The Farewell Drifters

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Quotes and Endorsements… "If a young Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had ever gathered with Brian Wilson and the young Beach Boys and formed a Nashville string band, it might just have sounded like The Farewell Drifters." - Zachary Greenberg, The Nashville Review "Don't call them traditionalists: The Farewell Drifters borrow from Nickel Creek's playbook with clean, graceful tunes that pair pop songwriting with an awful lot of acoustic strings." - Spencer Griffith, Independent Weekly (Chapel Hill, NC, Jan 22, 2010) "One of the more pleasant discs I sonically supped all year. In the middle between acts like Chatham County Line and The Avett Brothers. An undefinable talent here too, something akin to what Townes Van Zandt was onto when he penned "Blue Ridge Mountains"" -Davis, Creative Loafing "Stellar musicianship, soaring harmonies, and insightful songwriting as exemplified in their current release, Sweet Summer Breeze." - The Localist, Washington D.C. "One of the most striking new bands, a young Nashville based quintet, that plays with the fire of the New Grass Revival, and, in the words of one gushing reviewer, “making folk music hip again.”" - Dave Higgs, Bluegrass Breakdown, NPR With their shimmering harmonies, gently propulsive acoustic instrumentation, and disarmingly honest songwriting, the Farewell Drifters have arrived at an engaging, inventive musical hybrid all their own – pure, but not so simple; accessible and welcoming, yet highly personal. Since first sett

top songs

albums

Echo Boom

Tomorrow Forever

Yellow Tag Mondays

Sweet Summer Breeze

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SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artists

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River Song EP

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In The Modern Age

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TSURURADIO Community Presents... feelglass's ('cause we're living) in a world of fools mixtape!!!

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SXSW 2014 Showcasing Artists

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Echo Boom - Myspace

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Just Like Christmas

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musicsavage.com june '11 mix

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