Music Release

FEATURED RELEASE

ANDY LEFTWICH

The American Fiddler

RECORD LABEL:
Mountain Home Music Company

RELEASE DATE:
10/28/2022

UPC:
783892207329

GENRE:
Bluegrass

LOCATION:
Nashville, Tennessee

DESCRIPTION:

He may be one of the most recorded fiddle players of the 21st century, but Mountain Home Music Company recording artist Andy Leftwich qualifies as a musician’s musician—widely admired by his peers and colleagues, yet still one of the best-kept secrets in and around the world of bluegrass music. With a list of credits that goes on for pages—he’s recorded for everyone from superstars like Taylor Swift and Alan Jackson to bluegrass stalwarts such as Dailey & Vincent, Larry Cordle and his long-time boss, Ricky Skaggs, to a miscellany of surprise hosts like Keb’ Mo’—Leftwich’s catalog as a featured artist has, up until now, been sparse.

That begins to change with the release of The American Fiddler, a jaw-dropping collection of mostly original tunes that makes a compelling case for Leftwich as not only among the very best fiddlers playing today, but one of the very best mandolin players, too. From its opening (and title) track, which finds him deftly incorporating strands of bluegrass and Irish music, to the blend of old-time string band and new acoustic music in the closing “Through the East Gate,” the set rings a dozen changes on instrumental music that encompass a wide variety of moods and styles while flowing from a singularly unified creative vision.

KEY SELLING POINTS

  • Leftwich is a 4x GRAMMY-winning instrumentalist
  • He joined Ricky Skaggs' Kentucky Thunder band while still a teenager
  • Leftwich is a sought-after Nashville studio musician, and skilled as a multi-instrumentalist and is an award-winning violinist/fiddler
  • Leftwich has also released two critically acclaimed albums as a member of Three Ring Circle (with dobro player Rob Ickes and bassist Dave Pomeroy)

TRACK LISTING

  1. The American Fiddler
  2. Over Cincinnati
  3. Pikes Peak Breakdown
  4. Jackson's Ground
  5. Liberty
  6. Made in France
  7. Kimper County
  8. Big Mon
  9. Dalvay's Reel
  10. Sally Goodin'
  11. Back to the Garden
  12. Through the East Gate

FEATURED PLAYLIST