The Seldom Scene - New Smithsonian Folkways Album Out April 22, 2014

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) Thank you for your previous support of the Smithsonian Folkways nonprofit mission. Here are details on the new album Long Time… Seldom Scene by bluegrass legends The Seldom Scene. This is the first studio album by "the Scene" since 2006's Grammy-nominated Scenechronized and features special guests Tom Gray, John Starling, Emmylou Harris, Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers) and Rickie Simpkins. An audio download link is below, and please consider playing "Hickory Wind (feat. Emmylou Harris)" or "Wait a Minute (feat. John Starling)." Band members are available for interviews, and bulk CD discounts are available for membership premiums.

Two-song sneak preview from Long Time... Seldom Scene: https://www.folkways.si.edu/radio/LongTime_SeldomScene_preview/index.html



What does it take for a bluegrass band to remain popular for more than four decades? For The Seldom Scene, it's taken not only talented musicians, a signature sound, and a solid repertoire, but also a sheer sense of fun. On April 22, the longtime pillars of the bluegrass world will return with the aptly titled Long Time... Seldom Scene. The newly recorded collection features fresh interpretations of 16 oft-requested tunes and is the band's first studio album since the GRAMMY-nominated album Scenechronized in 2007.



This is The Seldom Scene's first-ever release with Smithsonian Folkways, and captures the identity and playfulness that have endeared the group to audiences around the world for so long.

Two-song sneak preview from Long Time... Seldom Scene: https://www.folkways.si.edu/radio/LongTime_SeldomScene_preview/index.html