
* 2 DISCS INCLUDED: CD PLUS BONUS, DOUBLE-FEATURE DVD *James Reams & The Barnstormers play"old-school" bluegrass music - traditional, raw,"take-no-prisoners" music - not pretty, just full of drive and plenty of soul.Originally from southeastern Kentucky, James Reams has been in NYC since the early 1980s, where he has been making bluegrass music the old-fashioned way.James Reams & The Barnstormers is a crowd-pleaser wherever they go. The band gives exciting, soulful performances with powerful three-part harmonies. Stephanie P. Ledgin writes in her new book, Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass (Praeger Publishers, 2004):"A plentiful selection of younger, emerging artists continues to grow in both traditional as well as progressive bluegrass camps. James Reams & The Barnstormers rely on early country material and originals written in authentic style. The results are a virtual history of the music and its roots, played in a clean, heartfelt manner that is somewhere between Monroe's and the Stanleys