Evie Ladin - Riding Roosters (2026)

Tracklist

01. Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
02. Jack Wilson
03. Red Steer
04. Little Whiskey
05. Dry & Dusty
06. Lonesome Honey
07. Johnny Court the Widow
08. Steamboat Round the Bend
09. Glory in the Meetinghouse
10. Maggie Meade
11. Sweet Milk & Peaches
12. Ol' Bob
13. Little Boy Where'd You Get Your Britches
14. Tommy Love
15. Fine Times at Our House
16. Meriweather
17. Garfield's Blackberry Blossom
18. Down in North Carolina

It went like this: Judy Hyman was coming to town for the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, and while I had not been planning a third Rooster album, boy wouldn’t I love to sit down and record a tune with this woman who has inspired me since I was a teenager! Long-time old-time family, we hadn’t seen each other much in a good while, and as with every Rooster track, it was an excuse for a good visit as well as a tune.

Once that idea struck, I considered my upcoming tours to Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky; and who might be passing through Oakland. I could record seventeen new Rooster tracks with many friends along the way; friends who were all stoked to be a part of this project. These Rooster albums are great collections of tunes, and literally a “record” of my far-ranging music community. I’m lucky.

This time, though, I wasn’t going to stick to fiddlers! We’ve got cellos, mandolins, guitars, a dulcimer, all playing old time fiddle tunes of their choosing. In parens are their sources, or folk process (FP) for those who have no idea how the tune came into their repertoire. It’s a living tradition.

It’s about the people, the tunes, the confluence of notes, the pocket - the doing of music, the tradition of living.