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Performer: Yonder Mountain String Band
Producer: Tom Rothrock
Distributor: Welk

Notes: A significant step forward for Colorado's Yonder Mountain String Band, this 2006 self-titled album marks the bluegrass ensemble's Vanguard Records debut and its first collaboration with pop/rock producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliott Smith). Although the group's jam-band leanings are still evident on this 12-track set, the songs are some of the most focused and confident of the act's career, with standouts including the Byrds-like opener, "Sidewalk Stars," and "I Ain't Been Myself in Years," which recalls Jeff Tweedy's pre-Wilco work with Uncle Tupelo. While the focus of the album is still on Yonder Mountain String Band's amazingly deft banjo, mandolin, and guitar interplay, it also features a tighter sense of songwriting and added rhythmic heft, easily making it one of the group's most assured and enjoyable outings.

The Yonder Mountain String Band is one of the most popular groups in the progressive bluegrass movement, which mixes the sensibilities of neo-hippie jam bands with traditional bluegrass tunes and instrumentation. Based in the musically rich town of Nederland, Colorado, YMSB follow in the footsteps of other progressive bluegrass acts such as Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and David Grisman. Since forming in 1998, YMSB has built up a sizable underground following via a relentless touring schedule, a dazzling live show, and a communally minded philosophy that encourages live tapping, thus avoiding the need for support from conventional corporate networks.

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