Blackgrass Band, Elouise Offers an American Gothic Version of “Silent Night”

Blackgrass, a dark sub genre of Bluegrass, creates an ominous cinematic soundscape that blends instrumental and storytelling influences from bluegrass traditions with virtuosic strings, alternative old world instrumentation and raw gritty vocalizations seeped in desperation and pain. Deconstructing traditional song material within a languid tempo and menacing, dusty and often times rickety musical foundation wrought with emotional turmoil, human struggle and themes of the afterlife.

Here is a downloadable Blackgrass version of “Silent Night” from Elouise:  http://soundcloud.com/user-481899170