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Marah

For their latest project, Marah members David Bielanko and Christine Smith built an analog recording studio in a church in Millheim, PA and recruited local musicians, including 8 year old wunderkind Gus Tritsch on fiddle (Gus is now 11) to make an album based on folklorist Henry Shoemaker's book "Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania," a collection of 100+ year old lyrics and fragments. "Marah Presents Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania" was released on 2/25/14 to critical acclaim. It has also grown into a killer live show, and this year's highlights include Azkena Rock Festival in Spain, WXPN's XPoNential Music Fest in Philly, WTMD Baltimore's First Thursday Concert Series, and they're off to play Americanafest in Nashville this September. Do not miss this holiday show at The Kollar Club!

Here's what the critics are saying:
MARAH PRESENTS MOUNTAIN MINSTRELSY OF PENNSYLVANIA (VALLEY FARM SONGS 2014)
"Ultimately, there is a pulse-quickening thrill when we dig up a long-forgotten past and shine upon it a contemporary light. These are the things that make this album so unique and attractive." - 9 of 10 No Depression
"...a great album...a weird and wild stew of country goodness, seasoned with bits of rock, punk, Appalachia, folk and great songwriting...loaded with more surprises than a Yankee rooster in a French henhouse." - 8 of 10 Pop Matters
"...unfettered charm and stoic simplicity far removed from the cluttered trappings of present day circumstances." - Blurt
"...a freewheeling celebration that is filled with charm and personality." - Twangville
"Marah's latest album gives new meaning to the term 'folk art'." - American Songwriter
"Marah proves that there is no substitute for freedom." - Bill Bentley/The Morton Report
"an unusually engaging and enjoyable album." - Huffington Post

"A Melody of Rain" (official) Marah presents Mountain Minstrelsy

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