Three Carolina bands (one South, two North) will be up north of the Mason Dixon very soon and each of them recently released new videos worth a watch.
Mipso will play the first ever grass clippings garden session on Wednesday, July 23rd at 8:30 PM, which you can stream live from anywhere in the world on Concert Window. Our friends at The Bluegrass Situation recently shot this video of the band singing “A Couple Acres Greener,” the great opening track of the band’s debut album. Mipso also performs at Rockwood on Friday, June 25th.
Mandolin Orange, which makes its Newport Folk Festival debut on Friday, July 25th, recently premiered a new track called “Little Worlds,” which was filmed a in the cowboy boot room at a vintage shop in downtown Hillsborough, NC.
Shovels & Rope returns to Newport on Saturday, July 26th in advance of the band’s forthcoming album, Swimin’ Time, which comes out August 28th and follows its breakthrough album, O Be Joyful. The band released a video for “The Devil Is All Around,” one song off the new album, in June. Also, last week Paste released “Cavalier” – a favorite off of O Be Joyful.
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