Sure, there may still be a frozen chunk of snow holding down the fort on my Brooklyn block’s sidewalk, a chunk that I fear will never thaw because of the long and oppressive winter. Sure. […]
Month: March 2013
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Hey! You guys! It’s Women’s History Month! Contain your excitement. But THIS is pretty exciting, and directly relevant: in what has unintentionally stacked up to be an eerily perfect scenario, basically every act on this […]
Denver’s Paper Bird – “As I Am”
Somehow I missed the 2011 release of Carry On (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), a fantastic album by Denver-based indie-folk band Paper Bird. The album is mixes great soulful songs like “Sounds Like Rain,” old time-esque […]
The Milk Carton Kids – “Honey, Honey”
We were delighted to see LA’s rising folk stars, The Milk Carton Kids, on the bill at Telluride this summer. The band’s last album, Prologue (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), is a tough debut to follow, […]
aussiegrass: Melbourne’s Mustered Courage
The vast majority of my time in Australia on the grass clippings global tour has been in Sydney. However, Melbourne, while a bit smaller, is better known for its music scene. A few weeks back, […]
It’s Nashville Day in Austin
With all due respect to Austin, we don’t really cover SXSW like errbody else. That’s mostly because navigating it without being on the ground is like hunting with Ray Charles (but also because it’s more […]
Packwood’s 50 Piece Orchestra EP
While most folks tend to half-ass their first EP to save a few bucks, Sydney-based Packwood (a.k.a. Bayden Packwood Hine) twice pulled together a 50 piece orchestra for his (the first round didn’t come together […]
Sydney’s The Falls Head to NYC & SXSW
It’s week five on the grass clippings global tour and things are splendid Down Under. Much more on the way from here, but I’ll start with this… Last week I met up with Melinda Kirwin […]
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