THE YOUNGERS

The Youngers are poised to release their fifth full-length album, recorded in March of 2023 at the Wilco Loft in Chicago! Details about the upcoming release will follow.

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The Youngers released their album in 2022 entitled Nashville Again, which follows Picture of You (2016), Heritage (2008) and Output (2005). A rollicking journey through the band’s stylistic influences, Nashville Again spent over four months on the Americana chart, reaching #2 on the Roots Rock chart.

 

Hailing from southeastern Pennsylvania, The Youngers were founded in 1999 by Todd Notobartolo (vocals, guitar, lap steel, and mandolin) and Randy Krater (vocals, electric and upright bass). Joining them are bandmates Matt Thren (guitar) and Bruce Kissinger (drums).

 

In 2016, The Youngers released Picture of You. The entirely fan-funded Picture of You project was recorded at the venerable Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN and engineered by Grammy®-award winner Chuck Turner. Thanks to their sizable network of fans, The Youngers raised over $20,000 to record Picture of You through an online KickStarter campaign.

 

Released in 2008, the critically-acclaimed Heritage album was recorded at the Cash Cabin in Tennessee and produced by John Carter Cash, son of country music legends Johnny Cash and June Carter. Heritage cracked the top 30 on the Americana Chart and featured an all-star lineup of guests including Laura Cash on fiddle, Ronnie McCoury (Del McCoury Band) on mandolin and the late pedal-steel legend Ralph Mooney. 

 

The Youngers are no strangers to big festival stages, having performed at Merlefest in 2023 and Delfest in Cumberland, MD and Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA. They have also shared stages with legends like the late Levon Helm at his famed “Midnight Ramble” and opened for Marty Stuart, Lee Rocker, David Allen Coe, Wayne Hancock, and Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters. 

 

Their music has been featured on NPR, Sirius Radio, WMOT in Nashville, WNCW in Asheville, and Cowboy Jack Clement’s Radio Show. Their albums have garnered glowing reviews by Vintage Guitar Magazine, Relix Magazine, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, among others.

 

 

 

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"Notobartolo continues to write with plainspoken eloquence about folks facing tough times."  - Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

 

"a combination of country, rock and ringing guitars so deft you’d be hard-pressed not to

hum the verses and sing the chorus their second time around." - Hyperbolium

 

Their style is both unique and reminiscent of some of the greatest Rock and Roll of our time, timeless and groundbreaking.”  - John Carter Cash

 

"The Youngers represent what real Americana music is all about - solid sing-along

anthems, solid songwriting, solid stories and a solid and believable lead vocal."
- Robyn Gatsby, Fire Drills

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 "The Youngers bring together hard-driving rock, alt-country, and a hint of bluegrass, along with clever, heart-felt lyrics....in other words, they represent the best in Americana today.  They're great live, and they're great in the studio." 

- Martin Anderson Music Director & Mid-Day Host, WNCW