STEEP CANYON RANGERS NEW ALBUM OUT IN THE OPEN OUT NOW!
"Out In The Open illustrates how the passage of time, accumulation of experience and changing of perspective can alter a person's relationship to the familiar." NPR
“Groundbreaking bluegrass group” - Taste of Country
“the Steep Canyon Rangers never let instrumental virtuosity overwhelm material that feels lived-in, emotionally resonant, and real.” - American Songwriter
"The songs on Out In The Open celebrate openness, the joy of nature, the incongruities of the freedom of open spaces and the control of those who would close those spaces, and the vagaries of love and friendship." - No Depression
Track Listing:
Farmers And Pharaohs
Let Me Out Of This Town
Out In The Open
Can’t Get Home
Going Midwest
When She Was Mine
Love Harder
Shenandoah Valley
Best Of Me
Roadside Anthems
Let Me Die In My Footsteps
The Speed We’re Traveling
About Steep Canyon Rangers:
With OUT IN THE OPEN (Ramseur Records) Steep Canyon Rangersaffirm their place as one of the most versatile and idiosyncratic bands in all of contemporary American music. The GRAMMY® Award-winning, North Carolina-based sextet has spent nearly two decades bending and shaping the bluegrass aesthetic, wedding it to elements of pop, country, folk rock, and more to create something original and all their own. OUT IN THE OPEN is perhaps Steep Canyon Rangers’ bravest excursion thus far, transcending bluegrass while in many ways getting closest to the genre’s true form thanks to producer Joe Henry’s very traditional approach toward recording.
Steep Canyon Rangers have been expanding the parameters of bluegrass since coming together in 2000. Since then, the band has developed a remarkable catalogue of original music that links them to the past while at the same time, demonstrates their ambitious intent to bring string-based music into contemporary relevance.
OUT IN THE OPEN is an undeniable milestone on Steep Canyon Rangers’ ongoing creative journey, its spirited, eclectic approach recasting the myriad sounds of string-based American music in their own unique image. As they fast approach their second decade, Steep Canyon Rangers are still moving forward, as ever searching for new horizons and musical vistas.
For all up to date news and information visit steepcanyon.com.
Regional Tour Dates:
March 14 @ The Sheldon | St. Louis, MO
March 15 @ Missouri Theater | Saint Joseph, MO
