Article Contributed by Mountain Home … | Published on Sunday, April 11, 2021
After a steady stream of original songs by its namesake, the Mountain Home Music Company’s
Gina Furtado Project takes a nifty side trip with an energetic version of a classic old-time-by-way-of-bluegrass instrumental, the “Kansas City Railroad Blues,” their first single produced by award-winning banjo player Kristin Scott Benson. The latest release places the spotlight squarely on the group’s impeccable virtuosity, while offering an introduction to new contributors to the Project’s authentically unique sound.
The newest member of the Gina Furtado Project is bassist Lu Furtado, joining sisters Gina (banjo) and Malia (fiddle) in what’s both a personal and, given their past performances as teens in a family band, a musical reunion, too. “Kansas City Railroad Blues” is tailor made for a muscular rhythm section, and after Lu’s brief, punchy introduction, she’s joined by guitaris
CRAIGSVILLE Nick Robinson was still a juvenile when he entered prison for the first time in 2010.
Dropping his bags, the 17-year-old scanned the new surroundings of the dimly lighted cell block that stretched three tiers high and held 200 boisterous inmates. I looked around, and at that moment I just didn t know what to do, recalled Robinson, now 27. It was fight-or-flight instincts, and my instincts told me to get a weapon.
He didn t get a weapon, but as he stood inside the Powhatan Correctional Center the realization was stark: Prison was his new home and it would be for a long, long time.