Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Listen to The Po' Ramblin' Boys perform "Lonely Pine" live in-studio. "Lonely Pine," a fiery and propulsive track mandolin player and vocalist C.J. Lewandowski describes as "a farmer’s plea to the ground he has worked for many a year, and to a particular conifer on his property that speaks to him. If you listen close enough, nature can guide you."
Video by DF Production Services(dfp865.video/), Jacob Dean + Kayla Ingle
Audio mixed by Eddie Faris
Filmed and recorded at Sound Biscuit Studio (soundbiscuit.com/)
The Po' Ramblin Boys:
CJ Lewandowski - mandolin + vocals
Joshua Rinkel - guitar + vocals
Jereme Brown - banjo + vocals
Laura Orshaw - fiddle + vocals
Jasper Lorentzen - bass
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Beneath the steel strings and steely demeanor exemplifying the spirit of bluegrass lies the heart of a wanderer: the heartbroken rambler looking for the next big break and the next story to tell. The Po’ Rambin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me is a quintessential bluegrass record, full of melodies that burst with energy and emotion and music driven by melancholy but refusing to succumb to it. They confront their losses with original songs that resonate poignantly across the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. For The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys wandering is anything but aimless: they ramble not to escape the past but to experience the future.
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Listen to The Po' Ramblin' Boys perform "Lonely Pine" live in-studio. "Lonely Pine," a fiery and propulsive track mandolin player and vocalist C.J. Lewandowski describes as "a farmer’s plea to the ground he has worked for many a year, and to a particular conifer on his property that speaks to him. If you listen close enough, nature can guide you."
Video by DF Production Services(dfp865.video/), Jacob Dean + Kayla Ingle
Audio mixed by Eddie Faris
Filmed and recorded at Sound Biscuit Studio (soundbiscuit.com/)
The Po' Ramblin Boys:
CJ Lewandowski - mandolin + vocals
Joshua Rinkel - guitar + vocals
Jereme Brown - banjo + vocals
Laura Orshaw - fiddle + vocals
Jasper Lorentzen - bass
Purchase/Stream:
Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/the-po-ramblin-boys/wanderers-like-me
Bandcamp: theporamblinboys.bandcamp.com/album/wanderers-like-me
All other platforms: orcd.co/the-po-ramblin-boys-wanderers-like-me
Beneath the steel strings and steely demeanor exemplifying the spirit of bluegrass lies the heart of a wanderer: the heartbroken rambler looking for the next big break and the next story to tell. The Po’ Rambin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me is a quintessential bluegrass record, full of melodies that burst with energy and emotion and music driven by melancholy but refusing to succumb to it. They confront their losses with original songs that resonate poignantly across the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. For The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys wandering is anything but aimless: they ramble not to escape the past but to experience the future.
The Po' Ramblin' Boys: theporamblinboys.com
Facebook: facebook.com/poramblinboys
Instagram: instagram.com/poramblinboys
Twitter: twitter.com/poramblinboys
Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu
Facebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings
Twitter: twitter.com/Folkways
Instagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways
Support our work! Become a Friend of Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/friends-of-folkways
The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
