Salamander Crossing

Although their instrumentation is dependant on the original bluegrass lineup of banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass, Salamander Crossing has consistently crossed over right into a selection of musical genres. Their repertoire not merely includes bluegrass criteria by Costs Monroe as well as the Stanley Brothers, but music by Richard Thompson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Kate Wolf, Shawn Colvin, Maura O’Connell, Bruce Springsteen, and Lennon & McCartney. Salamander Crossing gets its name from an annual Springtime event in Amherst, Massachusetts where a huge selection of salamanders try to transfer from winter season grounds, through a set of tunnels, to some vernal pond next door. The group was sparked when many members went to a John Hartford workshop. When Hartford didn’t show, the music artists spent time speaking and playing collectively. The rest of the bandmembers joined soon later on. Salamander Crossing is constantly on the center round the vocals and fiddling of Rani Arbo, your guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and vocals of Jeff Kelliher, as well as the upright bass playing of Andrew Kinsey. Although visitor banjo participant Tony Furtado performed within the group’s 1st two albums, Tom Farnham became a member of the music group in 1996. Farnham was changed by Dave Dick the next yr. Dick, who received the entire world banjo tournament in Ontario, Canada, while still a higher school student, experienced previously caused Boston-based bluegrass music group, Southern Rail. Salamander Crossing’s debut recording continued to be on the Gavin Americana graph for eight weeks. Their second recording, “Passion Teach,” was made by traditional western Massachusetts-based vocalist/songwriter Brooks Williams. Their third record, “Bottleneck Dreams,” released in 1998, was documented in Nashville and made by Canadian songwriter Colin Linder. As well as the band’s normal instrumentation, the record featured Hammond body organ, accordion, electrical and metal guitars. 2 yrs later, Henry Road was released.