Across the Sea

"There is a conscious sense of playing music that means something, of playing it in ways that honour the tradition and those from whom the tunes are handed down. At the same time, these are musicians who bring qualities of their own, reflecting their own engagement with what they're playing and infusing the tunes with character that brings out their life and soul."

Ray Templeton, Musical Traditions.

Hog-eyed Man is an Athens-based acoustic band comprised of fiddler Jason Cade and multi-instrumentalist Rob McMaken. Drawing primarily on the archaic tunes and pre-radio aesthetics of Southern Appalachian fiddling traditions, Jason and Rob have forged a compelling and authentic style of old-time music, both reflecting deep respect for the past masters and carrying the musical conversation forward to the present era. Joined on their sixth album by multi-instrumentalist Paddy “Otis” League and banjoist Michael Starkey, Hog-Eyed Man’s Across the Sea continues their fine legacy of breathing new life into traditional music styles and redefining the boundaries of that music while remaining firmly rooted in the ways of the old masters. Music does mean something, Hog-Eyed Man are ample, and aural, proof of that.

Track List

1. 40 Weight of Gingerbread
2. Georgia Belles
3. Wolves a Howling
4. Ways of the World
5. Barlow Knife
6. Washington's March & Yell in the Shoats
7. The Galway Reel
8. Wading the Cheat
9. Polly Put the Kettle On
10. Sarah's Ashes
11. Across the Sea
12. Ten Steps
13. Wabash Hornpipe