Andersons At Nevada County Fair 2006

Below are a few samples of some of our music from our June 2008 CD Anderson Family Bluegrass.  These are all 30 second clips in MP3 format and are just over 700kb file size.

Wild Bill Jones
Greener Pastures
Fox on the Run
Sounds of Loneliness
Bald Knob Arkansas
Matterhorn

You can also find some additional samples of Paige's solo guitar playing and other songs at her MySpace page: www.myspace.com/PaigeAndersonBluegrass

Our latest CD is available for purchase through the great CDBaby web site HERE:

Anderson Family Bluegrass CD Cover CDBaby Logo and Link

Review

Anderson Family Bluegrass

Mark Anderson (Dad) - banjo
Christy Anderson (Mom) - bass
Paige Anderson (13 yrs.) - guitar, lead vocals, clawhammer banjo
Aimee Anderson (11 yrs.) - fiddle, harmony/lead vocals
Ethan Anderson (9 yrs.) - mandolin, harmony/lead vocals
Daisy Anderson (6 yrs.) - harmony/lead vocals

This new CD is a success on so many levels I don't know where to begin.  Maybe it's the music teacher in me or maybe it's my love of traditional music.  I'm not sure.  I know as a parent you long to hear the words "you raised 'em right".  It might be a bit early to say that here (the Anderson children range in age from 6 - 13) but WOW!!!  What a fine job you've done so far.

Paige does a stellar job of neo-Carter style picking on "Rockwood Deer Chase" (an instrumental).  I loved Aimee's double stop fiddlin' on tunes like "Sounds Of Loneliness".  Ethan sounds like a budding Bill Monroe on "Get Down On Your Knees And Pray".  Daisy and the rest of the kids sing like a choir of angels.  Mom plays rock solid bass and Dad adds some excellent bluegrass banjo throughout.  Kudos to all: Parents, Teachers, Kids!

Bill's Picks: "Rockwood Deer Chase", "Sounds Of Loneliness", "Don't Make Me Go To Bed I'll Be Good", "Get Down On Your Knees And Pray", "Rock Of Ages" (Great mountain minor banjo!)

Bill Dempsey
Music Reviewer for California's Southwest Bluegrass Association
July 2008

Andersons at Bluegrassin' in the Foothills, Sep. 2006

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