Song Premier – Bradford Lee Folk’s “Foolish Game of Love”
In a world of plastic banana music monkeys, Bradford Lee Folk is the real deal. Spending his days on a tractor or in a field as a farmer and rancher, and his nights picking out tunes in one of Nashville’s few remaining venues that still accommodate authentic bluegrass music, Bradford Lee Folk is a lifer when it comes to scratching out an honest living in the traditional agrarian style that puts character in your blood and authenticity behind your music.
On April 15th, the former frontman for the Rounder Record’s signed bluegrass band Open Road will be releasing his latest title called Somewhere Far Away through Hearth Music. Though mostly a bluegrass affair, you can also hear the chutes of country roots and Americana poke through his energetic approach. Once a mainstay of Colorado’s independent bluegrass scene, Bradford moved to back east to cause a rumble right in the belly of the beast in Nashville, TN, supported by his skilled and hungry Bluegrass Playboys.
The lineage of bluegrass from legendary bands like Flatt & Scruggs is in good hands with Bradford Lee Folk and the Bluegrass Playboys, and nowhere is that truth more evident than when listening to their song “Foolish Game of Love” off Somewhere Far Away. And you can hear it here first before the rest of the world.
Enjoy!
April 14, 2014 @ 10:59 am
theres a lot of things I love about country music but the absolute best is a good high lonesome voice. thanks for the tip id never heard of these guys before.
April 14, 2014 @ 11:28 am
Excellent. Thanks for the tip.
April 14, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
I have never heard of this guy but this sounds great. If you like this guy, please checkout this video of an old college buddy of mine’s bluegrass band called Blue Mafia. They have really great harmony in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS45q4UoeI4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTT2Kg6_Na8
April 14, 2014 @ 5:23 pm
I fell in love with Open Road and cried when I found out they broke up. This new release is like the breath of a fresh breeze. I love Bradford’s voice and think it’s about as ideal as you can find for the style of bluegrass. Please keep making music!
April 14, 2014 @ 5:31 pm
Now I’m going to be pissed if these boys don’t get this show on the road. I mean it.
April 15, 2014 @ 5:08 am
Excellent voice, excellent music! Love it!
(It suffers a bit from the same ailment 80% of small-label songs from–insufficient production. The arrangement and lyrics need tweaked. Just sayin’.)