The NewLanders have researched and rediscovered songs that capture the American experience. By interweaving traditional instruments, including the Appalachian lap dulcimer, fiddle, and mandolin, with richly layered harmonies and electric guitar and bass, the NewLanders have created a contemporary sound, while honoring and preserving the inspiring stories of the past. A NewLanders' performance includes engaging narrations and real-life accounts from the mills, mines, rivers, and fields of their home region, western Pennsylvania, as well as haunting songs and poignant stories that celebrate the enduring spirit that build our nation.

Our new project, "Born of Fire", is a collaboration with the Westmoreland Museum of American Art and video producer Bill Mosher, that tells the  human story of steel through art, song, and history. Our new CD, "Born of Fire: Songs of Steel and Industry" is available separately or as part of a boxed set containing the book, "The Valley of Work," the compact disc, "Songs of Steel and Industry," and the DVD, "How Pittsburgh Built a Nation." The story of steel as you've never seen before!
 

Our "Born of Fire" concerts in Germany were a great success. The  standing ovation from the crowd in Oberhausen was a highlight of our tour.  The band returns to Europe to play a concert at the Chemnitz Industrial Museum in  Chemnitz, Germany on October 7, 2008. We have added a new German language web page (Deutsche Webseite) for our audience there.

"Industrial history has a sound & this sound has a name, it's called the NewLanders" - Dr. Thomas Schleper, Rhineland Industrial Museum, Oberhausen Germany

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Pennsylvania's Ultimate Retro Band...... A fusion of Fiddle, Electric Guitar and Vocal Harmony.........

      Left to Right; Gerard Rohlf, Doug Wilkin, Art Gazdik & Paula Purnell (Photograph by Bruce Adamson)

"Your songs, just like David McCullough's message, provide powerful images of our nation's heritage and raise the spirit of Pennsylvania's rich past."  Mr. John M. Perzel, The Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (on the NewLanders performance, in the house chamber 11/8/2004, prior to lecture by historian David McCullough)

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The NewLanders were selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Performing Artists on Tour roster.

Funding may be available to support engagements in DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Contact PennPAT.org for more information.
 

 

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