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Artist: CherryholmesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-27
Music Label: Skaggs Family
Soundtracks:
- How Long?
- Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)
- Will I Be the Winner?
- Tallahassee
- Heart as Cold as Stone
- Red Satin Dress
- Makin' Time
- Brand New Heartache
- Shelly in the Heather/Linda's Reel (Medley)
- He Goes to Church
- Workin' Girl Blues
- Don't Fall in Love
- Coastline
- No One to Sing for Me
Music reviews of Cherryholmes
Music Review: An impressive major-label debut
Rating: 4 Stars
Cherryholmes self-released two previous albums, but this is their first with the backing of a label (Skaggs Family). One listen reveals why this band won the International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award in 2005.
The band's story is partly responsible for the interest. Cherryholmes is a family, and a somewhat strange one. Father (and bass player) Jere Cherryholmes and mother (and mandolin player) Sandy Cherryholmes are devout Christians, home schoolers and, if one reads between the lines, distrusting of modern American culture. Not long after the death of their oldest daughter about six years ago, they took the remaining four kids to a bluegrass festival to lighten things up and fell in love with the people and the music. Not long afterwards, they decided to form a family band.
Only Sandy had any degree of musical background. Instruments were purchased - guitars, bass, fiddles - and the family set to work. A couple of years into the process, oldest daughter Cia Leigh, who was rapidly becoming a good guitarist, was told - not asked, told - by Jere that she was to learn the banjo.
The family got better and better and started playing festivals and attracting attention. And they revealed true talent; fiddlers Molly Kate and BJ are each impressive, and together can develop a twin-fiddle knockout punch. Cia has turned into a very competent banjo picker in the Scruggs/JD Crowe style. Son Skip is a rock-solid rhythm guitarist who can step out and deliver impressive flat-picking leads. Jere performs the critical function of a bluegrass bassist - rhythm and beat - as well as anyone working. Ironically, Sandy - the only family member with previous musical training, and who essentially guided the kids' musical education - is revealed as the weakest player of the bunch - a competent bluegrass mandolin player, but nothing particularly dramatic (then again, it's hard to be commanding when the competition includes players like Chris Thile and Sam Bush).
Cia, at 23, is the oldest of the kids; Molly Kate, at 13, the youngest. All of the kids have now done session work for top country and bluegrass acts (pretty impressive considering both ages and the fact that they've all got roughly five years of playing experience). The family leads an insular life; they essentially live on their tour bus, and play upwards of 200 shows per year.
Every song on this album is nicely arranged and the production is impeccable. Molly Kate and BJ approach virtuousity at their instruments (it's hard to tell who's playing which break; the otherwise comprehensive liner notes don't let on). The vocals are solid and tight. Cia clearly has star potential as both a singer and a banjo player.
With 9 original tunes and five covers, the album's biggest weakness is the songwriting. The self-penned instrumentals are terrific ("Coastline" has phenomenal fiddle playing; the "Sally in the Heather/Linda's Reel medley is a nearly perfect Celtic jig-into-reel masterpiece), but the band's lyrics are highly derivative and not particularly interesting. Cia Leigh's paens to love lost are particularly revealing of this. Though melodically and instrumentally solid, the words just aren't that interesting - you've essentially heard these songs dozens of times before. Not surprising, in that the kids really don't yet know the romantic heartbreak of which they sing.
All of which said, this is a solid album of bluegrass music, and this band just keeps getting better. The next album is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2007, and considering the musical growth of this family it's likely to be remarkable. Watch these folks while you can - it only stands to reason that these kids will continue to improve, but will also ultimately go their own ways.
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