This afternoon, The Atlantic circulated a great 16-minute mini-documentary from Durham-based filmmaker David Puckett who tells the story of Clyde Maness and his music barn in Carthage, NC. Maness has hosted folks from all over for bluegrass […]
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: Falls’ Melinda Kerwin on ‘Omaha’ – The Band’s Two-Sided Verve Records Debut
I first met Melinda Kerwin and Simon Rudston-Brown two and a half years ago while on a stint in their hometown of Sydney. The folk pop duo, which was then performing under the banner of The […]
Dave Rawlings Machine – ‘Nashville Obsolete’
Photo by Henry Diltz Earlier this week, Robyn Hitchcock handed Gillian Welch and David Rawlings the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Music Association’s Honors & Awards night – a pretty amazing accomplishment given that […]
Mipso Premieres “Momma” & Performs Tonight at NYC’s Mercury Lounge
Photo by D.L. Anderson Two years ago, Mipso released Dark Holler Pop – an album that injected a modern infectious vibe into a traditional North Carolina mountain sound. That album, released just after Joseph Terrell, […]
Video Premiere: Kelley McRae – “Fair Weather”
Photo by Brandon Dickerson Early this year, Brooklyn-based singer songwriter Kelley McRae and guitarist Matt Castelein released Easy on My Mind (Amazon & Spotify), an album the duo mostly wrote in a cabin in the Smoky […]
Urban Appalachia: Joan Shelley Plays Joe’s Pub on Tuesday
At Joe’s Pub on Tuesday, Louisville singer-songwriter Joan Shelley will perform songs off of Over and Even – her third solo album, which was released today and follows her much celebrated project from last year, Electric […]
Blake Mills’ Backstage Cover of “When I Paint My Masterpiece” on Dylan’s Newport Guitar
Mills on stage at Newport 2015 – Photo by Richard Kluver/grass clippings This week, Newport released this gem of Blake Mills covering “When I Paint My Masterpiece” on Dylan’s ’65 electric set guitar from inside […]
Albatross on ‘Desperate Times Best Forgotten’
On Friday, Nashville’s Brighton, England transplant, Adam Stockdale – under the banner of Albatross – released his latest album, Desperate Times Best Forgotten. Similar to Stockdale’s previous work, the album maintains a poppy folk thread […]
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Ventures Home to Headline 10th Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival
Ramblin’ Jack backstage at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. Photo by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog Ramblin’ Jack Elliott ran away from Brooklyn to join the rodeo when he was just fourteen. A few months later, […]
J.J. Sheffer Wins Best Tattoo of the Newport Folk Festival (Again)
In the four years that we’ve been tracking the Best Tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival, we’ve had two artist winners and one fan winner. This year, those numbers don’t change. The same fan who […]
VOTE NOW: Best Tattoos of the 2015 Newport Folk Festival
All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog As we have for the last four years, the grass clippings team again scanned festivarian flesh at last weekend’s Newport Folk Festival for stand out tats. While we’re always […]
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