About
Based in Albany, California and Nashville, Tennessee, banjo player Bill Evans & fiddler Megan Lynch make music that uses bluegrass virtuosity as a springboard into the broader worlds of Americana and alternative rock. While virtuosic fiddle and banjo work is to be expected from these internationally known bluegrass musicians, it’s the outstanding lead singing of Megan and the pair’s rich duo vocal sound that is a revelation. Drawing on singer-songwriter and alternative rock sources as much as traditional old-time and bluegrass music, the duo creates music that’s intensely intimate but truly difficult to categorize. While rooted in bluegrass tradition, Bill Evans and Megan Lynch display a natural and unassuming sophistication that reflects their wide-ranging interest in many kinds of contemporary and popular music. The new CD "let’s do something…" is produced by Sam Bush Band guitar player Steve Mougin and was recorded in 2008 in Nashville. Featuring richly textured soundscapes of multiple fiddles and banjos (and only fiddles and banjos) matched to Megan and Bill’s voices, the project features new takes on compositions from Deb Tannen, Nick Drake, John Gorka, Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison, Teitur, and the rock bands Editors and We The Kings along with two new instrumental tunes written by Bill Evans.
