This week, we’re keeping your musical itinerary short and sweet (you know, the whole quality-not-quantity business). Ollabelle. Wednesday. City Winery. Go see them if you like good music dripping with old soul that’s deemed producable […]
Month: February 2012
Lyle Lovett Releases “Release Me” Just Before Getting Released
In 1986, Lyle Lovett released his debut and self-titled album with Curb Records. On Tuesday, a twenty-seven year contract run with Curb that began in 1985 will come to a close as Release Me (AmazonMP3 […]
Charleston’s Shovels & Rope Tours with Jonny Corndawg This Spring
Shovels & Rope, the Charleston-based sloppy tonk duo made up of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, spent most of 2011 on the road. With more than 170 shows across more than 60,000 miles, the […]
The Crowd
A few great crowd shots from last week’s grass clippings winter warm up at Bar4 in Park Slope. A big thanks to CJ Richter for shooting & sharing. See his whole set from the show here. […]
clippings from a saturday night: Hoots, Hollows, and How We Learned It’s Okay to Cuss
We all know that when it comes to the world of roots and Americana music, it can be difficult for a band to differentiate itself from all the ones that have come before it. Not […]
This Week’s NYC Clippings, Including Alex Battles and The Whisky Rebellion’s Johnny Cash Birthday Bash
Now that you all are hopefully recovered from a packed weekend of amazing shows — including Friday’s awesome grass clippings winter warm up and Southpaw’s four-night Americana Pie 2 festival — it’s time … to […]
RECAP: the grass clippings winter warm up
Dear Fire Marshall, The grass clippings winter warm up, the first ever grass clippings event, more than doubled the maximum occupancy of Brooklyn’s Bar4 on Friday night. In the midst of a few whiskeys and […]
Southpaw Closes with Americana in the Background
With just a few days to go before Southpaw – one of the first hipster-friendly spots to pop up on Fifth Ave in Park Slope in 2002 and a hallowed place for Americana fans in […]
sappy grass: Take Me for Longing – A Bluegrass Love Novel
We typically stick to covering stuff you can listen to around here, but I just came across something that I just could not pass over. Today I noticed a new follower on Twitter named Felice […]
Nick Panken Welcomes You To Join Spirit Family Reunion
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our friend Chris Mateer at the Uprooted Music Revue, another badass Brooklyn-based Americana blog, is almost as excited about this week’s grass clippings winter warm up as we are. Chris does more in-depth Q&As […]
February’s First Sunday Six
Six bands to help you fight the cold. Caitlin Rose (Nashville) – Recovering indie rocker Caitlin Rose released her debut full-length Own Side Now (AmazonMP3 & Spotify) back in the summer of 2010, but the […]
Kaiser Cartel Woos Fans With Uniquely Intimate Performances
Brooklyn-based indie folk duo Kaiser Cartel, made up of Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel, got together back in 2004. Following the release of their debut record March Forth (AmazonMP3) in 2008, great showing at SXSW […]