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Saints & Liars is a five-piece Americana band from Southern Vermont, blending their own variants of Country, Folk, Bluegrass, and Rock n Roll. Known as “Vermont’s Roadhouse Roots Band”, having thrived in such venues throughout New England since 2012, the group is blessed to have found themselves on festival stages like WinterWonderGrass and Eastbound Throwdown over the years.
In addition to teaming-up on stage with amazingly talented folks like Pappy Biondo (Cabinet), Andy Falco (Infamous Stringdusters), Charlie Rose (Elephant Revival) and many others, Saints & Liars has opened shows for distinguished acts such as Greensky Bluegrass, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Ghost of Paul Revere, and The Mallett Brothers Band.
Following the success of 2021’s Rabbit Analog and their subsequent touring, New England newgrass quartet Mamma’s Marmalade took a moment to rest and regroup. Bassist Dan Bisson decided it was the right time to pursue other interests, and the band found themselves in temporary limbo. Rather than put their steadily building career on hold, the band decided to call up some friends and collaborate. “This whole thing started as a conversation around who was going to join us as a bassist on our next recording project”, explains lead vocalist Lily Sexton, “and that naturally progressed into deciding to just have a bunch of guests join us.” Rather than craft originals with their ever-growing group of eager guest musicians, Mamma’s decided to shake things loose by working up a batch of inspired covers. “We wanted to put ourselves in the shoes of artists we’ve always admired” explains guitarist Sean Davis. Adds Sexton, “We wanted to pick songs by very well-known artists that may have been overlooked in their day.” What they have put together is an inspired re-imagining of deep-cut classics: the Bill Withers and Grover Washington cut “Just the Two of Us” features Twisted Pine, Grain Thief cruises in for Bruce Springsteen’s “Highway Patrolman”, Gabe Hirshfeld (banjo) and Dan Klingsberg (bass) are featured on “This Song Has No Title” by Elton John, and the Simon and Garfunkel tune “Fakin’ It” gets the Americana treatment with a little help from Jacob Jolliff (mandolin), Ross Martin (guitar) and Myles Sloniker (bass). sidered unlikely influences on a string band; they have each become their own pieces of unique music, making for a deeply satisfying listening experience. Fakin’ It: Covers Deserving Coverage will be released on September 16th, 2022.