The Dead South Revives a Love of Bluegrass
and Hopefully Blogging!!
So it’s been a long time since I spent an afternoon on the hunt for new music. Maybe even longer since I searched the Roots Music Bluegrass chart, but I did just that yesterday. I discovered several bands that I hadn’t heard of previously. I will try to write about several of these bands later in the week, but The Dead South is an initial favorite, The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass band hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The band formed in 2012. However, the band’s fortunes took off when a 2014 video garnered over a million views on YouTube! Since then they have built an international following through a hefty touring schedule.
I listened to their most recent release Sugar & Joy. Sugar & Joy is currently No. 36 on the Roots Music Bluegrass chart.
About The Dead South
The Dead South has a great uptempo energetic sound and are often jokingly referred to as Mumford and Sons Evil Twins.
The band is composed of Nate Hilts (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Scott Pringle (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Danny Kenyon (cello, vocals) and Colton Crawford (banjo).
Through the years the band’s membership has been tweaked. In 2015 Crawford left the band. He was replaced by studio musician Eliza Mary Doyle for several years. He re-joined the band starting with the Voices In Your Head tour in mid-2018. On occasion cellist Danny Kenyon is unable to tour. If that happens Erik “Del Suelo” Mehlsen replaces him on cello and vocals.
The bottomline is that for me Sugar & Joy is a great album and should be in my music rotation for a long time so check the out! As for me I’m going to be checking out Illusion & Doubt the band’s 2016 Juno award-winning album.
Links for the Further Exploration of the Music of The Dead South
Band’s Website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Amazon
Here’s “In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company” from The Dead South
