New Band Finds to Share

[Charlieshafer]

This should be simple: What new bands have you come across this festival season that features mandolin in some way, but is new and young (going for bands others may not have heard of, but should know about) and does not play straight, traditional bluegrass. In short, what are the hipster musicians using the mandolin for. Try to keep it to kids people probably won't know. I'll start with my recommendation for all to hear:

Upstate Rubdown:

[Cochiti Don]

Nice!

[Don Grieser]

New to me but probably not to others: Phoebe Hunt and The Gatherers. Dominick Leslie on mandolin. Saw them at the Pagosa Folk n Bluegrass fest in June.

[Franc Homier Lieu]

I became aware of this band when the mandolin player, Luke Fraser, recently decided to relocate to my hometown, Halifax.

[Don Grieser]

I became aware of the Bombadils when I sold Luke that Heiden A5. He's putting it to good use! Never met him but talked to him on the phone several times.

[Charlieshafer]

I became aware of this band when the mandolin player, Luke Fraser, recently decided to relocate to my hometown, Halifax.

Love this. Thanks!

Phoebe Hunt's new band is great, also. Great fiddler, she is.

[Cochiti Don]

Loving this thread
Keep it going

[Rodney Riley]

Interesting. Can't wait to see more.

[Tom Haywood]

Seems like "new" usually equates to a band working hard for 6 or 7 years before being "discovered". I saw this group of young folks a couple of months ago in small performing arts center. Truly awesome.

[NursingDaBlues]

One of the most energetic and likeable groups I've encountered in a long time.

[Trey Young]

I've been digging these guys recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Db0fQVVLo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zycFNrfXsO4

[Franc Homier Lieu]

Double post. Mea culpa!

[Franc Homier Lieu]

I've been digging these guys recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Db0fQVVLo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zycFNrfXsO4

Nice! Definitely worth embedding.

[Dagger Gordon]

http://www.mandolinorange.com/videos/
Mandolin Orange

Scottish band Elephant Sessions
http://elephantsessions.com/watch/

[Charlieshafer]

http://www.mandolinorange.com/videos/
Mandolin Orange

Scottish band Elephant Sessions
http://elephantsessions.com/watch/

Nice! Elephant Sessions nice take on trad, and like the poor drummer locked in the isolation room on Mandolin orange. I know that's not supposed to be the point, but ya just can't help noticing..

[Caleb]

Simple songs with simple parts are my favorites. I recently found a contemporary praise group called Dwell while cruising NoiseTrade. Nice song with a lovely little mandolin part:
https://youtu.be/3WiSmTSoaJI

[mtm]

Chicken Wire Empire from right here in Milwaukee ... a nice bunch of guys to boot. Ryan plays a Nugget...

Apologies for not knowing how to embed ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6qVyWCeY0I

[Franc Homier Lieu]

[PiginaPen]

Wow, that's painful to listen to. I was playing this and after 30 seconds the entire room yelled simultaneously "That's AWFUL!".

[Chanmandolin]

https://youtu.be/5M1EGYtwsLI

The Kind Thieves, these guys and gals are my buddy's from WV. Check em out!

[Charlieshafer]

Wow, that's painful to listen to. I was playing this and after 30 seconds the entire room yelled simultaneously "That's AWFUL!".

Ha! Theo's an odd duck. Most all of her music is sort of a strange blend of beatnik-hipster stuff crossed with indy pop and free jazz. She also does some very avant-guard work with the TuNe YaRds, kind of free-association words over complex beats. I don't think anyone ever accused her of being a good player of any instrument (except whoever put that one video up) but she does do the alt-indy-rock thing well, on occasion. Here's a tune that might be more to your liking, but it's still different.. Words? sort of arbitrary. Give it a couple minutes to get through chorus or two.

[Cochiti Don]

There's something cool here tho.(Thao Nguyen)

[mtm]

Wow, that's painful to listen to. I was playing this and after 30 seconds the entire room yelled simultaneously "That's AWFUL!".

to each his own... I think she is amazing ....

[Charlieshafer]

Some young 'grassers, Man About A Horse