Balsam Range's Darren Nicholson Talks About New Single "The Rambler"

IBMA Entertainer of the Year Balsam Range's latest single, "The Rambler," is about life on the road and the toll it can take. Mandolin player Darren Nicholson takes the lead vocal on this track that puts the loneliness one feels into words.

"It's my favorite song I've ever recorded," says Nicholson. "That song just brought tears to my eyes. It impacted me."

Balsam Range vocalist and fiddler Buddy Melton adds, "A great song paints a beautiful picture but allows the listener to choose the colors to fit their place in life. When that song is performed by someone who feels a deep connection to the lyrics and performs it with feeling and passion, it is a powerful piece of art. Such is the case with our current feature song, 'The Rambler.'"

Here's Darren talking in-depth about the song:

"The Rambler" is the fourth single from Balsam Range's latest album, Aeonic, available now from Mountain Home Music Company.

About Balsam Range
The 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, has become one of the genre's most award-winning acts. Since forming in 2007, the group has garnered 13 IBMA awards on the heels of 8 critically-acclaimed albums. Balsam Range has left audiences spellbound while headlining major festivals from coast-to-coast, selling out venues across the nation and in multiple appearances at the Grand Ole Opry. The band collaborated with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble to record 2 albums, the second of which, Mountain Overture, debuted on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart at #5 and the Classical Crossover Chart at #6. Their previous outing, Mountain Voodoo, debuted at #4 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums Chart and remained on that chart for 45 weeks. Three singles from that album reached #1 on the Bluegrass Today Chart, including "Blue Collar Dreams," which spent three consecutive months at the top. The band most recently claimed the #1 radio chart spot with their single "The Girl Who Invented The Wheel." In addition to winning Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range vocalist Buddy Melton won IBMA's Male Vocalist of the Year and bass player Tim Surrett won IBMA's Bass Player of the Year in 2018.