Party: TWO FOR JOY presents FURNACE MOUNTAIN

Party: TWO FOR JOY presents FURNACE MOUNTAIN

Join us for an amazing night featuring the band Furnace Mountain all the way from Virginia, US!

Our Opinion: " a super classy band with a sound ranging from barn-storming and blazing tunes to beautiful and original self-penned songs. A band of exquisite pickers and enchanting songstresses, producing a well crafted mix of expert traditional Appalachian Musicianship and modern singer-songwriter material."

Though often overshadowed by Southwest Virginia and its famed Crooked Road, the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia’s northwestern counties have always been fertile ground for traditional music, and they continue to be home to many of its finest practitioners. The region is situated between the Appalachian hills of West Virginia and the culturally diverse and ever-changing Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and is known for producing musicians who transcend generic categories, deftly taking traditional music styles in new directions. Furnace Mountain, named for a mountain near where all the members grew up, consists of some of the most innovative and gifted young musicians in Virginia. With Aimee Curl on bass and vocals, Danny Knicely on mandolin and fiddle, Dave Van Deventer on fiddle, and Morgan Morrison on guitar, bouzouki, and vocals, the band creates music that is at times lively and raucous, with spirited fiddle melodies weaving in and around the powerful rhythms of the bass and bouzouki, and other times poignant and poetic, with sublime vocal harmonies beautifully interpreting some of the oldest songs ever written in addition to original compositions. Furnace Mountain has performed throughout the world, from the Yangtze River in China to the banks of the Shenandoah River, where they are the host band of Watermelon Park Festival, held on the site of one of the very first bluegrass festivals, in 1965. Furnace Mountain plays music from the American Appalachian traditions, as well as original compositions, and songs penned by their favorite song writing friends.

The band has graced stages near and far, from the Yangtze River in China to the banks of the Shenandoah River where they are the host band of the world famous Watermelon Park Festival each year.

The music of Furnace Mountain is at times lively and raucous, with spirited fiddle melodies weaving in and around the powerful rhythms of the bass and bouzouki. It is at other times poignant and poetic, with sublime vocal harmonies beautifully interpreting some of the oldest songs ever written. Furnace Mountain plays music from the American Appalachian traditions, as well as original compositions, and songs penned by their favorite song writing friends.

Last time Furnace Mountain toured here it was as if they turned the whole world upside down.

Bob Harris said they were “wonderful” and provided a studio session for his BBC Radio 2 show, then they were selected for the BBC 2 TV show as one of the highlights from Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival.

The Virginians drew big crowds to some of the best ‘live’ music venues on the circuit, all stimulated by hugely-complimentary reviews.
In America, they count the Coen Brothers (Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?) amongst their biggest admirers.

BBC 2 TV Footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGfwag42xDs

Price:
£6 Advance, £8 on the door

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