Earlier this week, Punch Brothers released Ahoy! (Amazon MP3 & Spotify) – a new five-song EP of b-sides that didn’t make it on the band’s last album Who’s Feeling Young Now?. The EP kicks off […]
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Steelism & Ruby Amanfu: “Angel from Montgomery”
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 […]
The Deep, Deep South Blues of C.W. Stoneking
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 […]
Willy Tea Taylor’s Irresistible All-Star Benefit Album
Photo by Andrew Quist Just outside of Modesto, CA, there’s a town called Oakdale that’s known as the Cowboy Capital of the World. An Americana act in town, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, has […]
Q&A: Kristin Andreassen on Her New Solo Album and Upcoming US Tour Dates
Kristin Andreassen traveled the world her previous projects Uncle Earl and Sometymes Why, but this year the Brooklyn artist embarked on the first headlining tour supporting her solo work. The tour is timed with the release […]
Q&A: Michael Daves on the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash
Next Sunday, October 26th, Michael Daves will again host the Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash at The Bell House in Gowanus. In its third year, the Bash raises money for the Restoration Fund of Park Slope’s Old […]
Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge – “Open Up The Window, Noah”
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 […]
Day Two: Jack White Cries in Newport
Jack White’s highly anticipated Newport debut dominated the chatter of Day 2 at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival and drew the largest festival audience that I’ve seen. His twelve-song set featured material spanning his work under […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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