Uncommon Ground profile picture

Uncommon Ground

About Me

Welcome to our home on MySpace! We hope you enjoy your visit and take the time to relax, listen to our tunes, read the way too infrequently updated blog and look over some of our pictures. Please leave a comment for us, visit us often and if you can ... come to a show and say hello!

Uncommon Un•com•mon [uhn-kom-uhn] –adjective; exceptional; remarkable.

Ground [ground] –verb; to place on a foundation; fix firmly; settle or establish; found.

Uncommon Ground –noun; a collection of five remarkably talented musicians. Uncommon Ground brings together the unlikely combination of precise, classically trained violin and bass lines with the soul of bluegrass-influenced vocals, mandolin and guitar to drive a band whose fresh, distinctive sound is winning fans wherever they perform.

Introducing “Uncommon Ground” ...

“Uncommon Ground”, is a hot alternative bluegrass group from New York's Hudson Valley that is on a mission to flex the boundaries of traditional music. They're the complete package ... great vocals, fiery instrumental abilities and a rapidly growing repertoire of well-crafted tunes. “Uncommon Ground” is schooled in tradition yet is able to stretch out in inspired improvisation. In short, “Uncommon Ground” is a fresh addition to the bluegrass—make that, the music—scene as has come along in a while ... Their performances are not to be missed!

On “Uncommon Ground’s” musical landscape, rock energy coexists peacefully with mountain soul. Traditional melodies combine with driving rhythms and inspired solos intermingle with heavenly vocals. Their music bears an unmistakable stamp of originality without losing the authenticity of the original sources.

“Uncommon Ground” draws on the talents of Mike Kobetitsch, and Wayne Fugate, both long-time veterans of the Bluegrass scene who have performed with “Out to Lunch”, Grammy award winner, Lisa Gutkin, and a host of other noteworthy bands and musical luminaries, exciting new vocalist Sara Della Posta and the ever amazing Rachel Handman and Phil Helm, two principles in the Hudson Valley Philharmonic whose technical precision, fertile inventiveness, surprising touches and mastery of the Bluegrass genre, give the band a distinctive, signature voice.


Our World Visitor Map ... Show Us Where You Are




Stay Informed ... Sign Up For Our Mailing List


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/08/2007
Band Website: We're working on it
Band Members:




Rachel Handman (violin),

Phil Helm (bass),

Sara Della Posta (vocals),

Mike Kobetitsch (guitar),

Wayne Fugate (mandolin)




Influences: All the great musicians that have ever come before us, inspire us now and will follow us in the future.
Sounds Like: If You Found Us Here, Chances Are You Already Know ...
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Wrapping Up 2007 - Looking Forward to 2008

We took a vote and agreed that 2007 was a pretty great year for us ... largely due to the simple fact that we found each other and with your help, got the band off to a really good start! We're lookin...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Other Shows Related to Uncommon Ground That You Might Want To Catch ...

Its true ... we all play in other musical configurations away from Uncommon Ground from time to time. In part, this is what makes the time we spend with each other in Uncommon Ground so incredibly enj...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:29:00 GMT

~ 34 Hours and counting ...

It's just a little more than 34 hours till we make our "official hometown debut" at the Towne Crier and excitement around here is pretty high! We've come together as a band pretty quickly, worked real...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:33:00 GMT