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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Sherman Holmes In AP, MCR Next Week!

Sherman Holmes of The Holmes Brothers 
The Richmond Sessions Reviewed In AP


Performing On Music City Roots Next Week
Special Guests Include Joan Osborne, Rob Ickes & Sammy Shelor
Northport N.Y. - We are very excited to share with you that the AP has just published its review of the just released The Richmond Sessions. Click on the cover to check it out!

On Wednesday Aug. 2, Sherman will be bringing his band with Rob Ickes to the syndicated radio program Music City Roots. The show should air the following week. Click the photo for more info.
  

This past Friday, Sherman Holmes released his first solo recording in his 50+ year career. The Richmond Sessions by The Sherman Holmes Project carries on the spirit of the Holmes Brothers by re-imagining songs and making them their own. The record maintains a bluesgrass/gospel vibe throughout that surprises and delights.

Fans of the Holmes Brothers will relish in this fine recording. Clarion Ledger

The project is flawlessly rendered, The spirit of the Holmes Brothers lives on! - Elmore Magazine

A one of a kind record that’s just going to blow your mind, killer stuff throughout! - Midwest Record

Sherman Holmes' voice contains a lifetime of soul.  We are so lucky we still have him with us! - Joan Osborne
            Click The Photo to Watch A 5 Minute Video Bio Of The Richmond Sessions
                                                                     Photo: Pat Jarrett/Virginia Humanities 

Sherman Holmes’ solo debut The Richmond Sessions can’t help being a milestone: It’s the esteemed singer and bassist’s first recording since the passing of his brother and musical partners, Wendell Holmes and Popsy Dixon, both in 2015. But his solo debut, dedicated to the memories of Wendell and Popsy, is no somber affair. The blend of bluegrass, gritty rock & roll and joyful gospel will be familiar from Holmes Brothers days. And with some of his strongest vocals on record, the album shows Sherman is still an artist in his prime. Long time friend, Joan Osborne, duets with Holmes on the Dan Penn classic, “Dark End of the Street.” Other songs include The Band's "Don't Do It," Credence's "Green River" and Ben Harper's "Homeless Child."

“Sounds pretty good for a 77-year-old, doesn’t it?” Holmes laughs. “I was overjoyed to do this, because I didn’t know how I was going to restart my career. We chose a good collection of songs that we wanted to do—We got some gospel in there, and some bluegrass. It’s a good mix of the Americana music, as I like to call it.”
Produced by Jon Lohman, Virginia State Folklorist and Director of the Virginia Folklife Program at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, The Richmond Sessions draws from Holmes’ longstanding Virginia roots. Lohman made the new album a Virginia-style family affair, bringing in guests like the Ingramettes—Richmond’s “first family of gospel” of 50 years standing—and instrumentalists like dobro master Rob Ickes, twice nominated for Grammy Awards; and Sammy Shelor, multi-time IBMA banjoist of the year.
Look for Sherman to hit the road for his first tour as a solo artist. “I’m really looking forward to getting out there,” he says. “That’s my life, man.”
Sherman Holmes Project Tour Dates


August 2 - Music City Roots Taping, Nashville TN
Sept. 1 - Joe Wilson Memorial Festival, Galax, Virginia
Sept. 2 - Song of The Mountains Taping, Marion VA
October 14 - Richmond Folk Festival, Richmond VA
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