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DEHLIA LOW - RAVENS & CROWS (REB-1842), 2011

Musicians
Anya Hinkle: Fiddle, Vocals
Stacy Claude: Guitar, Vocals
Bryan Clendenin: Mandolin, Vocals
Greg "Stig" Stiglets: Bass, Vocals
Aaron Ballance: Resophonic Guitar

Production Credits
Produced by Travis Book and Dehlia Low
Recorded at Echo Mountain Studio, Asheville, NC
Engineered by Jon Ashley, David Hudson and Eddie Swann
Mixed by Jon Ashley and Travis Book
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

Dehlia Low pushes bluegrass music squarely into the Americana genre, combining their gripping, rustic-flavored vocal style with extraordinary instrumental prowess in original songs that feel at once both old and new. The band’s Rebel debut Ravens & Crows is the follow up to their acclaimed 2009 independent studio release, Tellico. Produced by Travis Book of Grammy-nominated and IBMA Emerging Artist winners The Infamous Stringdusters, Ravens & Crows will help firmly establish Dehlia Low as one of the most compelling and distinctive young groups on the acoustic music scene today. With their tasteful, sometimes moody blending of different styles, the group has created a unique sound that already seems fully mature and established.

Dehlia Low formed in late 2007 as part of Asheville, North Carolina’s roots music renaissance. Singers Anya Hinkle (from Blacksburg, VA on fiddle) and Stacy Claude (from Atlanta, GA on guitar) pulled together a group of talented pickers from the region: Aaron Ballance on Dobro (Winston-Salem,NC), Bryan Clendenin on mandolin (Hurricane, WV) and Greg Stiglets on bass (Jackson, MS). The group’s sound is focused on original music rooted in bluegrass but with a distinctive country/folk feel true to their southern Appalachian roots.

By early 2008, just a half year after playing their first show at Asheville’s Grey Eagle, the band’s first, self-titled EP was on radio waves across the US. Its astonishing reception on Western North Carolina’s WNCW as #16 of its best new releases of 2008 gave Dehlia Low an unexpectedly rapid regional notoriety. The group increased their touring radius and repertoire, resulting in their first proper studio release Tellico in 2009 and an exciting national tour in support of the album. That year, Dehlia Low recorded a video-taped set for PBS affiliates syndicating the “Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s” series, performed at Rhythm and Roots (Bristol, TN), Pickathon (Portland, OR) and the Durango (CO) Meltdown in addition to extensive regional touring.

In 2010, Dehlia Low expanded its audience by leaps and bounds after well-received sets at several of the most prominent music festivals in the country, including MerleFest and the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Their MerleFest set was released by FestivalLink.net, and cuts from that same performance were selected for a Bluegrass Trust Fund compilation CD alongside the likes of the Krueger Brothers and Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers. The group recorded a number of other shows at some of the best venues in the Southeast such as the Grey Eagle, the Down Home and the Mockingbird; tracks from these gigs were included on their November 2010 release Live, capturing the magical intensity of a live Dehlia Low show.