Cary Fridley and Down South




				about CARY FRIDLEY AND DOWN SOUTH Cary Fridley’s powerful vocals soar on an all-star group featuring honky-tonk guitar, bluesy pedal-steel and hot Appalachian fiddle stylings. The music shows true love for Southern music – black and white, rural and urban, mountain and Mississippi delta – and the notable ability to tie it all together. Cary's singing evokes centuries of Southern voices from Memphis Minnie to Maybelle Carter, breathing new life into the music of her Southern background. DOWN SOUTH MUSICIANS Cary Fridley ~ Electric Bass, Vocals Steve Trismen ~ Fiddle, Vocals Matthew Smith ~ Pedal Steel, Electric Guitar Daniel Coolik ~ Electric Guitar, Electric Mandolin Lance Wille ~ Drums press Download press photos here: photo 1 photo 2 cd cover 3 Download pdf press kit here printable quotes “The rediscovery, rejuvenation and reinterpretation of tunes both long-lost and intimately familiar is a large part of this music’s enduring appeal, and Fridley, despite being several generations removed, realizes that. Kevin Oliver, No Depression “She [Cary Fridley] sounds as if she was born to sing of the troubles and simple joys that define old-timey mountain music.” Brian Beatty All Music Guide “Cary Fridley is becoming one of the finest vocalists alive, categories be damned.” The Oxford American Issue on Southern Music “Fridley is especially worth catching. Her playing is almost punkish in its energy and drive and her voice is capable of hypnotizing a crowd on its own. Joe Tarr, Metro Pulse “ Fridley has great empathy for her material, and it shows not only in her singing, but also in her fresh, compelling arrangements.” Al Riess, Dirty Linen “Cary has stayed true to traditional styles. The former singer and guitarist with the old-time string band The Freight Hoppers has thoroughly absorbed the plaintive, lonesome sound of the region’s music.” -Sing Out venue history Lake Eden Arts Festival, Black Mountain, NC Bele Chere, Asheville, NC Merle Watson Memorial Festival, Wilkesboro, NC Philadelphia Folk Festival, Philadelphia, PA Grassroots Festival of Music And Dance, Trumansburg, NY Floyd World Music Festival, Floyd, VA Shakori Hills Southern Grassroots, Silk Hope, NC Rhythm And Roots, Charlestown, RI Strawberry Music Festival, Garden Grove, CA Grass Valley Festival, Grass Valley, CA Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL Telluride Bluegrass Festival 25 Year Anniversary, Telluride, CO Walnut Valley, Winfield, KS Old Songs, Altamont, NY Lotus Fest, Bloomington, IL Freight And Salvage, Berkeley, CA The Ark, Ann Arbor Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Canso, Nova Scotia Rocky Grass, Lyons, CO Wheatlands, Remus, MI