Red June Releases?Beauty Will Come? on June 5th: Appalachian Rooted Americana
Like their namesake heirloom apple variety,?Red June?has strong roots in the Appalachian tradition while constantly forging new ground in Americana music.?RedJuneMusic.com?
Asheville, NC??Red June?is an acoustic trio based in Asheville, NC who creates and performs beautifully distilled Americana music. They are making waves with their dynamic, yet refined sound that features striking 3-part harmonies, tasteful instrumental work and honest, soulful songwriting that seamlessly blends old-time, bluegrass, roots rock and traditional country music.?Poised to release their second full-length album,?Beauty Will Come,?on June 5th, 2012, listeners can expect an album to fall in love with. ?The record is a brilliant integration of old-time, bluegrass, and beyond, and feels like a holding of hands? the blend is beautiful,?says singer/songwriter Kari Sickenberger of Polecat Creek.
Red June is made up of?Will Straughan?on resonator guitar, vocals and guitar,?John Cloyd Miller?on mandolin, vocals and guitar, and?Natalya Weinstein?on fiddle and vocals. The three have been longtime friends and first jammed together at a pickin? party in Asheville in 2005. In late 2008 they formed Red June and went on to release their debut album?Remember Me Well?in 2010.?Remember Me Well?was voted the?#1?regional release of 2010 by the listeners of the southeast?s premier independent radio station WNCW. ?For those who seek well-crafted songwriting and impeccable musicianship, you just can?t go wrong with the acoustic instrumentation and powerful harmonies of Red June?s?Remember Me Well. It?s an exciting debut from a collective of outstanding performers,? writes Chris Mateer in No Depression.
Beauty Will Come?was recorded and mixed in late 2011 at?Hollow Reed Arts Studio?in Asheville by musician/engineer extraordinaire Chris Rosser, who co-produced the record along with Red June. The innovative young graphic artist,?Peter Gaillard, designed the album art using an old lithograph of a Mourning Cloak butterfly. The image resonates with the album?s themes of transition, hope, loss and renewal.
More personal than their debut album,?Beauty Will Come?begins with an uplifting song by Straughan titled ?These Old Chains.? ?Every Hard Mile?, by Miller, is an expansive song featuring the band?s signature 3-part harmonies. Track three is an exciting old-time inspired fiddle tune written by Weinstein & Miller titled ?Piney Branch Breakdown.? Straughan then brings us ?All that the Fall Leaves,? a playful waltz about the search for true love.
?Bittersweet? is a pensive song from Weinstein, and is the song from which the album title was drawn. Next is the only cover song on the record, a gospel a capella originally recorded by Ralph Stanley called ?I?m Willing to Try.? Following, is John?s nod to his bluegrass heritage with ?Cloud of Dust.? Straughan?s beautiful and powerful ?Soul?s Repair? follows and Miller then brings us the light-hearted ?Foolish Me.? Next is a set of Irish reels, ?Scott?s/Connors? penned by Straughan and named after his young guitar student and student?s brother. The final track on the album ?Red Sky of Morn? is a collaborative song written by all three band members along with Laurelyn Dossett.
Red June is already well underway to becoming a longtime southern favorite, akin to the Appalachian heirloom apple variety from which they gleaned their name. Ripening early with a full balance of flavors, Red June is touring across the country and has performed at the renowned Music City Roots live radio show in Nashville as well as the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival and Suwannee Springfest. They will also be performing three days at the 25th anniversary MerleFest in April of 2012. As acclaimed songwriter & musician Joe Newberry says, ?Red June is one of our truly great bands. They never fail to talk the talk and walk the walk.??Red June is sure to capture eyes and ears with their new release,?Beauty Will Come.
WATCH??Soul?s Repair? live from Music City Roots WATCH??Cloud Of Dust?from the Rooster?s Wife in Aberdeen, NC WATCH??Bittersweet? from the Rooster?s Wife in Aberdeen, NC?
Red June 2012 ?Beauty Will Come?
Spring/Summer Tour Dates
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4/27 ? 4/29 MerleFest, N. Wilkesboro NC
5/5 French Broad River Fest, Hot Springs NC
5/12 Pinecone Concert Series, Cary NC
5/19 Opening for the Steep Canyon Rangers
at Pisgah Brewing in Black Mountain NC
6/7 Reynolda House, Winston-Salem NC
6/8 Hickory Unitarian Church, Hickory NC
6/9 Mountain Home Music, Blowing Rock NC
6/14 Whitewater Center, Charlotte NC
6/15 Altamont Theatre, Asheville NC
6/21 Marsh Woodwinds Upstairs, Raleigh NC
6/22 Ashland Coffee & Tea, Ashland VA
6/23 The Mainstay, Rock Hall MD
6/26 The Living Room, NYC
6/27 Johnny D?s, Boston MA
6/30 Wesley United Methodist Church, Amherst MA
7/1 Firebox TrueGrass Bluegrass Series, Hartford CT
7/21 Gallivan Center Folk & Bluegrass Festival,
Salt Lake City UT
7/22 Mountain Town Music, Park City UT
7/24 Cardiff Schoolhouse, Glenwood Springs CO
7/28 Cooper Creek Square Concerts, Winter Park CO
7/29 Fiddles, Vittles & Vino Festival, Colorado Springs CO
8/1 Poudre River Library, Fort Collins CO
8/4 Beartrap Summer Festival, Casper WY
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