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│██ Artist : Mike Barnett
██ Album : +1
██ Year : 2021
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│██ Genre : Bluegrass Quality : 716kbps avg/44.1kHz/2 channels
│██ Source : CD Size : 267.86Mb
│██ Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1 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 J.K.) 4:15 ██
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
██│
██│ 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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