NewFound Road out west

NewFound Road at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge - Jamey Booher, Joe Booher, Josh Miller, Jim Van Cleve, Tim SheltonNewFound Road is back home after recently completing a west coast tour with fiddler Jim Van Cleve in tow. The band had shows in Arizona and California, taking a brief time out for a bit of tourist activity while in San Francisco.

Tim Shelton sent along this photo of the group at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

A new CD from NewFound Road, Same Old Place, is set for an April 28 release on Rounder Records.

0 Comments
Leave a comment
Comments are open and unmoderated for our registered users, only your first comment will require approval before publication. Comments do not necessarily reflect the views of The Bluegrass Blog. Obscene, abusive, silly, or annoying remarks may be deleted, but the fact that particular comments remain on the site in no way constitutes an endorsement of their content by The Bluegrass Blog.

TrackBack URI

You must

  • Register
  • and Log in in to leave comments.

    NewFound Road back in the studio

    NewFound Road is about to start working on a new CD. The first studio date is December 8, suggesting that a release in mid-to-late 2008 is reasonable. Mountain Heart's Jim Van Cleve will co-produce the new project with the band, and they are excited to get started. "We've been rehearsing the new...

    Same Old Place video from NewFound Road

    The first video from NewFound Road's latest CD, Same Old Place, is out today, with an exclusive first look here on The Bluegrass Blog. The video is for the title track, and was shot and edited by Matt Zervos, who recently directed Dale Anne Bradley's video for Don't Turn Your Back. NFR head honcho...

    NewFound Road on WDVX

    NewFound Road will be among the guests on Friday's (11/21) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX. They will do a 15 minute set during the show, which airs at noon (EST), broadcasting at 102.9 FM in Knoxville, TN - and via live streaming online. The guys will be in Knoxville ahead of a concert with...

    NewFound Road – Same Old Place

    Same Old Place, the second Rounder release from NewFound Road, is due to hit a week from today, on April 28. We had commented a number of times about this album as it was progressing from concept to reality, and have been anticipating its release since last summer. The sound is fuller to my ear than...

    Houston video from NewFound Road

    NewFound Road has posted live video from their show at Rudy Fest in late June. Two songs are available, both professionally shot and edited, of the band with Jim VanCleve sitting in on fiddle. Here's the live version of Houston (I'm Comin' To See You), from their Life In A Song CD. Visit the NewFound...

    New bass player for NewFound Road

    Rounder Records has announced that there has been a personnel change within the ranks of NewFound Road. Jamey Booher, formerly of Grasstowne and The Booher Family, is replacing Randy Barnes on bass in the contemporary bluegrass quartet. A native of Johnson City, Tennessee, and the brother of the...

    Josh Miller to NewFound Road

    Wow... things move fast in the bluegrass world! Just a short while after the sudden announcement that Jr. Williams was leaving NewFound Road comes news of their hiring of another red-headed banjo picker. Josh Miller, formerly with Carrie Hasler & Hard Rain, will be holding down the banjo spot...

    NewFound Road shooting music video next week

    NewFound Road is set to shoot their first-ever music video next week, for the title track of their current Rounder CD, Same Old Place. Matt Zervos, who recently directed Dale Anne Bradley's video for Don't Turn Your Back, will shoot and edit. Bandleader and lead vocalist Tim Shelton tells us that...

    Same Old Place from NewFound Road

    April 28 has been announced as the official release date for Same Old Place, the new Rounder CD from NewFound Road. The band enlisted a new producer, Jim Van Cleve, and spent more time in the studio than they had on previous projects. Jim told us that he encouraged the guys to try some new approaches,...

    Video promo from NewFound Road

    NewFound Road has created a video promo which includes live footage from a recent stage show. It was shot and edited by Matt Zervos, who also produced the new Dale Ann Bradley video for Don't Turn Your Back. ...

    NewFound Road signs with Rounder Records

    NewFound Road has signed with Rounder Records. They are currently in the studio, with Rob Ickes producing their first project for the label. NFR has a journal on their site and the most recent entry contains this: We"re honored to be a part of such a fine company. These folks have been nothing...

    Tim Shelton – GrassCast #52

    Listen now: (IE users click to activate) This week's guest on The GrassCast is Tim Shelton of NewFound Road. Their latest CD, Life In A Song, was released the end of September 2006. Tim and John discuss the CD and preview several of the tunes including one written by Tim Stafford and another...