Last week, we caught up with 10 String Symphony – the Nashville duo of five-string fiddlers that was one of our favorites at CMJ last fall. Christian Sedelmyer and Rachel Baiman started busking together in […]
Author: Garland Harwood
The South in Brooklyn
Pickin Into 2015 in NYC & Nashville
John Oliver suggests that New Year’s Eve isn’t worth celebrating. This may be true, but regardless this week is primed with some great shows. I’m heading to Nashville this year, so I thought it’d be […]
2014 Grassy Christmas Tunes Roundup
Another Christmas is here, so we’ve updated “a very grassy Christmas” for 2014. The list that began in 2011 and has grown every year since, didn’t get many additions this year. But it got every […]
Throwback Thursday: Newport Folk Festival Releases 2014 Highlights Reel
This morning, the Newport Folk Festival launched one of the best Throwback Thursday’s we’ve seen in awhile: a reel of some of the best numbers from the 2014 event. Props to Ryan Mastro who does […]
Run Boy Run’s Hip Shakin’ Sophomore Album
Arizona isn’t known to be a hotbed for bluegrass acts, but I’ve been watching Tucson’s Run Boy Run since they won a spot on the 2012 Telluride bill. In September, the band released Something to […]
Q&A: Aoife O’Donovan on Crooked Still’s Reunion Tour & Upcoming Projects With Sarah Jarosz & Sara Watkins
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 […]
Saturday: Darol Anger’s Mr. Sun at DROM
A couple months back, I saw three-fourths of Mr. Sun, the project led by legendary fiddler and Berklee professor Darol Anger that also includes mandolin virtuoso Joe Walsh, Grant Gordy on guitar and Ethan Jodziewicz […]
Q&A: Brooklyn’s Cricket Tell the Weather
Brooklyn-based indie string band Cricket Tell The Weather plucked its name from an old-time hoedown scene in a piece of instrumental theater when it first officially formed last year. Like others in the Northeastern old time scene, […]
The Danish String Quartet Passes On The Folk Tunes Of The Faroe Islands
Photo by Caroline Bittencourt Over the last decade, Copenhagen’s Danish String Quartet has gained the attention of the global classical scene, winning all kinds of recognition and performing on some of the world’s most prestigious […]
Robby Hecht & Rose Cousins – “Soon I Was Sleeping”
Earlier this year, Frankenstein, Dracula and the Bride of Frankenstein joined Robby Hecht to shoot the video for “Soon I Was Sleeping,” a gorgeous track off of Hecht’s self-titled album (Amazon & Spotify). This […]
Deadly Gentleman Guitarist Stash Wyslouch Launches Kickstarter for Solo Debut
Stash Wyslousch, guitarist and vocalist for The Deadly Gentlemen and the only man in bluegrass who wears a headband, is cooking up a solo project of originals that mix his heavy-metal-loving past with his later-found […]
RECAP & PHOTOS: 3rd Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash at The Bell House
Fast times last weekend at The Bell House in Gowanus for another epic Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash, which included hilarious rants by Americana badass David Bromberg, phenomenal fiddling from Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky and Brittany Haas, […]
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