Singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley has said many times that if he hadn’t discovered bluegrass, he’d never have become a country singer or landed a record deal. Now he is channeling that passion for bluegrass and acoustic music into his new album, Up On The Ridge.
The new album will feature several prominent artists from the bluegrass and country worlds, including Del McCoury Band, Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Tim O’Brien and Sam Bush, among many others.
“This album won’t come as a surprise to my hard core fans,” says Dierks. “They've asked me: ‘when are you going to make a bluegrass record?’ And I was just waiting for the right time.”
“I didn’t want this to be ‘Dierks Bentley and friends’ or a ‘Dierks does bluegrass’ kind of album." Dierks continues. "I wanted each song to have something special about it, and in the end I think each song really does have its own thing going on.” The album features several Dierks originals as well as covers, including a Bob Dylan cover. “It’s my version of bluegrass music,” he says. “It’s not just banjos cranked up to eleven. It throws out a big net.”
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Leah says:
has deriks grown a beard?
Mar 09, 2010 at 4:39 pm ESTnot so much into blue grass but may listen to songs.
good job D!
Kim says:
Love Love Love Deirks been seeing him before he was a big star and very much looking forward to his bluegrass CD! I know it will be great!
Mar 10, 2010 at ESTChris says:
Dierks is AWESOME....lookin forward to his new cd!!
Mar 13, 2010 at 5:38 am ESTZoe UK says:
Cant wait to hear the album, like all your old stuff very much too, but dude, lose the beard!!!!
Mar 13, 2010 at 5:45 am ESTRenee says:
I'm sure Dierks will make bluegrass sound great, it will have his touch to it. And yeah he needs to shave a lil so we can see that handsome face.
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