Americana trio for Ratoath

Underhill Rose, a trio which has put its talents to work to become synonymous with fresh, beautiful Americana music, perform in the Venue Theatre, Ratoath on Friday 6th May.
With Eleanor playing her distinctive claw-hammer style on a Deering banjo along with harmonica, Molly Rose on guitar, and Salley plucking the upright bass, the trio has carved out a place in the Americana scene with songs that run the gamut from heart wrenching to sassy and playful to thought-provoking. Eleanor’s salty blues-inspired voice and Molly’s soaring range lead the group in tandem with Salley’s country twang to create three-part harmony music that is real and inspired, and rooted in everything life has thrown at Asheville, North Carolina’s pre-eminent female trinity.
Molly Rose and Eleanor Underhill’s musical partnership is the result of a chance meeting at a makeshift performance of ‘Angel from Montgomery’ between classes at Warren Wilson College. Molly Rose’s beautiful voice resonated with Eleanor, and the two eventually started performing live together. Their affinity for the music they make has kept them together for more than 12 years. Underhill Rose formed in 2009, and the addition of Salley Williamson two years later created the foundation for a female trio known for blending aspects of Americana, rhythm and blues, country and bluegrass into an authentic sound that is all their own - “heartfelt country soul.”
The successful completion of a crowd-funding campaign kick-started 2013 and the band’s sophomore album, ‘Something Real’, debuted in May 2013, quickly climbing the Americana Music Association Airplay Chart. The release would spend 10 weeks in the Top 40 and an additional 12 in the Top 100. The album was named an AMA Top 100 album of the year. The group’s record also appeared in the Top 25 on the Euro Americana, Freeform Americana Radio (FAR) and The Alternate Root ‘Roots 66’ charts.
They launched a second successful fan-funding campaign in 2014 that brought in over $25,000, and settled into the recording studio to create ‘The Great Tomorrow’, with the help of producer Cruz Contreras and mixer Danny Kadar. Released in the US last summer, the album reached the Top 30 of the AMA Charts again, and remained at number one on the Roots Music Report’s Progressive Bluegrass Album Chart for over nine weeks.
Underhill Rose makes music from the heart, drawing inspiration from life-long listening to folk, old country, and rhythm and blues.