The Mid North
Tales From A Mountain
Independent
You would be
forgiven for thinking that the lush and downhome country sounds emanating from
The Mid North’s second LP come straight from a small studio somewhere in East
Nashville, such is the strength and obvious understanding of this typically
American music.
And yet it’s
Bellingen in the state’s mid-north from which Tales From A Mountain comes, the
product of one of the finer country bluegrass acts Australia offers. To see them
live is to see all five members huddled around the one mic, stepping closer
when their part comes up, leaning in as one so’s to capture the five-way
harmonies they’ve mastered.
The album captures
this all and then some. From the rollicking banjo and fiddle-led tunes like
‘Corn Liquor’ and ‘Delta Mae’ to the slower numbers like ‘Undertaker’
(breathtaking in its quiet beauty) and ‘Storm Cloud’, this is a masterful
interpretation of bluegrass and Americana, delivered in a way which seems so
simple and easy, and yet carries with it so much depth.
3.5/5
Samuel J. Fell
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