Steppin' In It back in the Sun, in northern Michigan this Summer

This article originally appeared in the Northern Express Weekly (May 28, 2002)

Steppin' In It (left to right: Joe Wilson, Andy Wilson and Josh Davis) in beautiful downtown Lansing

Folk and bluegrass music lends itself to dancin' in the sun, and no band knows it better than Steppin' In It. But what does a bluegrass band do when the sunshine fades? They record their second album.

The name of their new project, "Last Winter in the Copper Country", borrows from Joshua Davis's memories of growing up near Marquette, Michigan as a participant in northern Michigan's folk music community.

He was once a young attendant of the Hiawatha Music Co-Operative (the twenty-fourth annual festival is held this summer between July 19th and 22nd in Marquette). Now it is an achievement for him to return to the Upper Peninsula as an accomplished songwriter in that tradition.

The title track was debuted live during a blizzard at the Michigan House in Calumet on October 6, 2001. "Winter comes early up there," Joshua reminds us. The new album features ten original compositions, eight of which were written by Davis, that echo the best of what is being written in folk music today... Read More