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My Sisters & Me
Gold Heart
My Sisters & Me
Genres: Country, Pop
 
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The GOLD HEART sisters Analise (mandolin, 19), Jocelyn (guitar, 16) and Shelby (fiddle, 13) continue to garner much appreciation and respect from the Bluegrass community for their award winning instrumental ability and ast...  more »

     
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All Artists: Gold Heart
Title: My Sisters & Me
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rural Rhythm
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 8/25/2009
Genres: Country, Pop
Style: Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 732351104723

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The GOLD HEART sisters Analise (mandolin, 19), Jocelyn (guitar, 16) and Shelby (fiddle, 13) continue to garner much appreciation and respect from the Bluegrass community for their award winning instrumental ability and astonishingly accomplished harmony vocals culminating into a rootsy, fresh and exciting sound !

The GOLD HEART sisters tour extensively and perform as a quintet with father Trent on bass and banjoist Russ Carson. Since their formation in 2005 in the Virginia area, the group has been in high demand including their recent major international European tour. Gold Heart is receiving numerous accolades and recognition including being chosen by the IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) to be an official IBMA Showcase Artist at the 2009 IBMA Convention in Nashville.

These very musically gifted young artists are also consummate songwriters, who wrote 9 of the 12 songs on the new album and also provided the arrangements including the powerful arrangement for the first single Sister written by Nora Jane Struthers, and features lead vocals by the youngest GOLD HEART sister, Shelby. The album MY SISTERS AND ME was produced by Justin Carbone, (of Special Consensus) and contains several songs that will be sure to keep Bluegrass radio airwaves busy for years to come and will pave the way for this multi-talented Emerging Group to rise very quickly in the Bluegrass music scene.
 

CD Reviews

Gold Heart Is Golden
L. Montgomery | virginia, usa | 09/04/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Met these young ladies and let me tell you they can sing and play far beyond their years. If you like bluegrass than give these ladies a listen. I met them at a little country fair in virginia and was blown away. Their harmony is beautiful and their playing top notch. The night I saw them they were late for the show because of an accident on interstate 81 that held them up. but within 10 minutes of their arriving they were on stage ready to play and gave an awsome performance. A couple of my favorites on this cd are chasing lighting bugs and sister. Give them a listen, you won't be sorry."
+1/2 -- Sisterly bluegrass harmonies
hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 11/10/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Gold Heart is a trio of sisters whose bluegrass harmonies follow closely (and high and tightly, of course) in the tradition of country family singing. The Texas-born Analise plays mandolin, the Tucson-born Jocelyn plays guitar, and the Georgia-born Shelby plays fiddle. All three trade off singing lead and harmonies, and all three contribute original songs (nine of this dozen tunes are originals). Their father Trent tours with the group and plays bass, though the bottom end is held down on their third CD by Alan Bartram. Aaron McDaris and Andy Hall add banjo and dobro, respectively. Singing individually you can hear a fetching youth in each sister's voice, but banded the three voices blend into an ageless whole. They're particularly adept at shifting the harmony by having one or two singers change pitch while another sticks to a through line. Their songs are filled with joy, family, love, faith and optimism in hard times, leaving one to assume that more challenging adult experiences are still on the road ahead. There's an a cappella original ("Heavenly Home") and fellow Rural Rhythm artist Brandon Rickman appears on "Never Be Through With Lovin' You." 3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]"