Raven and Red

Crossing Genres between Americana, Bluegrass, Country, and Celtic Music!

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Raven and Red: Our New Album

Pledge today and help us make our first full-length Folk / Americana record in Nashville!

We are so thrilled to officially announce our first full-length Folk / Americana album! The upcoming record is scheduled to release in the Spring of 2017, and we want you to be a part of this exciting project!

We are offering exclusive reward packages for our fans and supporters that pre-order the new album through PledgeMusic! Raven and Red holiday ornaments, hand-made jewelry, and your own custom written song or fiddle tune are just a few of the items we will be featuring. Here's your chance to get friends and family a unique gift for the holidays!

Each person who pledges will also receive an all access pass to exclusive behind the scenes content about the making of this album and a special invitation to an online private concert performed by us!

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Here are clips from Raven and Red's performance at Anderson Music Hall, where they opened for country singer, Connie Smith!

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Raven and Red - Live In The Studio EP

This is the demo for Raven and Red's EP "Live In The Studio!" For more information, visit www.RavenandRed.net or www.facebook.com/RavenandRed ! Tracks: 1. Ca...

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In Brittany's final project for her Survey of Contemporary Bluegrass class, she describes the process and innovation of one particular violin maker in Monroe, Georgia.  Barry Dudley is known worldwide for his work as a five-string fiddle builder.  Brittany was thrilled when she came across the one she had to take home with her!  In fact, her five-string fiddle is the rosewood model pictured in this blog!

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Here is another topic written by Brittany Jones of Raven and Red for her Survey of Contemporary Bluegrass class.  She uses her knowledge as a professional fiddler and scholar to discuss the practice of rhythmic and percussive chops used by so many players in the bluegrass world today.

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In one of Brittany's classes, Survey of Contemporary Bluegrass, she was assigned to write about a couple topics of interest and post them to her blog. These topics aim to highlight features of contemporary bluegrass music and with this particular post on The SteelDrivers, address the concept of authenticity.

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Raven and Red's Equipment Picks

We’ve had a lot of people ask us about our instruments and gear. For the fellow musicians and music lovers, here are Brittany’s equipment picks:

Brittany plays a Barry Dudley rosewood 5-string fiddle, made in Monroe, Georgia (no.75) and Robert Kain fiddles, made in Campbelltown, Pennsylvania.  Her mandolin is a Kentucky KM-675 F-Style.  She will, on occasion, play a banjolin from the 1800s. >Bow: M. Francisco >Strings: Evah Pirazzi Gold and Thomastik Dominant, medium gauge

>Rosin: Liebenzeller Gold I >Shoulder Rest: Kuhn and Artino

http://www.barrydudley.com/

http://www.countrystringshop.com/index.html

Here are Mitchell’s equipment picks:

Mitchell plays a Martin CSN Gerry Tolman Tribute Edition dreadnought guitar, serial number 1237354, made in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in 2006. >Picks: Red Bear

>Strings: DR Dragonskin and Elixir acoustic guitar strings, medium gauge (.013-.056)

>Capos: Paige

Raven and Red uses AKG, Audix, and Heil microphones on stage through the Bose L1 Model II Portable System.

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The famous fiddle tune Cripple Creek!