Sneak peek from Steve Gulley

Steve Gulley has shared samples of a few tracks from his upcoming Rural Rhythm album, Family, Friends & Fellowship, due for wide release on July 22.

While not an explicitly Gospel project, Gulley sees this one as an attempt to share his own faith journey, and some of the various inspirations he has experienced along the way.

Steve has also sent along his own comments on these songs, plus information on who tracked these with him.

What Would You Have Me Do?

“An original tune that addresses the problem of depression. I hope it helps someone not feel alone during their fight.”

 

Adam Steffey is on mandolin, Tim Stafford on guitar, Ron Stewart on fiddle, Mark Fain on bass, and Mark Laws on percussion. Gulley sings lead.

The Scars In His Hands

“This is another original that I recorded with Mountain Heart on The Journey project several years back. That album has been out of print for the past few years and folks still ask for it. It’s a reflective song that talks about what the Lord was thinking on Calvary’s hill. It also is a self-examination as to our being worthy of the price he paid there. This is a more stripped down and laid back arrangement than the previous one, more like the way I wrote it.”

 

Kenny Smith on guitar/harmony vocal, Amanda Smith on harmony vocal, Jason Burleson on mandolin, Phil Leadbetter on reso-guitar, Brandon Godman on fiddle, and Steve Gulley on lead vocal/bass).

I Never Shall Forget The Day

“An old ‘jubilee’ type Gospel song that many have sung in churches or on southern Gospel recordings for many years. I wanted Joe Mullins on this record, and asked him about song suggestions and he came up with this one for us to do. I did it in a pure bluegrass arrangement while still keeping the uplifting feel of the song and it’s message.”

 

Joe Mullins on banjo/lead vocal on verse 2, Adam Steffey on mandolin, Tim Stafford on guitar, Ron Stewart on fiddle, Mark Fain on bass, Steve Gulley on lead and harmony vocals, and Debbie Gulley on harmony vocal.

Look for Family, Friends & Fellowship on July 22.

Let It Shine from Tammy Jones Robinette

Southern Gospel artist Tammy Jones Robinette is preparing to release her first bluegrass project, Let It Shinerecorded at Skaggs Place and Hilltop  Studio in Nashville.

Tammy has been singing Gospel music since childhood, touring with her mother and father as The Jones Family. As she grew older, songwriting became a chief interest, and a number of her songs placed high in the Singing News chart before she embarked on a solo singing career n the mid-1990s. Since that time Tammy has seen another 26 of her songs on the charts.

While she and her husband, Jim, have long been bluegrass fans, this will be their first album devoted solely to this kind of music.

They have enlisted an A-list team of pickers and singers in support of Let It Shine. Playing bass and producing is Mark Fain, with Ron Block on guitar and banjo, Aubrey Haynie on fiddle, Andy Leftwich on mandolin, and Rob Ickes on reso-guitar. Assisting with harmony vocals are Jamie Dailey, Jeff Parker, Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley, Cheryl White, Sharon Skaggs, and Jeff Pedersen.

The new CD is available now from popular download sites, and on CD from her web site.

Music Politics from Mickey Boles

Don’t bring up religion or politics in polite company. That’s what they always say.

But Tennessee bluegrass singer/songwriter Mickey Boles is breaking both those rules in his new song, Music Politics. It examines the eternal question of who makes it in the music business and who doesn’t, with an ultimate certainty in faith.

Boles shared a few words about the song, along with this video of the song, recorded with the assistance of Jason Carter on fiddle, Cody Kilby on guitar, Mark Fain on bass, Scott Vestal on banjo, and Randy Kohrs on reso. Mickey sings the lead and play mandolin.

“All my life I have watched how good good pickers and singers have had to remain independant artists, and sit in the dugout (so to speak) in every genre of music, and watch everything land in the hands of artists that either payed their way through, primped and pimped their way through, lied their way through, or all the above to gain a label… gig… award… you name it. So I wrote this song to let them know that God is going to let me walk right through the lying political game of music, and receive national musical success without sacrificing integrity to do so.

That’s my humble view and thought, which I will stand on ’til the bitter end.”

 

You can find out more about Mickey and his music on Facebook.

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