Over the past few years many bands have started to release series of live albums, such as moe.’s Warts and All collections, the Dead’s Road Trips and DMB’s Live Trax. I personally really dig Yonder Mountain String Band’s Mountain Tracks compilations. YMSB brings a certain energy to their performances that really shines through on disc. The next installment of Mountain Tracks series looks particularly juicy, and is currently available for pre-order before the April 15 release date.
Mountain Tracks 5 is a double-disc CD featuring YMSB’s unreleased concert from Columbus, OH at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (July 21, 2007). It also features a compilation disc of the best live tunes handpicked by the band from the past couple of years. With each passing year Yonder keeps on developing their own style, relying less on bluegrass and more on rock. I saw the band a week after the Columbus show, and their musicianship, improvisations and songwriting really impressed me.
In other YMSB news the band is heading into the studio in May to record a new studio album with producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Badly Drawn Boy, R.L. Burnside). The guys head out for a lengthy tour on April 1 in Fayetteville, AR, be sure to check them out when they come to your neck of the woods.
For our latest installment of Everybody Wins When We Plug Something And In Return They Offer Us Free Shit To Give Away we’ve got an autographed copy of Mountain Tracks: Volume 5 up for grabs. Just follow the rules below:
- To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us about your favorite YMSB song in 50 words of less
- Your comment must be left by 11:59 PM EST on Sunday March 30th
- Don’t be greedy, only one entry per person
- One winner will be selected at random from entries that follow the rules
- Winner receives an autographed copy of Mountain Tracks: Volume 5
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