Small Glories, The / Assiniboine & The Red
Album: Assiniboine & The Red   Collection:Country
Artist:Small Glories, The   Added:Jul 2019
Label:Red House Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-07-23 Pull Date: 2019-09-24 Charts: Country/Bluegrass
Week Ending: Sep 22 Sep 15 Sep 8 Aug 25 Aug 18 Aug 11
Airplays: 3 2 2 2 4 3

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 02, 2023: Hanging In The Boneyard
Oh My Love
4. Oct 03, 2020: Hanging in the bone yard
Alberta
2. Jan 28, 2023: Hanging In The Boneyard
Long Long Moon
5. Mar 09, 2020: Music Genealogy
Alberta
3. Feb 06, 2021: Hanging in the bone yard
Alberta
6. Nov 15, 2019: Traditions
Sing

Album Review
Mr. Bones
Reviewed 2019-07-20
Assiniboine & the Red - The Small Glories (as told by Mr. Bones)

In “Assiniboine” Carla Luft (ex of the Wailin’ Jennys) and JD Edwards join to create a folk-grass sound that is as crisp and clear as the Canadian outback that the album celebrates. Luft’s claw hammer banjo coupled with her and Edward’s crystal clear vocals and a crack rhythm section celebrate their native place in a manner similar to what Gregory Isakov did in Evening Machines’ reflection on the majesty of Colorado. Not a big banjo fan, don’t worry, Luft’s picking is up front but nicely complemented with plenty of other great americana players.

RIYL: Mandolin Orange, Civil Wars

*1 Alberta - slow, beautiful ode to the Canadian prairie with Luft & Edward’s tandem vocals nicely complemented by fiddle and rich acoustic bass. (4:34)
**2 Long Long Moon - slow & sorrowful tale of a fisherman’s drowning with nicely overlaid vocals
*3 Oh My Love – happy, uptempo story of separated lovers
*4 Johnson Slide – driving bass drum sets eery tone for story of spirits & survival (4:52)
*5 Sing – mid-tempo protest about today’s polarized society (2:50)
*6 Don’t Back Down – mid-tempo with great fiddle break (4:01)
7 Second Hand – uptempo, joyous celebration of experiencing life 1st hand (3:05)
8 Pieces of Me – slow & spare about a break up (4:42)
9 You Can’t Be High – down-tempo, mostly acoustic duet between Luft & Edwards (3:47)
10 Winnipeg – fun toe tapper celebrating the song’s namesake (4:02)

* Mr. Bones especially likes these

Track Listing
1. Alberta   6. Don't Back Down
2. Long Long Moon   7. Secondhand
3. Oh My Love   8. Pieces Of Me
4. Johnson Slide   9. You Can't Be High
5. Sing   10. Winnipeg