Jubilation (Billy Blue Records BBR 0059, 2022) is the third album from Appalachian Road Show — Barry Abernathy on banjo and vocals, Jim VanCleve on fiddle, Zeb Snyder on guitar, Darrell Webb on mandolin, and Todd Phillips on bass. The album was conceived as a companion to the band's preceding record Tribulation, moving from that record's darker thematic territory toward celebration through a program ranging from original songs to reimagined material associated with Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin. Dolly Parton recorded an introduction for the album, lending her endorsement to musicians who carry decades of collective bluegrass experience. Appalachian Road Show has established itself as one of the more thematically and conceptually intentional outfits in contemporary traditional-leaning bluegrass, and Jubilation is a characteristic expression of that ambition — technically accomplished and self-aware about its position within the genre's living tradition.
Tracklist
- 1 In Time, Jubilation (feat. Dolly Parton) 1:41
- 2 Blue Ridge Mountain Baby 3:39
- 3 La La Blues 3:52
- 4 Tonight I'll See You in My Dreams 3:48
- 5 Ballad of Kidder Cole 3:17
- 6 A Lonesome Road to Travel Source Recording 3:04
- 7 Graveyard Fields 2:59
- 8 Troubled Life 3:05
- 9 Hard Times in the Mines 2:42
- 10 Gallows Pole 4:07
- 11 In the Shadow of the Pines 3:04
- 12 Only a Hobo 3:19
- 13 Brother Green 5:33