Cascade Crescendo, Chasing the Sun Review
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Cascade Crescendo is a high-energy bluegrass, jamgrass and Americana band hailing from Portland, Oregon. The band is comprised of: Hunter White (guitar, vocals), Taylor Skiles (upright bass) and Aden Beck (mandolin, vocals). Duluth, and Harrison Olk (banjo, vocals). Cascade Cresendo’s debut album, Caught in the Rain, was released in 2016. The group has toured throughout the United States performing at multiple festivals including: Boats & Bluegrass in Minnesota, YarmonyGrass in Colorado, Silver Cloud Campout in Montana and Northwest String Summit in Oregon. Cascade Crescendo’s touring has expanding their fanbase well beyond their Pacific Northwest homebase. They are releasing their second album, Chasing the Sun, featuring fifteen original tunes and returning guest performances from Allie Kral (fiddle, Yonder Mountain String Band) and Nick Werth (drummer, Yak Attack). Cascade Crescendo will tour throughout 2019 in support of their new album with major festival appearances including Bender Jamboree and Blue Ox Music Festival. Singles “Spun Like a Record” (released January 18, 2019) and “Every Little Thing” (featuring Anders Beck from Greensky Bluegrass on dobro) will be released on February 1, 2019. “Sailboat,” the lead single from Chasing the Sun, was released in July 2018. Chasing the Sun continues the band’s sound of excellent musicianship, solid vocals and vocal harmonies and well-crated tunes. The second single is being
Chasing the Sun
Bridgetown
Empty Trains
All Been Done
Spun Like a Record
Sailboat
Every Little Thing
Go Fiddle Yourself
Fly in the Window
Sky Explodes
Straight to the West
Give Me Space
40 Years Late
ELT Reprise (Water Cary Me)
Don’t Turn Away
Song You Know
All songs written by Cascade Crescendo
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Cascade Crescendo is:
Hunter White (guitar, vocals)
Aden Beck (mandolin, vocals)
Taylor Skiles (upright bass)
Harrison Olk (banjo, vocals)
Guest musicians:
Allie Kral on fiddle (tracks 2, 5, 8, 12)
Anders Beck on dobro (tracks 6, 13)
Nick Werth (tracks 9, 10)
Songwriting Credit:
Aden Beck (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14)
Hunter White (tracks 6, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Taylor Skiles (tracks 3, 5, 15)
Harrison Olk (track 2)
Album artwork by Brie Thompson
Self-Released
58 minutes
The quartet has a wide range of collective influences, the result is a collection of songs that span a wide range of feels, styles and sounds.