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The New Familiars

It's Americana with a grand heartbeat

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From the foothills of North Carolina a new musical combo has appeared, grown from seeds of the folk, blues, and bluegrass found abundant in their native lands and nurtured by the phenomenal breadth of genres and styles that have bloomed and withered over the last 50 years in American music. Known as The New Familiars, these five gentlemen combine an amazing passion for harmony and dissonance with multi-instrumental talent and an unusual ability for storytelling. Writing folk music from the core - of the people, by the people, and for the people - while incorporating the multitudes of influences that each of the members bring to the table, this band is a powerful swell in a new wave of honest roots-derived rock n’ roll that is sweeping the nation in the wake of a very tumultuous time in our history.
"It's Americana with a grand heartbeat."
- Jeff Hahne - Creative Loafing - Charlotte, NC
"The New Familiars play a fresh (if not breakthrough) blend of country blues, folk rock and gritty acoustic tunes. They’ve got honky-tonk elements of Dobro and harmonica; mountain touches of banjo and rough-hewn harmonies made for ‘70s-era Southern Rock."
- Alli Marshall - Mountain Xpress - Asheville, NC
"Music's fun when great musicians are clearly enjoying themselves. These guys are a good reminder of that."
- Dan Costello, Urban Folk NYC
“Sounds like what you’ve needed to say”
- Charla Duncan - Greensboro News and Record
"Blending influences ranging from Woody Guthrie and the Grateful Dead to Kings of Leon and Ryan Adams, the Charlotte band delivers a mix of acoustic folk, bluegrass, rock and blues with a visceral intensity to match their raucous live gigs."
- John Schacht reviewing The Storm EP for Creative Loafing - Charlotte, NC
Video Clips
Got This Disease (Video by Scott Graham, Encoding by Heather Melton)
Carolina Blues (Video by Scott Graham, Encoding by Heather Melton)
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Member Since: 8/17/2005
Band Members: *click on the pictures for more information*

Justin Fedor
(vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, high-hat)

Eric-Scott Guthrie
(vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo)

Josh Daniel
(vocals, dobro, guitar)


Influences: Dylan, The Beatles, Ian Thomas, Johnny Cash, The Everybodyfields, Bright Eyes, Breaking Laces, The Avett Brothers, The Grateful Dead, Simon and Garfunkel, The Boss, Mad Tea Party, Nick Drake, Heidi Sidelinker, Ryan Adams, Radiohead, Woody and Arlo, Humans, Tool, Jane's Addiction, Ledbelly, Robert Johnson, Langhorne Slim, The Two Man Gentleman Band, Spiritualized, Air, CSNY, The Bowmans, The Band, The Decemberists, not to mention...

campfires
whiskey
family
countless friends
fellow musicians
god knows what else
(hey man... life is our biggest influence)

COME JAM WITH US AT THE ASHEVILLE MUSIC JAMBOREE! MAY 23 - 25th @ DEERFIELDS!

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Sounds Like: heartbreak
desire
anger
jealousy
happiness
patriotism
love
sadness
hope
and every now and then...
sometimes like life

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Get 'The Storm' digitally!


The Black Rose EP
8 live tracks w/5 piece
$8 (out of print, available only online)



The Red Rose EP
5 live tracks w/3 piece
$5 (currently out of print)


Booking Informationshelly @ charismaartist . com
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Record Label: Fiercely Independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

October’s News Familiar PLUS Come support a great cause this Thursday in Raleigh (Oct. 11th)

Hi Everyone!Before we begin, we just want to remind everyone we're playing a very special show in Raleigh this Thursday at The Pourhouse to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. Everyone in the b...
Posted by The New Familiars on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:31:00 PST

Tour Journal - 9-17-07 (entry by e-s)

Hello folks!WOW... what a fantastic weekend! I gotta tell ya, if you haven't heard of the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion festival, you have got to check it out. We had one of the most AMAZING times...
Posted by The New Familiars on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:19:00 PST

Q & A: How can I get a copy of the new album?

How can I get a physical copy of the disc? We're working hard to get it to as many shops and distributors as possible, but it's going to take a little while to spread the net out, we're working comple...
Posted by The New Familiars on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:34:00 PST

Check out our friends at Fret Knot Magazine!!!

Heya Everybody! We just wanted to let you know about a new e-zine (hopefully soon-to-be full fledged magazine) springing up that we feel is going to be a fantastic asset to the folk/americana scene t...
Posted by The New Familiars on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:12:00 PST

The News Familiar 4-25-07

Man, we had a fantastic weekend of music... we want to give a huge thanks to everyone who came out to the show at either The Visulite and/or The Appalachian Roots Revival. Great times were had by all,...
Posted by The New Familiars on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:52:00 PST

Holiday Greetings, New Songs, and a Charlotte Show on 12/22

Heya Folks,Happy Holidays to all of you! We hope your year's been fantastic and we wish you love, luck and happiness as we head into 2007. We've had amazing growth in 2006 and are excited about where ...
Posted by The New Familiars on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:10:00 PST

The New Familiars TONIGHT like you've never heard them...

We're playing a very special set over the next few days while on a mini-tour through North and South Carolina, as our friends from the New York band Lowry will be joining us to form a six-piece versio...
Posted by The New Familiars on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:09:00 PST

Lots of new songs just posted, and some big shows...

Great stuff going on folks, great stuff! First, as you might see in our gig list, we're playing the Plaza Midwood Summer Solstice festival. We'll be going on at 7:00, and if there was a roof we'd tear...
Posted by The New Familiars on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:08:00 PST

Lots of stuff going on... Hooboy!

So it's been a while, but there's a whole host of things going on for Ol' Fedor and Guthrie these days. First of all, we're not just Fedor and Guthrie anymore... we've got some updates to make on the ...
Posted by The New Familiars on Thu, 25 May 2006 02:49:00 PST

Well, we're on our way to Davidson...

We just finished with an impromptu set at an open mic tonight up in Concord at the George Washington Tavern and Bookstore... looks like we'll be playing back there sometime in June or July. Much thank...
Posted by The New Familiars on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:32:00 PST