''New Moon'' is an album by the
progressive bluegrass
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Like mainstream country music, it lar ...
band
Northern Lights. In 2003, three members of Northern Lights, Taylor Armerding, Dave Dick and Christ Miles, left the group, leaving Bill Henry to build a new band from the scratch. He recruited four new members, so that the band become quintet again: Ben Demerath on guitar, Mike Barnett on violin, Joe Walsh on mandolin and John Daniel on bass. This is also the first album in group's history, which doesn't feature 5-string banjo but two acoustic guitars instead.
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Track listing
# Oh, Lady Be Good (Gershwin) 3:04
# Lonely Moon (Brayer) 3:03
# Listen to the Radio (Griffith) 2:28
# Empty Pages (Capaldi, Winwood) 3:50
# Twenty Six Daughters (Demerath) 5:00
# Bury Me Beneath the Willow
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" is a traditional ballad folk song, listed as number 410 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It is also known as "Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow", "The Weeping Willow", "The Willow Tree" and "Under the Willow Tree". Its a ...
(trad.) 2:59
# Sit Down Servant (trad.) 2:40
# Dusty Miller / Ride the Wild Turkey (trad., Anger) 4:27
# Blue Chalk (Gorka) 4:12
# California Blues (Rodgers) 3:18
# Orphan Girl (Welch) 3:16
# Baby I Love You (Roosevelt) 4:07
Personnel
* Ben Demerath - guitar, vocals
* John Daniel - bass, vocals
* Bill Henry - vocals, guitar
* Joe Walsh - mandolin, vocals
* Mike Barnett - violin, vocals
References
External links
Official site
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2005 albums
Northern Lights (bluegrass band) albums