While you finish perfecting your Miley Cyrus Halloween costumes for a platter of spooky soirees, we recommend giving a thought or two to some of the below events … including Friday’s Bluegrass Halloween at The […]
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RECAP: 2013 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
This story also appeared on The Bluegrass Situation. We’re friends. Friends share things. The late Warren Hellman would have undoubtedly been smiling this past weekend as hundreds of thousands of people flooded into Golden Gate […]
JJ Sheffer Wins Best Tat at Newport
Congrats to JJ Sheffer, a fan (and new friend of grass clippings) from York, PA, who has won the grass clippings Best Tattoos of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival contest. JJ, you’ve won a $25 gift […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
For any of us still getting over festival fever, Lincoln Center classes up the genre this weekend with the last shows of their Out of Doors festival. Newport alums Hurray for the Riff Raff and […]
From Newport to NYC: This Week’s Must-See Shows
It’s only been 24 hours since team grass clippings returned from the Newport Folk Fest to the sweaty concrete jungle that is Manhattan … and we’re already nostalgic for the Rhode Island sea. Let’s call […]
DAY 2 RECAP: 2013 Newport Folk Festival
A stark contrast to a rainy Friday session, Sarah Jarosz kicked off Day Two at the Newport Folk Festival singing “Kingdom by the Sea,” a fitting song for a sunny Saturday at Fort Adams. Hurray […]
Top 5 Hardest Hours in Newport
For the past few years, I’ve laid out a minute-by-minute guide to the Newport Folk Festival. This year, I tried to continue the tradition (and Stef pulled one together for this year) but it just […]
Top Songs of 2012 by Region
The year of Carly Rae Jepsen and Psy…the year of Frankenstorm…the year of the 47 percent…and even the year of Pennsylvania’s purple squirrel is now drawing to a close. While the fine folks at American Songwriter, […]
West London’s Lowpines Release First EP
Lowpines, a new West London minimalist duet made up of of Oli and Lyla, has just released its first free download three-song EP (SoundCloud & EardrumsPop), including a cover of The Be Good Tanya’s “It’s Not Happening.” […]
Last Week in New York Folking City
While there are very few bad weeks for music in NYC, last week held multiple shows that collectively represent some of the very best in the indie folk world today… Spirit Family Reunion and Hurray […]
grass clippings Minute-by-Minute Guide: 2012 Newport Folk Festival
For the third year in a row, a team from grass clippings (this year it’s Stef, Richard, Emily and me) will be on the ground in Newport. And this year, we’ll be running around more […]
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