Mountain Shout presents Red Tail Ring, the Michigan duo of Laurel Premo and Michael Beauchamp, in a 2011 recording that exemplifies the approach to traditional American folk and old-time music that has made them one of the most respected acts in contemporary acoustic circles. Premo's fiddle playing and Beauchamp's banjo and guitar work draw from the old-time string band tradition with the attentiveness of musicians who understand both the technical vocabulary and the communal function of the music. Their two-person format invites comparison to the great fiddle-banjo duets of the early recording era, and the album represents the Midwestern contribution to the ongoing vitality of acoustic traditional music.
Tracklist
- 1 Pretty Polly alt version 3:33
- 2 I Wish I Wish/ Vamp for John 7:08
- 3 Talk About Suffering/ Going to Cairo 5:51
- 4 Edward 5:02
- 5 Wild Bill Jones alt version 3:23
- 6 The Cuckoo alt version 2:49
- 7 Red Rocking Chair alt version 4:02
- 8 Little Maggie alt version 2:44
- 9 Bowling Green alt version 2:38
- 10 Waltzes from Lapress/ Old Christmas 3:16
- 11 Always Been a Rambler/ John Brown's Dream 4:04
- 12 The Blackest Crow alt version 4:21
