Southern Rail Press page (songs, photos, bios, reviews)

Songs, Photos, Reviews, Bios

Southern Rail   Celebrating Over 30 Years of Bluegrass!
PO Box 323
Watertown, MA 02471-0323
781-891-0258   bluegrass@SouthernRail.com
SouthernRail.com (http://SouthernRail.com)

Quotes and Record Reviews:

“Simply outstanding!”  - Top rating by Cybergrass (Internet Bluegrass magazine, an international publication.)

“Beautiful quartet singing...a pure winner.”  - SPBGMA’s Bluegrass Music News

“First rate bluegrass...precise harmonies, sharp instrumental work...soaring and lush.”  - Boston Herald

“The vocal harmonies are exquisite and the musicianship is impeccable.”  - Radio Star, Ireland

“The best Gospel CD I’ve ever heard!”  - WXCF, Clifton Forge, VA

“Bluegrass Gospel at some of its most heartfelt emotion.  Beautiful.”  - WTSR, NJ

”The phones went nuts over this!”  - KVML, CA

“A genuine jewel”  - Beringen Country Radio, Belgium

“One of the most original and exciting groups in bluegrass”  - Powe’r Pickin’, CO

"Jim Muller has one of the most distinctive voices in Bluegrass today.  It is the type
of voice from which bluegrass legends have been made."  - Bluegrass Now, Rolla, MO

"Beautiful and creative arrangements, emotionally knife-edged"  - Twangin' Country Magazine, CA

"The musicianshop is superb, the vocals rich, and the energy fun.  Excellent!"  - New England Performer Mag.

"One of the most significant groups in contemporary bluegrass...on the cutting edge of  creativity."
  - Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine, VA

"Unplugged and untamed!  One of the hottest groups on the cicuit!"  - Chico News & Review, Chico, CA

“There's a renewed exuberance in SOUTHERN RAIL's harmonies and playng that seems to emanate from
meticulous attention to composition and a sheer joy in picking."  - Dirty Linen Magazine, Baltimore, MD.

"Southern Rail's musical arsenal is formidable."  - Worcester Magazine, Worcester, MA

"Southern Rail's music shines!"  - Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA

"The songwriting is fantastic.  You're a smash in Houston!  There hasn't been a slowdown of requests
for Southern Rail."  - KPFT-FM, Houston, Texas

"Southern Rail brims with contemporary energy, harmonies and nuance while featuring lots of original
material...A bluegrass band with the total package of style, material, vocals and picking.  They stand
ready for an international breakout."  - Bluegrass Canada Magazine

"Invigorating picking, riveting harmonies.  They have a real hit on their hands."
  - Patriot Ledger,  MA

"A talented, polished group... strong tight harmonies, and a good dose of creativity to give it
all their own stamp."  - Victory Review, Boney Lake, WA

"There's  warmth and depth in a SOUTHERN RAIL performance. The joy and talent in their music
will make people happy for a long time".  - Worcester Telegram & Gazette, MA

Press Release, Quotes and reviews

Pictures

This section is still undergoing re-construction. We hope to have more photos as soon as possible.

SR2 hi-res color jpg file SR2 hi-res BW jpg file,

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SR1 lo-res color jpg file SR1 lo-res BW jpg file,

All photos by Ken Canning

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Song samples

Complete songs
Carolina Lightning
Coal Tattoo
Freight Train #9
High Low and Wide
I Didn't Ask
Long Hard Road
Mary Did You Know

Song exerpts (about 60 sec each)
Mighty Mississippi
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Long Gone
Love Without End Amen
Ticket To Gloryland
We Are Stones
Mary Did You Know

Live at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse, Jan, 2006
Love Without End, Amen
Highway Of Regret
Jonah's Wail
Long Gone
Daybreak In Dixie
For more info, pictures, and audio of complete songs, see our entry in Matchbook.org

For our entry on Sonicbids, see Sonicbids/Southern Rail

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Movie-style publicity posters!

(Windows bitmap versions are available; send requests to bluegrass@SouthernRail.com.)
These are movie-style publicity posters which you may download and use any way you wish.
Using any graphics-editing tool you can add your own text announcing your show, then publish
them on the Web or print them. Enjoy!
To see all available posters, click here.

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Stage Layout, The Southern Rail Banner Logo