9-29-2024

The Gibson Brothers (Eric and Leigh Gibson) are already bluegrass royalty. There’s a reason why Ricky Skaggs pulled Eric and Leigh Gibson off the stage at the Ryman two decades ago and offered to produce their debut record. The same thing that led David Ferguson and Grammy Award winning producer and Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach to co-write and produce their 14th album “Mockingbird” (2018) and release it on his own label Easy Eye Sound alongside cultural icons such as Hank Williams Jr. and Dr. John.

The Gibson Brothers are the real deal. Growing up on a dairy farm in northern New York and then traveling around the world in a bluegrass band has given them a unique vantage point on life. They can pick. They can sing. And they can write a damn good country song. They’ve won about every bluegrass award you can name and released albums on almost every premier Americana label you can think of. Their songs have been recorded by bluegrass legends no less than Del McCoury. It’s a resume almost anybody in country music would be proud to have. But despite all of this, the Gibson Brothers are not yet household names.

Their latest album, “Darkest Hour,” produced by dobro master Jerry Douglas might just change that. As soon as you hear Leigh singing with Alison Krauss “I Feel The Same Way As You” on the new project, you realize that his voice is as good as anyone in music today. Add the brother harmony to that and they have something truly unique. Darkest hour is arguably the strongest record The Gibson Brothers have ever made.

"...when I hear someone like the Gibson Brothers, I know it’s them from the first note. They have that little thing in their voices that no one else has..." Del McCoury

"They have it all: lead vocals, brother-duet harmony, instrumental virtuosity, ensemble sensibilities, and great original material." - Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

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