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.

Singing BRAC for BRAC's 75th Anniversary

Collector Records – 1924

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Talking BRAC: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (04:34)
A2 Daddy What's A Train?: Joe Glazer (03:16)
A3 Casey Jones: Joe Glazer (02:11)
A4 Many A Man Killed On The Railroad: Joe Glazer (01:08)
A5 Union Train: Joe Glazer (02:56)
A6 Solidarity Forever: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:33)
B1 This Train's A Clean Train: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:14)
B2 Danville Girl: Joe Glazer (03:35)
B3 Pat Works On The Railroad: Joe Glazer (02:18)
B4 The Ballad Of Eugene Victor Debs: Joe Glazer (03:43)
B5 That's BRAC: Joe Glazer (01:57)
B6 We Shall Not Be Moved: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:51)
[Notes]
Founded in a cigar shop in 1899 by 33 members, the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks or BRAC represents 46,000 members in what is now known as the Transportation Communications International Union. Joe Glazer,"Labor's Troubadour" sings some of the most famous songs of the railroad, including "Joe Hill" in celebration of BRAC's 75th anniversary. The album premieres "Talking BRAC," a song written by Glazer especially for this occasion that chronicles the history of this powerful organization. The Seldom Scene, Washington D.C.-based bluegrass legends, are the backing band for many tracks.

Putumayo Presents Bluegrass

Putumayo World Music – PUT 319-2

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Every Time You Say Goodbye: Alison Krauss / Union Station (03:15)
02 Been Down This Road: Railroad Earth (04:48)
03 Jackaroo: Jerry Garcia / David Grisman (03:59)
04 New Night Dawning: Andrea Zonn (03:18)
05 Across the Great Divide: Frank Solivan II (03:51)
06 Man of Constant Sorrow: Peter Rowan (04:47)
07 Shady Grove: James Alan Shelton (03:09)
08 New Railroad: Crooked Still (03:14)
09 Boots of Spanish Leather: The Seldom Scene (04:50)
10 The Last Goodbye: Uncle Earl (03:39)
11 Diggin' on the Mountainside: Town Mountain (03:47)
12 Diamond Joe: Sam Bush (03:38)
13 I'll Fly Away: Jeff Autry / Wayne Benson / Aubrey Haynie / Rob Ickes / Mark Schatz (03:19)
[Credits]
Producer: Dan Storper, Liner Notes: Holly George-Warren, Coordinator: Akari Uchiyama, Burton Yount, Cody Searles and John McQueeney, Artwork: Nicola Heindl, Designer: Burton Yount, Engineer: Lane Gibso
[Notes]
Born out of the tradition of the old Southern ensemble string bands of the 19th century, bluegrass is no older as a genre than rock & roll is, and both were born when the amplification of instruments became widely available in the '50s. What gives bluegrass the feel of being an older music form is the continued use of the old string band tunes, speeding them up, giving them lift, and reinventing them over and over again, so it probably should come as no surprise that two of the biggest highlights on this set of bluegrass performances are versions of old traditional songs, Peter Rowan's take on "Man of Constant Sorrow" and Sam Bush's rendition of "Diamond Joe." All in all, this is a very pleasant playlist. - AllMusic Bluegrass Review by Steve Leggett