Red Roots
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Three red-headed, triplet
sisters comprise the band
appropriately named Red Roots. The band has a country
sound with an inspirational message. Nika(lead vocals
and guitar
), Natalie(backing vocals
, violin
, mandolin
, and keyboard
), Nicole(backing vocals
, banjo
, guitar
, and bass
) make up the trio
. The All-American, Southern girls are from the Gulf Coast and have became nationally known with their first album released. While recently coming onto the music scene, the group has been nominated for numerous awards including the "Horizon Group of the Year", which is fan-voted by the Singing News
Magazine. With their first radio release, also titled "Red Roots," breaking the Top 40 Singing News
Southern Gospel Charts, and their second radio single "Lord I'm Listening" reaching #7 in the Singing News Bluegrass Charts, the sound and message these girls express is being heard across the country.
was their beginning, but the girls gradually shifted to the more bluegrass
-related instruments at the age of thirteen. Their exciting debut began after winning the Jimmy Rodger Talent Contest in Meridian, MS. This led them to meeting the producer(Ben Isaacs
) of their first single "Red Roots," after performing at the theater hosting the contest. A few months later, Daywind Recording Studio producer Rick Schweinsberg took interest in developing the group. Not only helping to develop their sound, Rick has advised the girls and played an important role in creating their first music video titled, "Red Roots".
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, and Tyrone Dickerson; the single "Red Roots" (produced by Ben Isaacs
) was also added to the album making the final project a total of ten songs that combined the girls' early "rock" style and "bluegrass
" to form the sound that has managed to cross many genres including: country
, bluegrass
, and southern gospel
. The group's first national radio single, "Red Roots", charted in the in the Singing News
Top 40 Southern Gospel Chart. Their second single "Lord I'm Listening", has charted in the Top 10 Singing News Bluegrass Chart.
and Christian country
genre. Nika's lead vocals, Natalie and Nicole's harmonies, combined with the instruments(played by the girls) like the banjo
, violin
, and guitar
give Red Roots a sweet country sound with a hint of bluegrass.
. When not singing on stage, she is usually "chicken pickin" her electric guitar or strumming besides one of her sisters.
across her strings shows Natalie's high energy on stage.
, guitar
, and bass
. She is the rocker of the three while banging her head but still managing to keep the banjo roll going.
that is rooted in the blood shed by Jesus Christ."
Multiple birth
A multiple birth occurs when more than one fetus is carried to term in a single pregnancy. Different names for multiple births are used, depending on the number of offspring. Common multiples are two and three, known as twins and triplets...
sisters comprise the band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
appropriately named Red Roots. The band has a country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
sound with an inspirational message. Nika(lead vocals
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
and guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
), Natalie(backing vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, and keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
), Nicole(backing vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, and bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) make up the trio
Trio (music)
Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...
. The All-American, Southern girls are from the Gulf Coast and have became nationally known with their first album released. While recently coming onto the music scene, the group has been nominated for numerous awards including the "Horizon Group of the Year", which is fan-voted by the Singing News
Singing News
The Singing News is an American magazine which focuses on the Southern Gospel music industry....
Magazine. With their first radio release, also titled "Red Roots," breaking the Top 40 Singing News
Singing News
The Singing News is an American magazine which focuses on the Southern Gospel music industry....
Southern Gospel Charts, and their second radio single "Lord I'm Listening" reaching #7 in the Singing News Bluegrass Charts, the sound and message these girls express is being heard across the country.
Musical start
The girls began playing and singing together at an early age. Rock musicRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
was their beginning, but the girls gradually shifted to the more bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
-related instruments at the age of thirteen. Their exciting debut began after winning the Jimmy Rodger Talent Contest in Meridian, MS. This led them to meeting the producer(Ben Isaacs
The Isaacs
The Isaacs are a country and bluegrass gospel music group consisting of mother Lily Isaacs, and daughters Becky and Sonya Isaacs and son Ben Isaacs, along with John Bowman as an instrumentalist and songwriter. Joe Isaacs, formerly a singer and banjo player in the group, has left since his 1998...
) of their first single "Red Roots," after performing at the theater hosting the contest. A few months later, Daywind Recording Studio producer Rick Schweinsberg took interest in developing the group. Not only helping to develop their sound, Rick has advised the girls and played an important role in creating their first music video titled, "Red Roots".
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Red Roots
Red Roots self-titled albumRed Roots was released January 24, 2011. It was produced by Rick, his son Micah SchweinsbergMicah Schweinsberg
Micah Schweinsberg is a musician in Nashville, Tennessee. Micah began his career with a national charting radio single titled "I've Got the Devil by the Tail" at age five...
, and Tyrone Dickerson; the single "Red Roots" (produced by Ben Isaacs
The Isaacs
The Isaacs are a country and bluegrass gospel music group consisting of mother Lily Isaacs, and daughters Becky and Sonya Isaacs and son Ben Isaacs, along with John Bowman as an instrumentalist and songwriter. Joe Isaacs, formerly a singer and banjo player in the group, has left since his 1998...
) was also added to the album making the final project a total of ten songs that combined the girls' early "rock" style and "bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
" to form the sound that has managed to cross many genres including: country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
, and southern gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
. The group's first national radio single, "Red Roots", charted in the in the Singing News
Singing News
The Singing News is an American magazine which focuses on the Southern Gospel music industry....
Top 40 Southern Gospel Chart. Their second single "Lord I'm Listening", has charted in the Top 10 Singing News Bluegrass Chart.
Musical style
Red Roots sound mostly closely falls under the countryCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and Christian country
Christian country music
Christian country music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
genre. Nika's lead vocals, Natalie and Nicole's harmonies, combined with the instruments(played by the girls) like the banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
give Red Roots a sweet country sound with a hint of bluegrass.
Nika
Nika Lea Taylor(born on March 18, 1991), the youngest of the girls, is the lead singer and plays the guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. When not singing on stage, she is usually "chicken pickin" her electric guitar or strumming besides one of her sisters.
Natalie
Natalie Jean Taylor(born on March 18, 1991), the middle of the girls, plays the violin, mandolin, and keyboard while mostly singing high harmonies. Stomping her foot or stroking her bowBow (music)
In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....
across her strings shows Natalie's high energy on stage.
Nicole
Nicole Helen Taylor(born on March 18, 1991), the oldest of the girls, sings mostly low harmonies and plays the banjoBanjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, and bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
. She is the rocker of the three while banging her head but still managing to keep the banjo roll going.
Name meaning
"The name Red Roots comes from our hair but more importantly from our faithFaith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...
that is rooted in the blood shed by Jesus Christ."
Discography
Singing News Fan Awards
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Horizon Group of the Year (Top 5) |
Southern Gospel Music Fan Awards
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | New Excelling Artist |
Diamond Awards
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Favorite Bluegrass Artist | |
| Favorite Country Group |
Mississippi Gospel Convention Association
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mississippi's Trio of the Year | |
| Mississippi's Band of the Year |
Charting Singles
| Year Released | Single Title | Name of Chart | Number Charted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Red Roots | Singing News (Southern Gospel) | 32 |
| 2011 | Lord I'm Listening | Singing News (Bluegrass) | 7 |
| 2011 | Lord I'm Listening | Singing News (Southern Gospel) | 30 |