Molsky's Mountain Drifters (Tree Frog Music, 2016) is the self-titled debut album from the old-time trio led by banjoist and fiddler Bruce Molsky with banjoist Allison de Groot and guitarist Stash Wyslouch. Molsky plays fiddle and banjo and sings; de Groot plays banjo and sings; and Wyslouch plays guitar and sings — three voices and multiple string textures in an ensemble built for the dance-tune tradition but capable of something more personal. The fourteen tracks draw from Southern Appalachian fiddle and banjo repertoire alongside original compositions in a compatible vein, and the approach — informed by Molsky's decades of old-time fieldwork and his partners' own immersion in the tradition — is confident and unhurried. The album introduced the trio to a wider audience and established Molsky's Mountain Drifters as one of the more distinctive voices in the mid-2010s old-time revival.
Tracklist
- 1 Across the Plains of Illinois 3:30
- 2 Flowers of Edinburgh Source Recording 2:50
- 3 Barlow Knife 2:55
- 4 Between the Wars 3:27
- 5 Granddad's Favorite / Flatwoods 3:19
- 6 The Dreary Black Hills 2:06
- 7 Medley Métis Set: Grey Owl / The Girl I Left Behind / Old Reel of Eight 4:17
- 8 Free a Little Bird 3:29
- 9 Isambard's Waltz 3:07
- 10 Old Kimball 2:42
- 11 Down the Road Somewhere 3:16
- 12 The Old Jawbone 2:44
- 13 Pateroller Tune 2:53
