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The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Announce Spirited and Reflective New Album Wanderers Like Me
Announcing Wanderers Like Me, the spirited and reflective new album by The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys. Wanderers Like Me is available for pre-order now, and will be released digitally and on CD and LP on August 16th. Wanderers Like Me is available for pre-order here.
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me dissects the realities of what it’s like to go through highs and lows of life when home is the road, and celebrates their decade-long journey from house band to Grammy-nominated bluegrass group. Over their vibrant, decade-long rise, they’ve stayed a true “working band,” always searching for the next gig, next big break, and next story to capture through song. While writing their album, the group also mourned the loss of several close friends and grappled with their own personal issues. Wanderers Like Me animates this moment of searching, blending bluegrass with touches of honky-tonk, rebellion, and trad stylings in their most polished, fleshed-out, and contemplative album yet.
About the album, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys write:
“We have grown as a band and a family, and this album was meant to be something more “us” than ever before—more original material, more original musicianship, and letting each individual vocalist shine.”
The Po’ Rambin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me is a quintessential bluegrass record, full of melodies that burst with energy and emotion and music driven by melancholy but refusing to succumb to it. They confront their losses with original songs that resonate poignantly across the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. For The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys wandering is anything but aimless: they ramble not to escape the past but to experience the future.
The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Announce Spirited and Reflective New Album Wanderers Like Me | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings