The Greencards

the Greencards 是一支三人的新蓝草乐队,他们成名于奥斯汀音乐节. 乐队成员 Eamon McLoughlin 伦敦人在英国皇家音乐学院学习, 求学期间他七次获得小提琴表扬奖. 13岁那年他第一次演奏乡村音乐, 为了能够更深入了解乡村音乐, 1997年他来到了渴望的已久的奥斯汀. 在那里他成为了 Asylum Street Spankers 乐队的一员, 另外他还在当地的其他乐队做些兼职. 乐队的主唱 Carol Young在澳大利亚长大, 她曾经获得澳大利亚乡村音乐协会颁发的最佳乡村女艺人和最有才华女艺人奖项. 2000年她有两支歌曲获得澳洲单曲榜第一名("True Blue Fool" and "Part of the Past").乐队的另一成员 Kym Warner 也来自澳大利亚,1994年至1997年他四获澳大利亚最佳曼陀林表演奖.1999年他演奏的"Mando on the Mainland" 曾经被澳大利亚乡村音乐协会提名竞逐最佳器乐演奏奖.他们三人相遇于奥斯汀, 2003年他们灌录了第一张唱片Movin' On. 2004年他们在德洲做巡回演出,经过他们的不懈努力他们在奥斯汀音乐节获得最佳新人乐队的奖项.
by James Christopher Monger
Texas contemporary bluegrass trio the Greencards are aptly named. After coming to the realization that their English and Australian homelands were not so conducive to their uniquely American style of music, mandolin player Kim Warner, fiddler Eamon McLoughlin, and bass player Carol Young took their love of Ricky Skaggs and Bob Dylan, mixed it with a little Fairport Convention and David Bowie, and began hitting clubs in the Lone Star State. By 2004 they had earned themselves the Best New Band award at the Austin Music Awards, as well as a devoted fan base that included Robert Earl Keen. Their debut, the self-released Movin' On, arrived that same year and managed to sneak its way up the Americana charts, eventually peaking at number five. The grouped signed with Dualtone the following year and went into the studio to begin work on the follow-up. Highly sought-after engineer Gary Paczosa (Dolly Parton) was brought in and Weather and Water was born. Released in June of 2005, it's an impeccably recorded collection of ballads, instrumentals, and harmonious melodies that holds its own against contemporaries like Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek. It was followed in 2007 by Viridian.