It’s been a long while since we’ve had ourselves a proper gcb show. The gcb Winter Warm Up with Spirit Family Reunion and gcb Holiday Hootenanny with Joy Kills Sorrow were over a year ago (and heaps […]
Month: January 2014
PREVIEW: Saturday’s Sold Out Deadly Gentleman’s Ball at The Sinclair
This Saturday, grass clippings is heading up to The Sinclair in Harvard Square for the first ever Deadly Gentleman’s Ball where The Gentleman will host progressive string band Joy Kills Sorrow, as well as guitar […]
Waiting for Willie Watson’s Solo Album
As much as I appreciate the current folks in Old Crow Medicine Show, it’s just not the same without Willie Watson. A voice like that is hard to replace. Over the last year or so, […]
Birmingham’s St. Paul & The Broken Bones Are About to Explode, Y’all
Roseanne Cash once tweeted, “I have seen the future of music & the name of the band is St. Paul & the Broken Bones.” True story. Next month, we’ll finally get an album out of […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Fresh back from a trip to the wild, wild west (well … San Francisco), I’ve gotta be honest to my home city: New York, you’ve got some catching up to do. Okay, okay … I […]
Avi Jacob – “So Hard to Reach You”
Last week, Boston folksinger Avi Jacob released So Hard to Reach You (Bandcamp) – seven tracks of deeply emotional songwriting set against a mix of genre-spanning sounds, meshing old time folk, modern folk rock and […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
It’s a good thing nothing too revolutionary, life-changing, bucket-list-involving is happening this week. Yep. Good thing. OH WAIT, just kidding! Tonight, a starry-eyed Brooklynite (me) will trudge through the snowy muck to see Neil Young […]
Trout Steak Revival Releases Live EP
On New Year’s Day, Denver-based bluegrass band Trout Steak Revival released a new six song EP of the band’s live performances at Swallow Hill, Denver’s renowned performance and teaching center for folk music. The EP […]
Langhorne Slim to Play Free Solo Show in Brooklyn This Sunday
Today, Langhorne Slim announced via social media that he will perform a free solo set at the The Grand Bar & Grill tomorrow in Williamsburg. Slim teased the show on Facebook & Twitter yesterday, asking fans: […]