Bloom Again

In the twenty tracks that make up Bloom Again, Allie Jean Burbrink plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, fiddle, and sings her way through a wonderful array of traditional and original music with a beautiful intimacy and honesty. This is all natural, honest-to-goodness back porch music. 

For an album where one artist is doing all the singing and playing, there’s a wide range in song choice and delivery. Gillian Welch’s “Winter’s Come and Gone” is an elegantly sparse banjo and vocal performance, while “I Feel The Earth Move” from Carole King’s Tapestry album gets a full-band, folksy swing treatment, where Burbrink lets it rip with her vocals. She is more than capable on all the instruments, but her clawhammer banjo especially shines, particularly on the tune “Swannanoa”. A wonderful, handmade work of Folk Music art.