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Quartet
Troubador, Bluegrass Band, Crucial Reggae, Peter Rowan/Tony Rice Quartet Click here
to learn more! -- NEW DATE ANNOUNCED: Tony Rice
& Peter Rowan -- ** Check out Reviews
for Peter Rowan & Tony Rice's
Quartet
is
a stellar effort by two of acoustic music’s legendary forces in
bluegrass, newgrass and beyond. Tony on guitar, Peter, guitar and
vocals and Bryn Bright on bass and
vocals, along with Sharon Gilchrist, mandolin and vocals, tug on your
emotions from the outset with the haunting “Dust Bowl Children.”
From there it only gets better as this very inspired quartet performs
the lovely “To Live is to Fly,” featuring vocal harmony and --- Bluegrass Unlimited: Peter Rowan &
Tony Rice Quartet -- |
Tony Rice, Peter Rowan coming to LCHS Saturday
Lincoln
County may be one of the most rural counties in all of West Virginia,
but that hasn't stopped some of the legends of the music world from
visiting. In the last few months the Lincoln County Friends of the
Arts Concert Series has brought in great performers such as Dr. Ralph
Stanley, Blue Highway, Kathy Mattea, and Loretta Lynn.
This Saturday night, two more music legends will appear in concert in
Hamlin when the Peter Rowan - Tony Rice Quartet takes the stage. The
concert will be at the Lincoln County High School auditorium, and the
show will start at 8 p.m. For more information on tickets, call
304-756-2585.
The Peter Rowan - Tony Rice Quartet have a new CD out on Rounder
Records simply called Quartet. Rounding out the band is mandolin
player Sharon Gilchrist, and in the last few weeks the band has been
auditioning new bass players to take the place of Bryn Davies, who is
now touring with Patty Griffin. Click here to
read more of the article.
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Goings
On About Town
Night Life
March
19, 2007 The New Yorker
ROCK
AND POP
Musicians
and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to
call ahead to confirm engagements.
B.
B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL
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NO DEPRESSION
January/February 2007
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet (Rounder)
Acoustic guitar god Tony Rice and bluegrass vocal stylist Peter Rowan teamed with mandolinist Sharon Gilchrist and bassist Bryn Davies - Rowan's longtime touring partner- to create an album that sounds at once ancient and timeless.
Contemporary material from Patti Smith ("Trespasses") and Townes Van Zandt ("To Live is To Fly") blends seemlessly with standards such as "Shady Grove", "Sunny Side of The Mountain" and "Cold Rain And Snow". The group also explores several classic Rowan originals, including "Walls of Time", "Moonlight Midnight" and "Let The Harvest Go to Seed". "Perfection", a newer, uptempo gospel number, exemplifies a spiritual quality that runs throughout the record.
Each member of the quartet makes a unique contribution to the fabric of this project. Rice's fluid playing is the perfect complement to Rowan's earnest falsetto. But it's the brilliant harmonies and understated instrumental flourishes of Gilchrist and Davies that make this a truly cohesive work. - David Baxter.
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Rounder
Records
MARCH 6, 2007
THE
PETER ROWAN AND TONY
RICE QUARTET ANNOUNCES
Burlington, MA – On March 14, the Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet will kick off a string of tour dates in support of their critically-acclaimed new studio album, Quartet. Released in January, Quartet showcases music from these two acoustic music legends, supported by Sharon Gilchrist (mandolin, vocals) and Bryn Davies (bass, vocals). The album is gaining momentum on national radio charts, ranking #3 on Billboard’s Bluegrass chart and #8 on R&R’s Americana chart. No Depression calls Quartet “a truly cohesive work…brilliant harmonies and understated instrumental flourishes…” Guitar maverick Tony Rice was recently featured in Performing Songwriter (January/February issue) and will soon be the subject of a cover story in Acoustic Guitar (June issue). Click here to read the rest of the article.
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HONEST
AMERICANA: BROMBERG, ROWAN
& RICE
Words
by: John Waldman
JamBase
David Bromberg with Peter
Rowan & Tony Rice
01.11.07 :: Palace of Fine Arts :: San Francisco, CA
After a short break it was time for Peter Rowan & Tony Rice with sexy Bryn Davies (formerly Bryn Bright) on standup bass and sultry Sharon Gilchrist on mandolin. They were "on" from the start, with a "Panama Red" opener followed by a fan favorite, "Hobo Song." Rowan was having fun, playing off everyone and directing solos. Gilchrist was intense and Davies was all over the place. But, it's Tony Rice who cuts the most dashing figure on stage. With his trademark ponytail, tailored suit, and taciturn expression, he has to be one of the smoothest guitarists of all time. After a particularly nice guitar solo from Rowan, Rice took over and just played rings around everyone - always in control, never flailing or exaggerating, just smooth as silk with a fleeting hint of a smile. They played a couple of instrumental jams that gave everyone room to step out, and a few songs from their new album Quartet, including the haunting "Dust Bowl Children." The only downside to the set was that it was too short, but with an 11:00 p.m. curfew, things needed to move along so that Bromberg had enough time. Click here for more of the article
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Tall Stacks Music, Art Festival
Dec. 2006
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice have been buddies for a while but the addition of Bryn Bright and Sharon Gilchrist had these bluegrass legends reaching new heights. The quartet laid down a wonderful version of "The Free Mexican Airforce," though not before Rowan divulged an entertaining explanation of the song's enlightened origins (Apparently wings aren't always necessary for flying.) Rowan then joined old friend Junior Brown during his set for a few tunes later in the afternoon. Click here for more.
No Depression
Nov/Dec Issue
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
You
Were There For Me
Like Bill Monroe, in whose band Rowan served some 40 years ago, Rowan is both powerful and idiosyncratic; he has built a career around a unique combination of deep roots and sometimes fanciful eclecticism. Tony Rice’s approach is more studied and deliberate, yet he too has ranged widely, from traditional bluegrass through (the unfortunately named) “spacegrass” and “new acoustic” music, with a crowd of acolytes and imitators trailing behind. Click here for more.
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NEW YORKER
MAGAZINE
NOVEMBER, 2004
B.
B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL
237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)—Nov. 3: The Tony
Rice and Peter Rowan quartet. If
bluegrass has a guitar god, it’s Rice. His graceful playing has left
a generation of aspiring guitarists trying to duplicate his clean,
high-speed, otherworldly sound. He also had a warm baritone, but a
decade ago overuse diminished it. He turned the singing over to Rowan,
a master of high lonesome who came of age in Bill Monroe’s Blue
Grass Boys and went on to record, with Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements,
and David Grisman, the legendary live bluegrass album “Old & In
the Way.” Rice and Rowan have played together for years, but they
have only now completed their first full studio album, “You Were
There for Me.”
Relix
November 2004
Peter
Rowan and Tony Rice
You
Were There for Me
This
pairing of long-time friends and musical legends Peter Rowan and Tony
Rice is a musical marriage made in heaven. Rowan’s one of the
most expressive and resonant vocalists around and Rice is one of the
most inventive and imaginative flat-picking guitarists of all time.
Thankfully, they are both in top form on this ten-cut disc. The
two have considerable command of multiple musical genres and they
exude warmth and joy as they weave their way through this mix of
bluegrass, blues, country and folk material. The title cut is a
highlight as are “Shirt Off My Back” and a jazzy take on
“Cowboys and Indians.” These two bring new twists and
nuances to familiar music.