In true Nashville fashion, for the present I have a pool of musicians from which to draw depending on availability, etc... This pool includes:
Brent Truitt - mandolin
Ben Sanders- mandolin, fiddle
Danny Clark- mandolin, fiddle
Ward Stout- mandolin, fiddle
Christian Sedelmyer- fiddle
Jeremy Darrow- bass
PJ Gerorge- bass
Dean Marold- bass
Richard Bailey- banjo.
Influences
My dad Alan Struthers, Tim O'Brien, Hazel Dickens, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Blue Highway, Olabelle Reed Reed, Doc Watson, The Blue Sky Boys, The Louvin Brothers, Jim and Jessee, Gordon Lightfoot, Utah Phillips, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Guy Clark, Tony Rice, Bryan Sutton, The Carter Family, Gram Parsons, Reno and Smilie, Hot Rize, Rosalie Allen, The Golden Gate Quartet, Del McCoury, The Dry Branch Fire Squad, Jerry Douglas, Darrell Scott, Meridian Band, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, The Riders in the Sky, The Whites, Robin and Linda Williams, Becky Buller, Dan Tyminski, Willie Nelson, The Band, and most importantly, the musicians--both old time and bluegrass--who attend the annual Old Time Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia.
..Nora Jane Struthers is a talented songwriter, singer, and guitarist whose keen appreciation of the nuances of traditional music shines in her own work. Nora Jane grew up in New Jersey playing and singing bluegrass music with her father, Alan. Her mother fondly remembers that, “Jane could yodel before she could talk. When she was a little tyke, she would wait by the window for her dad to walk home from the train station after work, and she would greet him with a yodel.” Living in New York City for seven years, Nora Jane played with her father in a bluegrass duo “Dirt Road Sweetheart” performing forgotten brother duets, originals, and traditional folk songs.
As a teenager, Nora Jane attended bluegrass festivals and fiddlers’ conventions all along the East coast from Georgia to upstate New York, but it was in the Blue Ridge Mountains, at the annual Old Fiddler’s Convention in Galax, Virginia, that she truly developed her passion for and traditional American music.
At the Galax Fiddler’s Convention in 2007, Dirt Road Sweetheart took 11th place in the bluegrass band competition out of 172 bluegrass bands and in 2008, took 12th place out of 174 bands. In fact, Dirt Road Sweetheart’s performance of one of Nora Jane’s original gospel songs, “Cabin in the Sky,” was selected for the 72nd Annual Galax Fiddler’s Convention compellation CD.
Now based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Nora Jane is performing her originals with her own band, an acoustic quartet comprised of fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bass, and occasionally cello. Her songs overflow with imagery and the listener is easily swept away into her stories. In 2009 Nora Jane received her first accolade as a songwriter when she was selected as one of ten finalists in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour competition. In July, at the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop, WV, Nora Jane and her band won 1st place in the Neo-Traditional Band Competition and Nora Jane was given the award for Best New Song.
The music of Nora Jane Struthers is among the purest Americana being created today.
Nora Jane is currently based out of Nashville, Tennessee.
Nora Jane infuses bright, fresh lyrics into this traditional genre with sheer intelligence. Musically, she takes unconventional twists and turns, while "holding you to the road" with commanding charm.
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Jane! You're just the best! I miss you a lot. I need to call you soon to catch up. I'm so psyched about your new management. xoxo Emmy p.s. your video from Clifftop sounds AWESOME.
Just listening to "Greenbrier County" again. Such a good tune! Am looking forward to seeing you at the end of June and hearing you again here in Charlottesville!
good mornin miss nora. you asked me a while back if i's goin to mt airy. this will be the first year i's able to go! i hope i see you there. we'll do some singin.
