Woodyfest 2019: Pushing Chain

Pushing Chain

Self-described “folky-tonk” duo Pushing Chain made [Sidenote: This is the twelfth post in our cov­er­age of the twenty-sec­ond annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. We’ll be alter­nat­ing our report­ing with essays and photo gal­leries from the six­teenth fes­ti­val in 2013, so check in often for a mix of old and new Woodyfest good­ness.] their Woodyfest debut on the Bound for Glory stage on fes­ti­val Friday. The pair, con­sist­ing of Boyd “Bump” Blomberg and Adam Moe, hail from north­ern Minnessota. Boyd plays gui­tar while Moe fid­dles. Both write the songs and sing them.

The two have been play­ing together since 2012. Pushing Chain recorded their most recent long-player, Sorrows Always Swim, in 2018 in Austin. The record­ing ses­sion fea­tured some leg­endary play­ers, includ­ing Bill Kirchen of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen fame.

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