Album Notes

Traditional acoustic music in America has a rich past, one that has crossed geographic and cultural boundaries. In the case of these young musicians, this past has not only crossed oceans but also bridged generations.
With lineages (and accents) that defy expectation, this confluence of gifted musicians is making a name for itself and drawing critical acclaim in traditional music circles and beyond. From south of the equator, Australia has graciously lent the duo of Carol Young and Kym Warner while Great Britain has offered the talents of Eamon McLoughlin.
Young is a songbird whose diminutive stature provides a delightful diversion that belies her award-winning vocals and solid bass work that bookend the talents of her band mates.
Warner, a four-time winner of the prestigious Australian National Bluegrass Mandolin Championships, trades heartfelt vocals with blazing mandolin runs that erase the years between now and the time you first heard Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.
As the lone Brit in the project, McLoughlin tops off this bountiful union with fiddle playing that easily transitions between tasty and powerful while adding vocal complement to the group's evocative harmonies.
While they may be expatriates to their homelands, their love and reverence for the music they play has made them the adopted sons and daughters to fans of traditional acoustic music - and even those who didn't know they liked traditional music.
Luckily for music lovers everywhere, this unlikely fusion of young talent has roots that run deep.

Carol Young - Coffs Harbour, Australia

- Recorded two #1 singles in Australia, "True Blue Fool" and "Part of the Past," 2000
- Australian Independent Country Artist of the Year, 2000
- Nominations for "Best Female Vocalist" and "Best New Talent" by the CMA of Australia
- Vocal talents have graced critically acclaimed recordings in the U.S. and Australia

Kym Warner - Adelaide, Australia

- Won 4 consecutive Australian National Bluegrass Mandolin Championships, 1994-1997
- Received scholarship to acclaimed Bluegrass program at South Plains College (Levelland, Texas)
- Nominated "Instrumental of the Year" for "Mando on the Mainland," 1999
- Toured and recorded with: Kasey Chambers and Rodney Crowell


Eamon McLoughlin - South London, Great Britain

- Classically trained at the Royal School of Music, London
- Inspired songwriting continues to expand the role of the fiddle while honoring bluegrass tradition
- Toured, played and recorded with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, the Austin Lounge
Lizards, Alejandro Escoveda, Caroline Herring and the Two High String Band