Roots Music Report

About the Band

Ida Clare, from Louisville, KY plays a diverse mix of Bluegrass, Americana, and Newgrass, with an abundance of original material. It doesn't matter if you catch them performing at a festival, or just warming up backstage before a show, their music will captivate you.

The members of the band, mandolin player and songwriter Jim Wheatley, powerhouse vocalist Lea Cockrell, banjo player Robin Roller-Thixton, and bassist Nick Stevens, are no strangers to performing. Nearly everyone is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist and the depth of both stage and studio experience is obvious. This is the group that you don’t want to miss.

Following their first-place win in the 2017 John Hartford Memorial Festival band contest, the band immediately went in to the studio and their first all original, self-titled project, "Ida Clare" was released in March of 2018 and had two songs chart on the Bluegrass Today "Grassicana" Charts. 

".... this eponymous effort may mark the outfit's debut, but it’s as assured and credible as anything offered by a group with a far more extensive pedigree" says Lee Zimmerman in his Bluegrass Today CD review.   Their second recording, again consisting of all original music is expected to be out by Spring of 2023.  

Discography

	Rattlesnakes in the Kitchen - Single Label: Self-Release Songs on the Album Track # Song Title Style Genre 1 Rattlesnakes in the Kitchen Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass
	The Last One - Single Label: Self-Release Songs on the Album Track # Song Title Style Genre 1 The Last One Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass
	Ida2 Details Label: Self-Release Genres: Bluegrass Styles: Contemporary Bluegrass Songs on the Album Track # Song Title Style Genre 1 I Still Cry Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 2 High Ground Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 3 Too Much Talkin' Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 4 Last Time It Rained Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 5 Sad Souvenirs Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 6 Second Hand World Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 7 I'll Keep Singing Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 8 One Paper Kid Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 9 Lonesome Time Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 10 Magic in the Air Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass
	Ida Clare Band Label: Self-Release Genres: Bluegrass Styles: Bluegrass, Contemporary Bluegrass Songs on the Album Track # Song Title Style Genre 1 Hold on Bluegrass Bluegrass 2 Time Traveler Bluegrass Bluegrass 3 Don't Let Me Go Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 4 Around the Town Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 5 No Time Like the Present Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 6 Honey Man Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass 7 Walls Bluegrass Bluegrass 8 Don't Take Me Back Bluegrass Bluegrass 9 You're Not There Bluegrass Bluegrass 10 Chance on You Contemporary Bluegrass Bluegrass