The Seldom Scene: Remains to Be Scene

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40248

Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: March 14, 2025
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Last of the Steam-Powered Trains (03:47)
02 Crossroads (02:46)
03 A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (02:09)
04 Hard Travelin' (02:56)
05 Farewell, Angelina (04:01)
06 Walking Down the Line (02:35)
07 Lonesome Day (02:36)
08 I Could Cry (02:29)
09 White Line (03:40)
10 Show Me the Way to Go Home (02:46)
11 The Story of My Life (02:48)
[Credits]
Producer and Mixing Engineer: Seldom Scene, Liner Notes Editor: Carla Borden, Designer: Grass Spot, Photographer: Jeromie Stephens, Recorder and Mixing Engineer: Jim Robeson, Mastering Engineer: Mike Monseur
[Notes]
The Seldom Scene is a bluegrass institution. Since 1971, the group has remained quintessential bearers of the tradition, releasing nearly two dozen albums that cast a wide net for inspiration and repertoire. Remains to Be Scene is no exception, delivering stirring takes on bluegrass standards and providing their signature interpretations on deep cuts from the likes of The Kinks, Bob Dylan, and Jim Croce. The album is the first to be released since the passing of founding member and trailblazing banjo player Ben Eldridge, who contributes impassioned liner notes to the release. Beneath the album’s title lies a plain truth: more than fifty years in, The Seldom Scene is looking ever forward.