Saturday night in Brooklyn has a lot to offer this weekend. As Stef called out in her list earlier this week, there’s an epic show at the Music Hall (Spirit Family Reunion, Hurray for the […]
Month: October 2013
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
While you finish perfecting your Miley Cyrus Halloween costumes for a platter of spooky soirees, we recommend giving a thought or two to some of the below events … including Friday’s Bluegrass Halloween at The […]
PHOTOS: Chris Thile at Carnegie Hall
Last night, Chris Thile performed songs off his new album, Bach: Sonatas & Partitas Vol. 1, with a completely solo performance at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. To keep things interesting, Thile interspersed a few of […]
Chris Thile – Bach’s “Sonata No. 1”
On Tuesday, Punch Brother and mandolin virtuoso, Chris Thile, performs the tunes from his brilliant new (completely) solo album, Bach: Sonatas & Partitas Vol. 1 (Amazon MP3 & Spotify) at Carnegie Hall. Last week, Thile […]
The Head and The Heart – “Another Story”
The Head & The Heart’s newly released album, Let’s Be Still (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), is a bit poppy for our taste. But while Seattle-based band, which skyrocketed to fame following the release of its […]
Whiskey & Gospel: Volume 1
A new series of two songs – one from each of the two sides of Americana and bluegrass. Why? Because we all could use a little balance in our lives. For our first installment, here’s […]
Jus Post Bellum – “Gimme That Gun”
Our long-time and talented friends from Jus Post Bellum will release their second album, Oh July, on November 12th. Last week, the duo of Geoffrey Wilson and Hannah Jensen premiered the album’s first single “Gimme That Gun” […]
User’s Guide to CMJ 2013
Jacket-weather (of the jean and other lightweight varieties) has descended upon us just in time to cram ourselves like sardines into a wide array of venues over the next five days to experience what this […]
RECAP: 2013 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
This story also appeared on The Bluegrass Situation. We’re friends. Friends share things. The late Warren Hellman would have undoubtedly been smiling this past weekend as hundreds of thousands of people flooded into Golden Gate […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
If your Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon playlists are getting a little dusty, you should probably create a new one for frontman Mark Kozelek’s latest project, the Desertshore band. Oh and also he’ll […]
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