With festival season just around the Memorial Day weekend bend, there are plenty of artists that are bound to be making their umpteenth appearance on a generic festival lineup card: think Avett Brothers, Mt, Joy, and others. Memphis jamgrass outfit Graber Gryass, led by Michael Graber (guitar and vocals), certainly deserves a spot on the daytime national festival stage a radiant mixture of bluegrass, folk, and improvisational workouts.
Waking Up, the third album of all original songs by Graber Gryass will be released on May 11th, 2023. Waking Up has nine songs, all written by Michael Graber. The album was recorded at High/Low, engineered by Pete Matthews, mixed by Matt Qualls, and produced by Michael Graber.Â
Glide is premiering the crisp acoustic workout “Taproot,” (below) which reflects the multi-dimensional works of Greensky Bluegrass and Trampled by Turtles.
“We wanted to push the boundary limits even more on this one, staying song-centered,” says Graber.
“Taproot” starts with a 12-string, followed with saxophone and hand percussion, and features guests Hope Clayburn and Jesse Dakota. Taproot evokes a return to the quiet center inside of every human, a place that restores and inspires. After trying every avenue to find excitement or pleasure and coming up empty handed, only a surrender to the taproot satisfies.”
