The uniquely American sound of Haywood Yards is a hybrid phenomenon. The band’s members are all steeped in the native streams of music that are inextricably tied to the country itself: indie rock, folk, country, funk, punk, and bluegrass, and the result is a sound that is equally at home in the barn, raisin’ hell and weeping in the beer, as it is in the indie rock sandbox, breaking boundaries and pushing envelopes.The members of Haywood Yards (leader Mike Semrad, Adriene Gregg (violin/vocals)...
The uniquely American sound of Haywood Yards is a hybrid phenomenon. The band’s members are all steeped in the native streams of music that are inextricably tied to the country itself: indie rock, folk, country, funk, punk, and bluegrass, and the result is a sound that is equally at home in the barn, raisin’ hell and weeping in the beer, as it is in the indie rock sandbox, breaking boundaries and pushing envelopes.The members of Haywood Yards (leader Mike Semrad, Adriene Gregg (violin/vocals), Shankar (banjo/mandolin/vocals), Nate Brown(bass), and Austin Hall (drums)) met in Chicago, although they came from all over the country - Nebraska, Montana, Connecticut - this accounts for their ability to connect with audiences from all genres, all backgrounds, and all (good) tastes.The members have shared stage with The Features, Chomsky, L7, Leatherface, Jonathan Richman, The Tossers, The Yonder Mountain String Band, Larry Keel, Hot Water Music, Head of Femur, The Hackensaw Boys, and AFI. Their self-titled album came out in the fall of 2006, and is available from Black Dirt records; another album is already in the planning stage. But in the meantime, the music itself will continue to mutate and grow, taking in influences from all over the map and fusing them into something which resembles nothing so much as the mongrel beast known as America itself.
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