Earlier this month, former Drive by Truckers frontman Jason Isbell released his second record with his new band, The 400 Unit. The new album, Here We Rest, is all about the hard times in Isbell’s […]
Month: April 2011
New Fleet Foxes Album Now Streaming on NPR Music
Fleet Foxes’ long awaited follow up to its debut self-titled album, which was released three years ago, is coming out on May 3rd. BUT today the good folks at NPR Music started streaming the full […]
Alison Krauss At Carnegie Hall with James Taylor
On Wednesday, I got the chance to see Alison Krauss and other join James Taylor on stage at Carnegie Hall for his Roots performance within a series of performances at the Mecca of venues. Taylor […]
Ben Sollee To Release New Solo Album on May 10th
On May 10th, cellist Ben Sollee will release his new album, Inclusions (or you preorder it NOW from Bandcamp with some special add ons). Over the last few weeks, Sollee has released several tracks off […]
New Ollabelle Album In The Works
I’ve been a fan of Ollabelle for a long time and I miss them. I remember seeing them sing “Gone Today” before a packed crowd at tiny Banjo Jim’s back in April 2007 (see video of that […]
Rounder Reissues Woody Guthrie’s Live Wire
Back in 2001, The Woody Guthrie Archives received two spools of wire recordings from a live Woody Guthrie performance held in Newark, New Jersey in 1949. This week, Rounder Records is reissuing this rare live […]
Spirit Family Reunion’s “100 Greenback Dollar Bills”
So, I caught up with the good folks (and my neighbors) in Spirit Family Reunion earlier this week. After one good tour of the south, they made it back to Brooklyn with only two van […]
local clippings: Brooklyn’s Jus Post Bellum
Opening up for Spirit Family Reunion at The Rock Shop in Park Slope last weekend was Brooklyn’s own Jus Post Bellum. If you can’t remember back to your American History classes, jus post bellum is a […]
grass clippings review: Alison Krauss + Union Station – Paper Airplane
There’s not really a contemporary bluegrass band with a reach like Alison Krauss + Union Station. While these guys are amazing musicians, they show off in ways that both music snobs and pop country fans […]
Middle Brother on Middle Brother’s Middle Brother
One of the most memorable moments of SXSW 2010 (not like I was there, but I read a little bit about it) was when John McCauley III of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and Delta […]
Difficult Decisions: Newport Folk Fest or Floydfest
As if there are enough decisions to be made about which stage to watch at one festival, I’m now torn between two festivals. Last year I hit the Newport Folk Festival and had an […]
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