Steph Gunnoe (guitar, vocals), Sean McCollough (guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Maria Williams (bass, vocals), Steve Corrigan (drums, glockenspiel), Lissa McLeod (accordion, keys).
Influences
The Beatles, The Kinks, Hazel & Alice, John Prine, the VU, Grease, ONJ, Dale and Sarita, David Bromberg, Norman Blake, Barbara Gunnoe Young, Eric Gunnoe, Little Sue, Alice Munro, Doug Derryberry, Lucinda, Iris, amazing rhythm aces, JD salinger, stones, carol king, the who, dinosaur jr, belle and sebastian, wilco, jayhawks, lee smith, denise giardina, mia zapata, carol elizabeth jones, paul simon, neil young, kurt vonnegutt, lynn conover, jim boyer, michael friedman, thich nat hahn, forest, julia, willa, allison, meg, bob dylan, the Lim brothers, grace paley, doris betts, eLo, barry manilow, bruce springsteen, michigan, wv, or, tn, mountains!
We're a Knoxville, TN band that plays original, Appalachian roots-based music that goes well beyond the "tradition." We've been called modern folk, Americana, folk rock, "an Appalachian Belle and Sebastian"... We've been accused of having a unique sound and strong song writing. But it doesn't really matter what anyone else says, take a listen for yourself here on the site. Or better yet, come out to a show.
Order or download our new CD below:
"It’s disarming, beguiling, sometimes hypnotic…."
-Jack Neely, Metropulse
I have no idea what to call the Lonetones. They're acoustic musicians who don't always play acoustic. They're folk musicians with a love of modern psychedelia. Whatever they are, they're great. "Canaries," the group's third album, stretches the Lonetones' borders a little more. Married couple Steph Gunnoe and Sean McCullough anchor the group with their consistently fine songs and vocals. Stand-out numbers include Gunnoe's beautiful and delicate "Gone Again" and McCullough's "Blue Vinyl" - a song that is so lyrically minimalist that it has no right to be so lovable. Bassist Maria Williams, drummer Steve Corrigan and accordionist/pianist Lissa McLeod help flesh good songs out into something purely beautiful.
-Wayne Bledsoe, Knoxville News Sentinel
"I think there's something really pleasing about dissonance," Gunnoe told The Daily Times this week. "I think we're really melodically driven musicians, but it's so pleasing to somehow wed something really melodic with a more complex dissonance or background…." That dissonance may seem out-of-place on an initial listen to "Canaries," but repeated plays find McCollough and Gunnoe at a creative peak. The sound effects are understated -- sly and soft, contributing to a song's mood or melody in almost indefinable ways. The layers are arranged in gorgeous stacks, like the shimmering icing of a wedding cake -- intricate, detailed and personable. Gunnoe's girlish voice is another instrument in the mix, and as it swirls and bobs on a sea of lush instrumentation, there's a dreamlike quality to "Canaries" that's fascinating and endearing.
-Steve Wildsmith, Maryville Daily Times
"Sean and I are always taking issue with people putting Appalachian music in a box. We want it to be something that's living and breathing."
-from “New Appalachia: The Lonetones - Band looks to bring mountain music into the modern day,” Wayne Bledsoe Knoxville News Sentinel
Our CDs are also available at the following fine stores:
• Carpe Librum Booksellers - Knoxville, TN
• Disc Exchange (South and West) - Knoxville, TN
• Earth To Old City, Knoxville - TN
• Knoxville Visitor's Center at One Vision Plaza - Knoxville, TN
• Mast General Store - Knoxville, TN
• Mast General Store - Asheville, NC
• Promenade Gallery - Berea, KY
Thank you so much for the add. We are Knoxvilles only Vegan/ Vegetarian Catering company. We do parties of 4 or more, so its like delivery you just have to give us a days notice! let us know if we can cater to you! :))
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Hey, Thanks for adding us as your friend! Good luck with your music, it sounds great! Great singer and use of instrumentation :) You can check out our new releases at: http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=new%20on%20folkways&sType=%27phrase%27 Also, you can use this code for 20% off your next purchase from www.folkways.si.edu, including CDs, DVDs, and DRM-free digital downloads in either MP3 or FLAC format. MySpace Discount Code: Smithsonian Folkways
hello friends, do you think that you all would be able/willing to play at Beardsley Community Farm Festival? It's on June 6th, you'd only have to play about 30 minutes. It'll will be lots of fun! Plus free food and kids activities!
Hey!
Thanks so much for the add! You sound great! We'd love to have you come out and record anytime. $30/hr for studio time AND an engineer. :) Plus I bet I could get my wife to throw in some good eats!
Keep Crankin' those Groovy Jams!
Bart and Delaney
Lakeshore Studios
Hey guys........ Had lots of fun hanging this weekend. I am thinking about breaking steve's arm so I can play more than one gig every year....... OK talk soon peeps.
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