Back in February, Joy Kills Sorrow, one of our favorite northeastern string bands, announced on Facebook that its members would soon go their separate ways. The band has played a few shows since then, but […]
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Joy Kills Sorrow – “Such Great Heights”
Earlier today I scored an early copy of Wide Awake, the forthcoming seven-song EP from Joy Kills Sorrow, the Boston (and Brooklyn and Portland, ME) -based stringband that headlined the grass clippings holiday hootenanny in […]
THIS WEEKEND: The Deadly Gentlemen, Sarah Jarosz and Andy Statman Trio Hit Brooklyn, Boston and Concert Window
Earlier this year, I caught the first ever Deadly Gentleman’s Ball at the Sinclair in Cambridge, which was easily the most fun I had all winter. This weekend, the Gentleman are Ballin’ again with Balls […]
grass clippings presents: Mipso at Rockwood
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 […]
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 […]

Q&A: Betsy Plum on The Old Time Jam at Lowlands Bar in Gowanus
The Old Time Jam at Lowlands in Gowanus, Brooklyn Gowanus, Brooklyn is more known for its polluted canal, mafia-related body dumping and the saddest dolphin ever than the changes the neighborhood has seen in the last few years. […]
Top Songs of 2013 by Region
For the second year in a row, I’m breaking down the top songs of the year by region. Location and love probably influence songwriting more than anything else and it’d be hard to make a […]
Jacob Jolliff + The Deadly Gentleman – “All My Friends Blew Up On the Internet”
Greg Liszt, banjoist for the Boston-based bluegrass band The Deadly Gentlemen, also happens to be the man who filmed a video of Brooklyn’s Lake Street Dive covering The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back.” That […]
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
For any of us still getting over festival fever, Lincoln Center classes up the genre this weekend with the last shows of their Out of Doors festival. Newport alums Hurray for the Riff Raff and […]
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 […]