Turnpike Troubadours
NewMusicForOldFolks says …
There's a fiddle and occasionally a banjo. This is indisputably Country music. It's also very good. Hailing from southeastern Oklahoma, Turnpike Troubadours has slowly built a avid following in that part of the country and the band's current tour is taking the five-man outfit from coast to coast. The Troubadours made an appearance on Austin City Limits this year, and that's been known to help a band take off. Even though the band has been around for more than a decade and has five studio albums, it's not to late to get in on the ground floor. Try out the three-song playlist below and, if you like those, buy the albums and see a show. When the revolution comes and the good country music pushes out the bad stuff, this is the side you want to be on.
Artist's Info
Website: turnpiketroubadours.com
See them live: Tour dates
Record company: Bossier City Records
Genre: Country, Americana
If you like this, look into: Lucas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Jason Isbell, The Revivalists
Bio (From the artist's Facebook page)
If Turnpike Troubadours are playing in your town, you’ll know it. A block or two from the venue, you’ll see the crowds lining up. Get closer and you’ll start to hear the music -- rockin’ hard, lashed by burnin’ fiddle and guitar, maybe a little rough on the edges but with a deep-rooted soul that's impossible to resist. And if you make it through the door, you’ll witness one of the best shows you'll ever see. (more)
Spotify sampler
Recordings
Most Recent
A LONG WAY FROM YOUR HEART (2017): A gritty, country-leaning roots rock band out of eastern Oklahoma, Turnpike Troubadours at their best synthesize the populist, political folk of Woody Guthrie and the outlaw-styled honky tonk of Waylon Jennings with doses of Bluegrass, Cajun, and straight-out Rock dynamics. Fronted by singer and guitarist Evan Felker and including bassist R.C. Edwards, fiddler Kyle Nix, guitarist Ryan Engleman, and drummer Gabe Pearson, the group celebrates and explores modern rural life with a full awareness of history, delicately avoiding being ornate revivalists. 2017 saw the release of the group's highly anticipated fifth studio long-player, A Long Way from Your Heart.
Others
Bossier City (2007)
Diamonds & Gasoline (2010)
Goodbye Normal Street (2012)
The Turnpike Troubadours (2015)
