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Sara Shiloh Rae and Bluebird Junction

The Sondheim Project

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Release Date: March 10, 2023

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Creating a truly unique,original sound and a new musical vocabulary is a lofty goal for most bands. With their second album, The Sondheim Project, Sara Shiloh Rae & Bluebird Junction have done just that and more.

This is Stephen Sondheim as he has never been heard before. With five truly original arrangements of classics like “Send in the Clowns” and “Ladies who Lunch” the pandemic formed band has roared its way into the classical, jazz, americana and world music scene with a sound that is fresh, sophisticated and entirely their own.

The idea of arranging the music of Sondheim for an americana-bluegrass-informed stringband is the brainchild of Ms. Rae and her partner, banjo player Max Hoetzel.

“Our idea was to take the quintessential american quality that is Sondheim—the wit, the neurosis, the warmth, and sophistication— and marry it to the other quintessential american art forms, which are bluegrass and americana.” said Hoetzel, who also produced the album.

This five-track EP breathes new life into these beloved classics and gives a whole new perspective on some of Sondheim’s most brilliant songs.

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  • Sara Shiloh Rae on 'Artist Spotlight Podcast Series'
    Posted At: April 27, 2022 12:00 AM
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  • 'Paper Piano' from Sara Shiloh Rae & Bluebird Junction makes 'Country Bunker Medicine Show' setlist
    Posted At: March 26, 2022 12:00 AM
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  • WATCH 'Walls of Time' from Sara Shiloh Rae & Bluebird Junction / BLUEGRASS TODAY
    Posted At: March 24, 2021 12:00 AM
    Sara Shiloh Rae and Bluebird Junction’s self-titled debut album is a homecoming. That’s true sonically, as the record’s ten original songs are deeply rooted in vintage Americana with country rock, folk, bluegrass and hints of jazz woven through the tracks.It’s a homecoming in another sense as well: the album ...
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