After many months of a much needed hiatus, we’re back just in time for this weekend’s Newport Folk Festival. As in the past, this year’s lineup consists of a genre-spanning and well-curated melting pot of […]
Back in the Spring
I’ve been taking some guilt-free time to focus on my new business. See you in April!
VIDEO PREMIERE: Joseph & Maia – “I Know”
When Joseph Thompson & Maia Potier signed with Sony New Zealand back in 2013, the label tried to get the duo to change their poppy alt-country sound. Refusing to succumb to their Sony’s heavy hand, the young Kiwi duo, […]
SHOW OF THE WEEK: Spirit Family Reunion at Threes Brewing
Photo: Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog Longtime gcb-favorite Spirit Family Reunion is performing every Monday in January at Threes Brewing in Park Slope. The band, which released Hands Together last April and is currently pulling together some […]
Bennett Sullivan Releases New Banjo Instruction App of Licks
Chances are that later this week a bunch of folks will get a new banjo under the tree. While a special moment, a holiday of steady banjo playing without decent teaching and new inspiring material […]
SHOW OF THE WEEK: The Gregory Brothers 10th Annual Christmas Extravaganza
Photo by Denny Renshaw Ten years ago, there were (relatively) few who knew of The Gregory Brothers. But four years before Evan, Michael, Andrew and Evan’s wife Sarah began auto-tuning the news, and five years […]
SONG OF THE WEEK: “Novembervals” – Lena Jonsson & Brittany Haas
Earlier this year, celebrated Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson, also of The Goodbye Girls, teamed up with Californian fiddler Brittany Haas, member of Haas Kowert Tice and Crooked Still who also recently performed on David Rawlings […]
2016 Newport Folk Festival Tickets for Saturday Sell Out In Hours
Photo: Richard Kluver/grass clippings This morning the Newport Folk Festival began selling tickets for next year’s festival. Without any tips about the headliners, Saturday tickets were gone in just a few hours. Friday and Sunday tickets […]
SUNDAY: Michael Daves Wrangles All Star Lineup for 4th Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash
This Sunday, November 29th, multiple generations of bluegrass musicians will come together at The Bell House in Gowanus for the 4th Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash organized by celebrated and Grammy-nominated Brooklyn old time singer and […]
Drew Holcomb: New Musicbed Session & Record Club
Photo by Eric Ryan Anderson Yesterday, The Bluegrass Situation debuted the latest Musicbed Session featuring East Nashville Americana band Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors singing “American Beauty” – the opening track off of Holcomb’s latest album, Medicine (Amazon), which was […]
The Golden Age of Daniel Martin Moore
Photo by Pedro Anguila Daniel Martin Moore’s latest Jim James-produced album, Golden Age (Amazon & Spotify), is one that I’ve listened to more than any other in the last month. It’s not as sparse as his […]
THURSDAY: Elephant Revival at The Bowery Ballroom
Photo by Angie Barnes It’s hard to fully experience Colorado bluegrass at a club in New York without some epic mountain ridge-lines in the background. That’s probably not why many of these bands fail make […]
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