grass clippings’ favorite Texan, Sarah Jarosz, announced this week that she’l l release two new song early next month. Check out the announcement from her Web site below. I’m hoping to get a sneak preview when […]
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Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit on The Paste Tour
I always knew of Drive By Truckers, but, for no particular reason, never really got into them (other than the occasional foot stomp when they came on Pandora). But when I heard the former Trucker, […]
Orchestral Folk is Lost In The Trees
Over the weekend I was checking out some of the latest NPR Tiny Desk concerts. I found an amazing one from Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain and then I came across this week’s […]
Ten Albums That Got Me Through Summer 2010
After a brief hiatus due to some work overload (and more), I’m back. Sorry for leaving unannounced. It wasn’t really planned…just necessary. Hope you missed me. Thanks for your patience. The last few months have […]
Bottom Line Recap: Newport Folk Fest 2010
Got back from Newport last night. Here are some bottom line thoughts… Overall Experience: Awesome and I’ll totally go back. I don’t think it beat my 2005 Telluride experience, but it came pretty damn […]
Tift Merritt’s See You On The Moon
Among the good folks playing at Floydfest in Virginia this coming weekend is soulful singer-songwriter Tift Merritt. Merritt – a North Carolina girl now living in NYC – has received a fair amount of press […]
Brooklyn’s Spirit Family Reunion on Tour
I still haven’t met my neighbors, Spirit Family Reunion, but they were the first folks I blogged about when I kicked this thing off so I thought it was time for a check in. The […]
Boston’s David Wax Museum
David Wax Museum is a new favorite. Discovered within my Newport planning, this band is the Magic Hat contest winner to perform at the Folk Festival in two weeks. Fed by a mix of roots […]
Decisions in Newport
Choices can be a bitch…even when you can’t go wrong. With the historic Newport Folk Festival just a couple weeks out, now is the time that I have to start planning which of three stages […]
Justin Townes Earle to Release New Album in September
FINALLY we got word over the weekend that Justin Townes Earle will release Harlem River Blues on September 14th. From the press release… Compared to the much-lauded Midnight at the Movies, Harlem River Blues is […]
New NPR Music App Kicks Ass
Those of you that read this blog know that I’m hot on NPR, especially its Tiny Desk Concerts that I frequently post. This week, NPR Music released a free new app for the iPhone and […]
KOTO Live Streaming at Telluride
Telluride’s public radio station is once again streaming the most amazing festival in the biz. KOTO will stream the 37th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, which began today and runs through the weekend. I have not […]
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