The Chapmans hit bluegrass radio with a new single, “The Redwood Hill” this week.

Nashville, Tenn. — Bluegrass band The Chapmans return to radio this week with a brand new single. “The Redwood Hill” was written by singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. “When we were younger we used to listen to the Country Gentlemen do this song,” comments Jeremy Chapman. “We wanted to pay homage to their version with the solos and the arrangement, while putting The Chapmans’ harmonies and lead vocal ideas to it.”

The release of the single comes after a brief hiatus from radio. “We took some time off the road and out of the studio to allow our lead singer John to be at home for the birth of his first baby, Kylie Grace Chapman,” Chapman continues. The Chapmans found themselves eager to get back to recording and went into the studio recently to begin work on a new album. After much demand from fans, the band decided to release a new single. “We are still working on the album, and we’ll release it once we’ve determined which label we are going to align ourselves with.”

In the meantime, The Chapmans are offering the single as a Fan Exclusive Free download available at http://www.chap-tv.com/.

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The Chapmans

The Chapmans, a Missouri-based family band, will launch a new Web site, http://www.thechapmansonline.com, on March 1.

The band consists of brothers Jeremy, Jason and John and their father Bill. They were the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year in 2001. They have three albums out on the Pinecastle Label, including “Simple Man,” the latest released in 2005.

According to The Chapman’s MySpace page, “the band’s musical journey begins in the early 1990s in Colorado where young fiddler John Chapman won a statewide junior division championship in his early teens. Inspired by his son’s interest in music, Bill took up the banjo and the two started a bluegrass band with some family friends. Eventually John would switch to guitar and begin singing lead vocals. When younger brothers Jeremy and Jason took up mandolin and bass respectively, a hobby turned into a full-on family passion.

“The Chapmans honed their skills through shows at county fairs and bluegrass festivals throughout the 1990s,” the MySpace biography continues. “They moved to the Missouri Ozarks in 1995 to make nationwide travel easier. In 1998 the Chapmans jumped into the national spotlight when they won the International Bluegrass Band Championship held by the Society For the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA). Along with the critical success of the band’s first independent album, ‘Love’s Gonna Live Here,’ the win paved the way for the Chapmans to sign a record contract with independent roots and bluegrass label Pinecastle Records.”

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