The achingly gorgeous ballad “By Stars and Sunrise” - written by Chris Wadsworth, Nell Robinson, and Jim Nunally - kicks off the Nell & Jim Band’s third album, opening sparsely with the somber intertwining of piano and guitar chords, providing the blanket on which Nell Robinson’s flute magically floats. The rhythmic patterns of the song - captured fluidly in Nunally’s crystalline lead runs in the instrumental bridge…
Read MoreWestern Sun, the third album from The Nell & Jim Band, presents an immense sweep of roots music history that takes the listener on a sonic migration from Europe through the United States to California. On the way they tell stories of how generations sustained themselves in search of a better life. Western Sun also makes a clear statement about the treatment of immigrants in today’s America.
Read MoreNell Robinson (mini-flute, piccolo) and Jim Nunally (guitar, banjo) are accomplished musicians with eclectic tastes who have forged a unique signature Americana sound with elements of folk, country, Celtic, bluegrass, world and Gospel. Based in California, the rest of the Nell & Jim Band include Jim Kerwin (upright bass), Alex Aspinall (percussion) and Rob Reich (accordionist, piano, organ, glockenspiel).
Read MoreNell Robinson and Jim Nunally have been melding genres their entire careers—bluegrass, folk, country, jazz, swing, alt-roots, folkbilly, you-name-it—but when it came time to put together Western Sun, their third album as the Nell & Jim Band, Robinson and Nunally wed their passion for songwriting and storytelling, using their vocabulary of way-back influences; a story told from the roots of roots music.
Read MoreNell & Jim Band bring together genre-busting artists and joyful music infused with folk, bluegrass, americana, roots, swing, jazz, and blues. Alt-Roots, Folkbilly – whatever you call it – it’s original, well done, and a pleasure to hear.
Read MoreThose just getting acquainted with Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally ought to know they are hardly the wide-eyed and unassuming artists their quaint, eponymous band moniker of Nell & Jim Band might make them out to be. Seasoned songwriters and musicians hosting the likes of performances with PBS and the former Prairie Home Companion, Grammy accolades, and more between their cumulative resumes…
Read MoreNell Robinson and Jim Nunally have been melding genres their entire careers—bluegrass, folk, country, jazz, swing, alt-roots, folkbilly, you-name-it—but when it came time to put together Western Sun, their third album as the Nell & Jim Band, Robinson and Nunally wed their passion for songwriting and storytelling, using their vocabulary of way-back influences; a story told from the roots of roots music.
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