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ANGUS GILL “THE SCRAPBOOK” ✦ The Scrapbook by Angus Gill was #1 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Country Albums for week of 11 October 2021
❖ “I’ve always been a big fan of traditional bluegrass music. From a young age, I’ve been drawn to the high and tight harmonies, vocal stylings, phrasing and virtuosic playing. There’s also this beautiful juxtaposition in some bluegrass music when a poignant lyric is set against a rapid tempo and a major chord structure. I just love that!" - Angus Gill
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rom the first, fast commanding banjo strokes on “Always on the Run” it is obvious Angus Gill has grown up on this album. Never one to confine himself musically to just one box, the ARIA and Golden Guitar nominee Angus Gill has shed yet another musical skin, checking the boxes on a new song writing journey for his fourth studio album. This time the Wauchope wunderkind has stretched his music talents to create a bluegrass inspired creation that boasts an array of internationally renowned musicians. On this record, Gill makes peace with all his music personalities.
Tell us why you chose the Bluegrass genre? “I’ve always been a big fan of traditional bluegrass music. From a young age, I’ve been drawn to the high and tight harmonies, vocal stylings, phrasing and virtuosic playing. There’s also this beautiful juxtaposition in some bluegrass music when a poignant lyric is set against a rapid tempo and a major chord structure. I just love that!” said Gill. Gill’s familiar voice seems to drop right into collaborations with Tim Crouch, Randy Kohrs, Clay Hess and Tony Ray. And features outstanding collaborations with Jim Lauderdale, Jerry Salley, Gary Burr, Thomm Jutz, Rivers Rutherford and Charles Esten (from the hit TV series, Nashville).
You’ve collaborated with some amazing people on this record, tell us about that? The project came about in late 2020, after the release of the critically acclaimed “3 Minute Movies” featuring Paul Kelly’s band billed as The Seasons of Change. Gill started laying the bed track down for a song Whittling Away, written with multiple Grammy™ winner & bluegrass icon Jim Lauderdalein
