Oct 23
Mountain Heart “Road That Never Ends” - (Rural Rhythm Records)
Mountain Heart - Road That Never EndsMountain Heart’s newest project, “Road That Never Ends” released today, October 23, on Rural Rhythm Records is the groups first live album and is the first to feature the group’s new frontman, Josh Shilling.
On “Road That Never Ends“, recorded at “The Ark” in Ann Arbor MI, the band covers a lot of ground. Along with the progressive bluegrass sound Mountain Heart has developed since the groups inception, the group brings a rock and roll influenced mentality to the title track, “Road That Never Ends.” The Josh Shilling penned, “It Works Both Ways,” finds the group delivering up a “down in the dumps” blues number. The fretboard burning pace of Jim Van Cleve’s own “Devil’s Courthouse” serves up a healthy dose of bluegrass fiddle and mandolin work along with some classical and jazz flavors thrown in to boot. While “Mountain Man,” featuring Adam Steffey on the vocals, finds the group returning to a more traditionally rooted sound.
Instrumentally, Mountain Heart stays true to form throughout the new project delivering many virtuoso, high energy performances, replete with the intricate melody, unison and harmony lines from the instruments of Adam Steffey, Jim Van Cleve, Barry Abernathy and Clay Jones And, at times, at blisteringly fast tempos.
Mountain HeartJosh Shilling’s vocals bring a new and very progressive slant to Mountain Heart’s signature sound enabling the band to push the boundary’s of acoustic music even further. Shilling’s vocal delivery is at ease delivering an energetic and heavily rock inspired performance on the title cut that opens the album as he is on the soulful and emotionally charged delivery of “Who’s The Fool Now” that could easily find an audience on top 40 country radio stations.
Mountain Heart also includes their wildly popular “The Gospel Train” on the recording. Previously released on the group’s 2002 release, “The Journey,” (now out of print). This a cappella tour de force showcases the groups tight harmony vocals that are entrenched throughout “Road That Never Ends.”
By Travis Tackett
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