Last week, jazz guitarist Julian Lage and progressive bluegrass guitarist Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers, Infamous Stringdusters) released their first full-length album, Avalon (Amazon & Spotify). A follow up to the duo’s EP, Close To Picture, the […]
I first came across Julian Lage browsing Telluride’s Nightgrass lineup this past summer. Raised in NorCal and now living in Boston, he performed in Telluride with The Punch Brothers, which is led by former Nickel […]
Last week, the Newport Folk Festival added Nashville instrumental duo Steelism (Jeremy Fetzer & Spencer Cullum Jr.) to its lineup and announced that Ruby Amanfu and Nicole Atkins would join their set. Steelism’s country twang/vintage […]
When tickets for the 2017 Newport Folk Festival went on sale in November, weekend passes sold out in a few hours. At that point, no bands had been announced. Since then, the Festival has slowly […]
Last week, Bay Area-based bluegrass band Front Country released Sake of Sound (Spotify, Amazon) just prior to two stops in NYC this week. Fronted by friends of gcb Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman, who have […]
While we’re heading to Newport this weekend, I have to give a shout out to Rockygrass for an amazing lineup – one of the most exciting of the summer. This epic list includes Alison Krauss, Darol Anger, Della […]
First things first … let’s clear the air. I take full responsibility for not telling you about what probably would have been one of your favorite shows of the season: Conor Oberst and James Vincent […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
