellow musicians rallied, and MikeÆs
██│ friend and fellow Kentucky Thunder band-member Jeff Picker started a
██│ GoFundMe to assist Mike and his wife, violinist Annalise Ohse, through
██│ two successful surgeries and an initial round of rehabilitation in
██│ Atlanta. Annalise and Mike are currently doing an intensive round of
██│ rehabilitation in Chicago, where, he tells The Bluegrass Situation, he
██│ is working to ôreconnect his brain to his fingers,ö and is ôexcited
██│ about getting the music on æ+ 1Æ to the fans and community that have
██│ offered him so much support.ö
██│ Mike says: ôHereÆs a good old Bill Monroe classicà oh wait, except for
██│ the æAÆ part. I put one note per ping pong ball and played lottery
██│ bingo for that partà just kidding, though it might sound that way. I
██│ sometimes enjoy taking tunes outside the box, but still maintain some
██│ semblance of where it came from. This is a hybrid of æoutsideÆ and æinÆ
██│ based on Bill MonroeÆs æWheel Hoss.Æ Grounding this in the tradition of
██│ banjo/fiddle seemed appropriate. Cory WalkerÆs instincts and diverse
██│ musical pallet make him one of very few people who could tackle this.ö
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██│ Though heÆs a Nashville native who became a professional player at a
██│ young age as part of Jesse McReynoldsÆ band, Barnett can still be
██│ considered among the recent crop of breakout talents from the Boston
██│ roots music scene that produced the likes of Lake Street Dive, IÆm With
██│ Her and The Deadly Gentlemen, a newgrass outfit where he held fiddle
██│ duties from 2011 to 2014. Now relocated to Nashville where he holds
██│ down fiddle duties as a member of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder,
██│ Barnett has been working on +1 over a period of four years. He started
██│ recording when he was still living in NYC and was collaborating with
██│ fellow artists from his years in the Berklee Music Scene, including
██│ Sarah Jarosz; later tracks came once he moved to Nashville and include
██│ duets with fellow Nashvillians Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle and Dominic
██│ Leslie in addition to Skaggs.
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██│ Drawing on the deep virtuosic talents of the cast of players, the
██│ albumÆs tracks flow seamlessly from traditional American tunes to
██│ newgrass with elements of Celtic music, pop and jazz-tinged
██│ improvisation thrown in for good measure. From an instrumental sea
██│ shanty performed on fiddle and saxophone (ôThe Breath and the Bowö
██│ featuring Eddie Barbash) to ôhopped up bluegrass with a little extra
██│ thrown inö (ôHybrid Hossö featuring Cory Walker) to the plaintive vocal
██│ melodies of ôRighteous Bellö and ôHollow City,ö both featuring Sarah
██│ Jarosz, + 1 is a dynamic collection that spans cities, countries and
██│ genres.
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██│ Barnett always intended + 1 to be a studio project. Inspired by some of
██│ his favorite duet albums, including two Compass Records releases from
██│ the early 2000s û Darol AngerÆs DIARY OF A FIDDLER and THE DUO LIVE: AT
██│ HOME AND ON THE RANGE with Mike Marshall û coupled with the
██│ realization that he enjoyed the musical freedom the duo configuration
██│ offers, Barnett began plans for the album. A lot of the music grew out
██│ of the time Barnett spent living in Brooklyn.
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██│ It was living and gigging in New York City that Barnett started playing
██│ a lot as a duo. ôThe nature of playing around the city is that there
██│ are a lot of small venues and I had a lot of friends I enjoyed playing
██│ with who were in and out of town,ö he says. ôItÆs one of my favorite
██│ contexts to play music in, but itÆs a challenging context to record in,
██│ especially for a fiddle, which in general, in band context, plays the
██│ role of the melodic instrument. In a duo context, when another person
██│ is soloing, you have to fill out the music in a different way and get
██│ creative there. It was something I thought would be nice to write some
██│ music specifically for.ö
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██│ While in NYC, BarnettÆs girlfriend, now wife, got a job offer in
██│ Austin, TX. ôI decided to follow her but I wanted to stay connected to
██│ my NYC friends, so I used writing tunes in these duo contests and going
██│ back up there to record, as a way to keep in touch with my friends and
██│ keep making music in that scene From there I got a call from Ricky
██│ Skaggs to audition for his band.ö
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██│ Relocating to Nashville, Barnett soon began playing with other young
██│ players in the area, including Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle, and
██│ brought them into the project.
██│ ôI was playing with different folks around Nashville û old friends and
██│ new friends,ö says Barnett. ôI got to a place with a nice cohesive list
██│ of songs that represented different genres of music that IÆve spent
██│ time digging into and that I love so much, and a collection of people
██│ that I feel proud to know and be friends with.ö The project lives as ôa
██│ nice snapshot in time, a time capsule,ö he says. Barnett also includes
██│ a gorgeous duet featuring Ricky Skaggs on clawhammer banjo and vocals
██│ on the hauntingly beautiful medley of old time tunes cleverly dubbed
██│ ôLittle Sisters Melodies.ö
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██│ With the perspective of having completed the project, Barnett muses,
██│ ôThereÆs always the feeling as an artist of looking back on something
██│ you started long ago where you want to redo this û itÆs kind of nice to
██│ look back and see it as a moment in time and let it be at a certain
██│ point.ö
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██│ +1, with its musical breadth, stunning virtuosity and deep musicality,
██│ is an album that is sure to stand the test of time and assert BarnettÆs
██│ place as one of acoustic musicÆs greatest fiddle players and musical
██│ visionaries of his generation.
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