Outshine the Sun finds the Foghorn Stringband working in the old-time string-band idiom that has anchored their catalog since the band's Portland origins in the early 2000s. The arrangements draw on the prewar fiddle-and-banjo dance tradition rather than postwar bluegrass, with the open tunings, modal harmonies, and dance-driven rhythmic feel that distinguishes old-time from its descendant genre. The two-fiddle attack of Sammy Lind and Caleb Klauder, paired with Nadine Landry's stripped-down upright bass and Reeb Willms's rhythm guitar, builds the kind of relentless dance-floor pulse the music was designed for. The repertoire reaches into the deep Appalachian and Acadian catalogs the band has been excavating across their tours and field recordings. Foghorn's contribution to the contemporary old-time revival has been less about novelty than about disciplined repertoire work, and the album represents that approach in concentrated form.
Tracklist
- 1 Be Kind to a Man While He's Down 2:47
- 2 Humpback Mule 2:09
- 3 I Wonder How the Old Folks are at Home alt version 3:03
- 4 Salty River Reel 2:23
- 5 Going Home 3:07
- 6 Horseshoe Bend 2:47
- 7 Sweeter Than the Flowers 3:02
- 8 Come All You Virginia Girl 3:08
- 9 Western Union 2:17
- 10 Just a Few Old Memories 4:26
- 11 Indian Ate the Woodchuck alt version 3:04
- 12 By the River 1:59
- 13 Lover's First Quarrel 1:57
- 14 'tits Yeux Bleus 2:34
- 15 Whoa Mule alt version 2:42
- 16 Distant Land to Roam alt version 2:58
- 17 Outshine the Sun 2:48
- 18 Jones' Waltz 2:55
- 19 Gospel Ship alt version 2:42
- 20 Over the Garden Wall 3:04
- 21 Mama Blues 2:33
