Last week, jazz guitarist Julian Lage and progressive bluegrass guitarist Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers, Infamous Stringdusters) released their first full-length album, Avalon (Amazon & Spotify). A follow up to the duo’s EP, Close To Picture, the […]
This Saturday, grass clippings is heading up to The Sinclair in Harvard Square for the first ever Deadly Gentleman’s Ball where The Gentleman will host progressive string band Joy Kills Sorrow, as well as guitar […]
Fresh back from a trip to the wild, wild west (well … San Francisco), I’ve gotta be honest to my home city: New York, you’ve got some catching up to do. Okay, okay … I […]
It’s a good thing nothing too revolutionary, life-changing, bucket-list-involving is happening this week. Yep. Good thing. OH WAIT, just kidding! Tonight, a starry-eyed Brooklynite (me) will trudge through the snowy muck to see Neil Young […]
Justin Townes Earle (New York & Nashville) – While Justin Townes Earle never quite sways outside of the wide-reaching genre of Americana, each of his albums has sounded different from the one that preceded it. […]
I first came across Julian Lage browsing Telluride’s Nightgrass lineup this past summer. Raised in NorCal and now living in Boston, he performed in Telluride with The Punch Brothers, which is led by former Nickel […]
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