If It Wasn't for Longing

by Serene Green

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1.	Back to Appalachia 02:48	buy track
2.	Rider in the Rain 02:58	buy track
3.	Find Someone Who Will 02:23	buy track
4.	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind 02:29	buy track
5.	Homesick 02:40	buy track
6.	Holding You Closely 02:59	buy track
7.	Carbon County Breakdown 02:45	buy track
8.	Dreams 02:54	buy track
9.	Then I'll Miss You 02:07	buy track
10.	Rough Patch 02:52	buy track
11.	If It Wasn't for Longing 02:54	buy track
12.	Doin' My Time 03:37	buy track

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“If I have seen further,” Isaac Newton once wrote, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Bluegrass musicians can certainly relate. Our music wouldn’t exist without the foundational work of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, and all the others who established the sound in the 1940s and ’50s. But with each new generation, the list of giants gets longer. Today’s young musicians also stand on the shoulders of the Country Gentlemen and the Seldom Scene, the New Grass Revival and David Grisman, Alison Krauss and Doyle Lawson. The vantage point rises ever higher, and the vistas become ever grander.

On this, their third album, Serene Green is clearly enjoying the view, while paying ample respect to the shoulders under their feet. The band’s six original selections sit comfortably alongside a half-dozen well-chosen covers, and lose nothing in the comparison. The vocal trio of bassist Shane McGeehan, guitarist Michael Johnson, and mandolinist Quentin Fisher oozes conviction. Banjoist Steve Leonard adorns his solid breaks and backup with dazzling cascades of triplets, while the newest band member, Katelynn Casper, swings ferociously on fiddle and delivers a powerful performance of one of Dolly Parton’s most moving songs.

Del McCoury, Mac Martin, Gloria Belle, Chris Warner, Tom Adams, and Danny Paisley are among Pennsylvania’s many gifts to bluegrass. Let’s add Serene Green to the list, and look for more great music from them in the years to come.
—Ira Gitlin

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released October 17, 2023

Katelyn Casper – Fiddle / Vocals
Quentin Fisher – Mandolin / Vocals
Michael Johnson - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Leonard – Banjo
Shane McGeehan – Bass / Vocals

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