Aoife O’Donovan, keeping up her reputation as one of the busiest women in bluegrass, isn’t taking this weekend off like the rest of us. Instead, she’ll be joining Greg Liszt (The Deadly Gentleman), Brittany Haas […]
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Crooked Still’s “Some Strange Country”
Crooked Still is a band that both traditionalists and contemporary bluegrass fans can listen to, holding hands. Crooked’s new album, Some Strange Country, was released a few weeks back and is, hands down, my favorite […]
SONG OF THE WEEK: “Novembervals” – Lena Jonsson & Brittany Haas
Earlier this year, celebrated Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson, also of The Goodbye Girls, teamed up with Californian fiddler Brittany Haas, member of Haas Kowert Tice and Crooked Still who also recently performed on David Rawlings […]
Q&A: Brittany Haas & Nic Gareiss On Their Fiddle & Dance Collaboration
Fiddler Brittany Haas (Crooked Still, Haas Kowert Tice) and the much-celebrated percussive dancer Nic Gareiss (This is How We Fly) performed two shows in the Boston area over the weekend. One of those shows was […]
Haas Kowert Tice’s Adventurous Debut
Bela Fleck’s “The Over Grown Waltz,” Edgar Meyer’s “Sliding Down,” Mark O’Connor’s “Johnny Appleseed” and Chris Thile’s “Raining at Sunset” – these are the kinds of memorable modern instrumental tunes that have left the biggest […]
MNFS: Aoife O’Donovan – Thursday’s Child
Last month Aoife O’Donovan released her solo debut, Fossils (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), on Yep Rock Records. One of the busiest girls in bluegrass and a testament to the fact that pretty things can live […]
Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash at The Bell House
Last year, the plaster ceiling of Park Slope’s Old First Reformed Church, one of the oldest churches in all of New York, started to fall. The church is now doing everything it can to raise […]
Mike + Ruthy to Release New EP
Woodstock’s Mike + Ruthy, among the young artists on the new Old Hills, Young Mountain recording we mentioned earlier this week, aren’t a new band like the others. The husband-wife duo have been touring and […]
March’s First Sunday Six
It’s that time again folks. It came sooner this month than any other. Andrew Bird (Chicago) – Kicking off this month’s six is an album I’m enjoying more than any new album that I’ve heard […]
The Fall Snowday Soundtrack
Dawes – Photo by Kevin Hays All it takes is a little snow to get my post schedule back on track. With the first (kinda) snow day hitting NYC yesterday, I got lots of downtime […]
Wet Hot Americana Summer in NYC
Ahh, summer in the city. Ohh, the sweating. But, with the sweating comes an incredible lineup of Americana music. There are so many great bands coming through, that it’s hard to keep up. To help […]
grass stains: Just a Typical Boston Jam Session
Northern Lights, the Boston-area bluegrass band, disbanded in March after 35 years of playing around town with a final show at a longtime bluegrass night held in church in Mansfield called the Rose Garden Coffeehouse. […]
