Innovatie ontmoet traditie in bluegrassband Fog Holler.
De band, gevestigd in Portland, Oregon, biedt enthousiaste duo-harmonieën, gewaagde banjo, pittige gitaar, gebogen bas en scheurende viool aan.
Geïnspireerd door een scala aan invloeden van The Stanley Brothers tot Buck Owens tot Primus, blaast Fog Holler nieuw leven in versleten vormen zoals de murderballad en de powerwaltz.
Met zeer persoonlijke, soms ironische teksten brengt de band een eerbetoon aan hun klassieke country- en bluegrass-voorouders door deze vertrouwde kaders te moderniseren.
Fog Holler produceerden hun eerste originele EP Or Else the Sun in 2018, die een breed scala aan traditionele Amerikaanse stijlen bevatte en de band vestigde als een veelzijdige artistieke kracht.
In 2021 brachten ze Rocking in a Weary Land uit, hun tweede zelfgeproduceerde EP, en eerder dit jaar brachten ze hun eerste volledige studioalbum uit, getiteld "Fog Holler".
Fog Holler deelde in het verleden podia met o.a. The Del McCoury Band, Jerry Douglas & The Earls of Leicester, The Po' Ramblin Boys, The Kathy Kallick Band, The Watkins Family Hour, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, en meer.
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Innovation meets tradition in bluegrass band Fog Holler. Based in Portland, Oregon, the band features keening brother duo harmonies, rollicking banjo, sassy guitar, bowed bass, and ripping fiddle. Inspired by a range of influences from The Stanley Brothers to Buck Owens to Primus, Fog Holler breathes fresh life into well worn forms like the murder ballad and the power waltz. With deeply personal, sometimes tongue-in-cheek lyrics, the band pays homage to their classic country and bluegrass forbears by modernizing these familiar frameworks.
Fog Holler produced their first original EP Or Else the Sun in 2018, which featured a broad range of traditional American styles and established the band as a versatile artistic force. In 2021 they released Rocking in a Weary Land, their second self-produced EP, and earlier this year they released their first full-length studio album, self titled “Fog Holler”. Exploring themes of self-reflection and nostalgia, the album evinces a distinct maturity that separates it from Fog Holler’s previous recordings. Described by two-time Grammy Award Winner Cathy Fink as “The next generation of the many shades of grass”, Fog Holler’s captivating tunes and coordinated outfits are quickly enthralling longtime bluegrass fans and newcomers alike. Now based out of Portland, OR, Fog Holler has spread the joy of the high lonesome sound in the U.S, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Switzerland, and shared stages with The Del McCoury Band, Jerry Douglas & The Earls of Leicester, The Po’ Ramblin Boys, The Kathy Kallick Band, The Watkins Family Hour, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, and more.
