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ROUNDER RECORDS TO RELEASE WATERLOO, TENNESSEE, THE SECOND STUDIO ALBUM NEW 16-TRACK ALBUM PRODUCED BY JOHN PAUL JONES "These women, it appears, are on their way to mastering the trade of timeless music." – No Depression (Cambridge, MA) – Rounder Records is pleased to announce the February 13th release of Waterloo, Tennessee, the sophomore album from stringband sensation Uncle Earl. Produced by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Waterloo, Tennessee laces raucous fiddle tunes and jug band blues with ballads of loss and exile, affectionate love songs, and a profound longing that can only be echoed in the strains of fiddles, banjos, mandolins, and tender harmonies. Waterloo, Tennessee follows up Uncle Earl's 2005 debut album, She Waits for Night, which garnered the "all-g'Earl" band impressive reviews from a range of national publications such as Relix, No Depression, and Bluegrass Now, while also cracking the Top 20 on the Americana radio chart. Showcasing their acclaimed brand of delicate intensity, Uncle Earl
tackles an intriguing array of material on Waterloo, Tennessee, ranging
from original compositions to vividly rendered traditional material to
songs from the pens of Bob Dylan (the rarely-heard "Wallflower") and
King Wilkie's Ted Pitney (the aching "Last Goodbye"). The band is joined Part of a new generation of bold young acoustic musicians, the four women who compose Uncle Earl are awakening the sleeping giant of old-time stringband music, holding it up as a mirror to our present era. Resolutely modern, yet preserving the luminous mystery of its ancient origins, Waterloo, Tennessee illuminates what is timeless in the everyday. Jim Walsh |