Progressive bluegrass

13 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Bluegrass, ROCK: Folk Rock



Details:
This is the stunning debut album from the up and coming newgrass band The Student Loan. Based out of Bowling Green, Ohio this group of young classically trained musicians has come together in their freshman effort to record an album that is exceptional in its musical breadth and vision. From catchy choruses to driving instrumentals The Student Loan pay homage to traditional bluegrass while frequent meter changes and extended jam sessions reflect the influence of jazz, classical, and jam band music.

Formed in the spring of 2005, The Student Loan synthesizes a wide array of musical styles and backgrounds. Guitarist, fiddler, and singer Liz Chibucos is a classically trained composer and violinist, who also has a background as a classical and jazz pianist. West Virginian Chad Kimbler, the groupâs mandolinist, recently completed his masterâs degree in music composition. In addition to playing the mandolin, Kimbler was formerly the Principal Second Violinist in the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra and the former drummer for the Morgantown, West Virginia based group, The Sundowners. Banjo player Mark Gerolami comes from a background in music education and ethnomusicology and is the former singer and guitarist for the Bowling Green based band, Norton and The Anthologies. Bringing to the table a background in musicology and jazz studies and rounding out The Student Loan is bassist Julio Appling, former leader of the Harlequin Jazz Quartet and member of the Southern California progressive rock group Oneiria