Tag: Pattie & The Current

Welcome Grady Kinlaw!

Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw, fiddler and vocalist with Hank, Pattie & The Current, and her husband, Keith, are celebrating the birth of their first child.

Grady Harrison Kinlaw was born on February 7 at 3:47 a.m. at Maynard Children’s Hospital in Greenville, NC. He made his entrance 8 lbs, 7 oz, stretching out to 19” long. Mom and son are doing well, and the Kinlaws are adapting to their new roles as mom and dad.

Keith is also a grasser, and has toured on bass with Lynda & Pattie, including Lynda Dawson from the Kickin’ Grass Band on guitar and vocals.

Many congratulations to the Kinlaws, and a big Bluegrass Today welcome to little Grady!

Hold Your Head Up High video from Hank, Pattie & The Current

To celebrate the release of their second album, Hank, Pattie & The Current have released a live video of the title track, Hold Your Head Up High.

The North Carolina band was formed to write and record contemporary vocal music using the instruments of the traditional bluegrass band, while not limiting themselves to the common forms associated with the style. Hank Smith on banjo, and Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw on fiddle and lead vocals, have assembled a group with this same philosophy in mind. E. Scott Warren is on bass, Ben Parker on guitar, and Robert Thornhill on mandolin.

Though their music is quite different, it would seem that Hank and Pattie emulate the approach taken by Punch Brothers, writing and arranging original music that is more carefully orchestrated than what you would find in bluegrass. And like Punch Brothers, they record live in the studio as a group, as opposed to using isolation booths.

The new video is the actual recording session for Hold Your Head Up High, where they were assisted by an additional string section in the studio.

Hold Your Head Up High is available now on Robust Records wherever CDs or downloads are sold.

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