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Cherryholmes III Don't Believe

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Album Review

Nashville family band Cherryholmes found a winning formula on its 2007 Skaggs Family debut, Cherryholmes II: Black and White. Well versed in the classics, the sextet proved that they could kick out old-school bluegrass jams with the best of them, but it was their originals that stuck out through the flurry of slick picking. On Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe, Jere, Sandy Lee, Cia Leigh, B.J., Skip, and Molly Kate do away completely with the traditional, opting for a sleek batch of self-penned contemporary bluegrass numbers that lean closer to Nickel Creek and the Dixie Chicks than they do Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. The lead-off track "I Can Only Love You (So Much)," delivered with grit and confidence by Cia Leigh, sets the tone, introducing a formidable "you done me wrong" theme that permeates more than a few cuts on the aptly titled Don't Believe. Forays into overly-earnest country flag-waving ("This Is My Son,") and gospel-tinged, Celtic-infused balladry ("The King as a Babe Comes Down") prove less successful, but a pair of barn-burning instrumentals ("Sumatra" and "Mansker Spree/O'Coughlin's Reel," along with a nifty cover of the Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman boot-stomper "Devil in Disguise," keeps this third trip down the aisle a worthwhile one.

Customer Reviews

Best Album Yet.

Amazingly talented musicians. Excellent songwriting. Buy all their albums.

About Time

This is by far the best Cherryholmes album to date and a "true" bluegrass album from them. I am a purist when it comes to Bluegrass music and this fits the bill, it's not overly modern nor folk(y). A great and wonderful album to add to anyone's playlist!

YOU COULD SEE THIS COMING

If you’ve followed Cherryholmes since their humble beginnings and know even a little bit of their story, you could almost see this coming. On Cherryholmes III: Don’t Believe, the remarkable family band continues the trademark artistry that marked their first two Skaggs Family releases, while simultaneously extending into musical and lyrical territory that will likely raise a few eyebrows. The album opens with Cia’s ‘I Can Only Love You So Much’ which is a continuation of the trenchant theme of heartache that has marked much of her songwriting. The songs bracing intro with only Cia’s voice and banjo provide a perfect setup for the songs underlying chill. Sandy’s gorgeous celtic-flavored gospel followup “The King As A Babe Comes Down” serves up a perfect counterpoint to Cia’s romantic cesspool. Other highlights include Molly Kate’s sassy original “Goodbye” which showcases her newfound vocal maturity, and B.J.’s ‘Bleeding’, which sports a hooky arrangement that belies the songs somber lyrical tone of romantic deception. C-3 has all the bands trademark song dynamics and everyone makes stellar contributions. But it is Cia who raises the bar with three songs that, if not undeniable masterpieces, will certainly be talked about for some time to come. On ‘Broken’, her theme of heartache takes an even more wrenching turn. The dense ‘baroque chamber pop’ arrangement creates the mood for the songs lyrical despair as the protagonist’s life-long search for her lost lover ends with the realization that “soon I will lie in the ground all alone”. On “This Is My Son”, she composes a mother’s prayer for her only son who is going off to war. The beautiful arrangement is shaken up by Cia’s pointed criticism toward “people who don’t care that they’re free at the cost of his life”. The bold lyrical stroke is certain to divide listeners. Cia completes the trifecta with the album’s brilliant closer “Traveler”, in which she deflates the aura of the drifter, long romanticized in songs past, by questioning his decision to leave behind the woman who loves him for life on the road. With the band in full throttle lockstep behind her, Cia asks the journeyman, “Will your journey reach an end, or will you just be gone again.” “Traveler” could almost be considered an answer song to Dions’ rock and roll classic ‘The Wanderer’. The musical journey for Cherryholmes continues. On C-III they show a willingness to take their own musical road, even if it means straying a bit from the strict bluegrass regimen. Stay tuned.

Biography

Formed: April, 1999

Genre: Country

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Formed in 2001, bluegrass sextet Cherryholmes spans two generations of the Nashville-via-Arizona-based family of the same name, including father Jere (bass/vocals), mother Sandy Lee (mandolin/vocals), daughters Cia Leigh (banjo/guitar/vocals) and Molly Kate (fiddle/vocals), and sons B.J. (fiddle/vocals) and Skip (guitar/mandolin/vocals). They have released three albums on their own label, Still a Little Rough Around the Edges (2001), Dressed for Success (2002), Bluegrass Vagabonds (2003) and three...
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