{"id":2315875,"date":"2026-03-06T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2315875"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:24:01","slug":"junior-sisk-debuts-a-brand-new-whippoorwill-for-springtime-bluegrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/junior-sisk-debuts-a-brand-new-whippoorwill-for-springtime-bluegrass\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Sisk Debuts A \u201cBrand New Whippoorwill\u201d for Springtime Bluegrass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Junior Sisk has released <em>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40h3WB7\" title=\"\">A Brand New Whippoorwill<\/a>\u201d (<\/em>Turnberry Records), his latest single and first new music since the album <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47c3OXm\" title=\"\">It\u2019s All Fun and Games<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The track characterizes the whippoorwill\u2019s call as a symbol of longing and remembrance. David Coriell and Mark \u201cBrink\u201d Brinkman wrote the song, and Sisk delivers it with his high-lonesome vocal style. The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus) is a mid-size nocturnal bird found in the eastern United States, known for its whip-poor-will sound.<\/p>\n<p>The chorus highlights a young bird \u201cstill learnin\u2019 how to fly,\u201d then ties that image to nighttime music and heartache in Appalachian life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Brand New Whippoorwill\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPIdTG_Si4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201c<em>When I first heard this song, I knew it was written just for me<\/em>,\u201d said Sisk. \u201c<em>I\u2019m an old country boy who spends most of my time in the mountains or on the lake when I\u2019m not on the road. The whippoorwill is a very special bird for me. It\u2019s so calming to hear one late in the evening. They\u2019re not around like they used to be, so to hear one fire up just trips my trigger\u2026 like a new bluegrass singer singing a song like it should be sang!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sisk remains a prominent bluegrass traditionalist with multiple honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. <em>\u201cA Brand New Whippoorwill\u201d<\/em> extends that reputation with a classic, roots-forward approach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Junior Sisk \u2013 Photo by Shannon Fontaine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musicians: Junior Sisk on lead vocals, guitar; Heather Berry Mabe on harmony vocals, guitar; Tony Mabe on harmony vocals, banjo; Johnathan Dillon on mandolin; Curt Love on bass; and Michael Cleveland on fiddle.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded and mixed by Wes Easter at Eastwood Studio in Cana, Virginia.<br \/>Mastered by Chris Latham at Gorillas Nest Studio in Ashland City, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Graphic Design by Rebekah Speer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"guerrillawrap\">\n<div class=\"guerrillagravatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=80&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80?s=160&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h4>Author: <span>World Music Central News Room<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>World music news from the editors at World Music Central&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/junior-sisk-debuts-a-brand-new-whippoorwill-for-springtime-bluegrass\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Junior Sisk Debuts A \u201cBrand New Whippoorwill\u201d for Springtime Bluegrass\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png?w=790&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source worldmusiccentral.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Sisk has released \u201cA Brand New Whippoorwill\u201d (Turnberry Records), his latest single and first new music since the album It\u2019s All Fun and Games. The track characterizes the whippoorwill\u2019s call as a symbol of longing and remembrance. David Coriell and Mark \u201cBrink\u201d Brinkman wrote the song, and Sisk delivers it with his high-lonesome vocal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2315876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[37339,448706,311953],"class_list":["post-2315875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-bluegrass","tag-junior-sisk","tag-world-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Junior-Sisk-Debuts-A-Brand-New-Whippoorwill-for-Springtime-Bluegrass.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315877,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315875\/revisions\/2315877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}