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SUMMARY:Bronwyn
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DESCRIPTION:For her third album\, Rattlin’ Bones\, Bronwyn\, a Grammy-wi
 nning artist and two-time IBMA “Fiddle Player of the Year\,” decided t
 o purposely leave her comfort zone and dive headfirst into a new\, unknown
  realm of musical possibility for the acclaimed artist — Songwriting.“
 If I’m going to be an artist and a front person\, I’m going to need my
  own material that fits the live show\,” Bronwyn says. “It definitely 
 felt like a very steep learning curve\, and it’s been very humbling\, bu
 t the songwriting piece has been sort of the next step for what I want to 
 do.”While her debut album\, Fiddler’s Pastime (2020)\, was an instrume
 ntal offering showcasing Bronwyn’s fiddle skillset and prowess\, it was 
 the sophomore release\, I Built A World (2024)\, that introduced the world
  to her singing style. And yet\, with Rattlin’ Bones\, it truly feels li
 ke Bronwyn has dug deep within to finally uncover and embrace her unique t
 alents and sonic tones.“In a lot of ways\, life has settled for me\, whe
 re I’ve gotten married and it feels like certain pieces have fallen into
  place\,” Bronwyn says. “And that’s given me space to stir up more c
 haos in my life by deciding to start my own band.”Backed by a whirlwind 
 array of pickers\, Bronwyn has elevated herself into the national spotligh
 t of Americana\, bluegrass and roots music as of late\, which is why the u
 rge to jump into the studio and capture this momentum and energy seemed li
 ke the perfect timing with Rattlin’ Bones.“I was just trying to follow
  my nose\, basically\,” Bronwyn says of the recording process. “What t
 urns me on? What would I want to listen to? And I wanted to make a record 
 that you’d want to turn up so loud\, that it’d rattle your bones.”
 “All those moments underneath the clear blue sky/Even though you kept it
  going on the sly\,” Bronwyn soars on “Johnny Ray.” “By the time w
 e found our way across the track/Johnny Ray’d already been to hell and b
 ack.”This unrelenting force behind Rattlin’ Bones is due to Bronwyn hi
 tting the road hard lately alongside her solo band\, which includes mandol
 inist Tristan Scroggins\, banjoist Frank Evans\, bassist Larry Cook and gu
 itarist Grant Dresnok. The ensemble is the cream of Nashville’s bluegras
 s crop\, with their electrifying musical chemistry radiating a seamless se
 nse of camaraderie and creativity.With her former group\, Americana/bluegr
 ass juggernaut Molly Tuttle &amp\;amp\; Golden Highway\, dissolving amicab
 ly last year\, the window of opportunity opened up for Bronwyn to pursue h
 er own artistic endeavors\, under the bright stage lights and in the recor
 ding booth.Co-produced by Bronwyn and Brent Truitt (The SteelDrivers) at T
 ruitt’s Nashville studio\, and also at the Tractor Shed in Goodlettsvill
 e\, Tennessee\, Rattlin’ Bones features some of Music City’s finest: d
 obroist Jerry Douglas\, guitarists Bryan Sutton and Frank Rische\, mandoli
 nist Harry Clark\, bassists Dennis Crouch\, Jeff Picker\, banjoist Wes Cor
 bett\, drummer Miles Miller and Bronwyn’s former Golden Highway bandmate
 \, Dominick Leslie\, as well as Scroggins\, Evans\, and Cook.The album als
 o features a duet with Nashville’s underground country music hero Timbo\
 , and harmonies provided by songwriting great\, Darrell Scott\, among othe
 rs. “With everything on the record? I feel like it makes for a good live
  show\, which was my intent\,” Bronwyn says. “So\, it’s been fun to 
 be playing these songs live over the last few months and testing it all ou
 t on the road.”When asked about how she discovered her vocal style\, and
  where that side of her craft was initially sparked\, Bronwyn points to he
 r time in Golden Highway. She was routinely encouraged by Tuttle and bassi
 st Shelby Means to lean into her voice\, ultimately cultivating this new s
 ide of her musicality.“There was a large part of my life where I didn’
 t sing and was only interested in playing the fiddle\,” Bronwyn notes. 
 “But being on tour with Golden Highway and around Molly and Shelby\, the
 se great female bluegrass vocalists\, it shifted everything.”In the mids
 t of a live performance\, Bronwyn commands this relaxed confidence standin
 g in front of the microphone. For a musician well-known for her instrument
 al abilities\, it’s mesmerizing to watch Bronwyn sing and play through a
  set of her latest rollicking melodies — the band itself swirling around
  her in this joyous revival of the heart and soul conjured with ease each 
 night.“Fronting this band pushes me to grow as an artist\, and as a huma
 n\,” Bronwyn says. “And it’s been exciting to notice changes in how 
 we’re playing together\, how we’re able to tighten arrangements and co
 me up with transitions\, where everything is just going to keep evolving.
 ”With that evolution of oneself and their craft\, comes a sense of sheer
  gratitude forBronwyn\, both tangible and intrinsic. It’s this glance ov
 er her shoulder at what’s come to pass since she left the starting line 
 of her hometown of Charlottesville\, Virginia\, something captured in “V
 irginia Gal.”“In the misty morning sunlight she’s already up the roa
 d/Halfway to the Blue Ridge Mountains you didn’t think she’d really go
 \,” Bronwyn rolls through the number. “She’s just following the soun
 d of a tune she heard once in a dream/But that tune just keeps on changing
  and she don’t know what it means.”“As far back as I can remember\, 
 I wanted to be a fiddler. And being a fiddler has led me to some of the mo
 st amazing experiences\,” Bronwyn reflects. “And I’m so grateful to 
 have been able to do a lot of things I always wanted to do. That has sort 
 of led to me feeling a sense of freedom where I’m not trying to prove an
 ything to anybody\, I’m just enjoying creating music that means somethin
 g to me.”\nTickets: https://ironhorse.org/shows\nFull listing: https://p
 aradisecitymusic.org/show/33
LOCATION:Iron Horse Music Hall\, 18 Center St.\, Northampton\, MA
URL:https://paradisecitymusic.org/show/33
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