Chapel Hill-based string band and gcb favorite Mipso recently wrapped up the recording of their sophomore album – a follow up to their 2013 debut, Dark Holler Pop. While the band is pretty tight-lipped on the […]
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This Week(end)’s Must-See Shows
The focal point of this weekend’s schedule is the annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, taking place at The Bell House Friday through Sunday. The festivities includes sets from acts like Frank Fairfield and The Tillers, as […]
New Videos: Anthony D’Amato & Jus Post Bellum
Multiple friends of the grass clippings fam had a week to be thankful for…and released some good vids for us to share. Anthony D’Amato, the young Manhattan folk singer we got to know at Newport […]
Jus Post Bellum – “Gimme That Gun”
Our long-time and talented friends from Jus Post Bellum will release their second album, Oh July, on November 12th. Last week, the duo of Geoffrey Wilson and Hannah Jensen premiered the album’s first single “Gimme That Gun” […]
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 […]
clippings calendar: This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Tis the season of record releases … two of those being the albums of local Brooklyn acts Spirit Family Reunion, whose release show took place this past weekend, and Jus Post Bellum, whose own celebration […]
May’s First Sunday Six
Sara Watkins (San Diego) – About a decade ago, I was college senior, nervously chatting with Sara Watkins after a Nickel Creek show in Atlanta. Sara’s brother Sean and Chris Thile, the other two in […]
This Week’s NYC Shows Preview: The Head and the Heart, Sarah Jarosz, Dangermuffin and a Pile More
Put your coats away and get your pens ready, because there’s a lot to see this week and some awesome weather is set to be ripe for the show picking. On Wednesday, there’s the Webster […]
RECAP: the grass clippings winter warm up
Dear Fire Marshall, The grass clippings winter warm up, the first ever grass clippings event, more than doubled the maximum occupancy of Brooklyn’s Bar4 on Friday night. In the midst of a few whiskeys and […]
This Week in NYC: Cass McCombs Returns, Lucinda Black Bear Rocks Softly at Union Pool
Some cool shows happening this week in and around the city, including a mix of the traditional and progressive. The twangy DeLorean Sisters are banjo-ing it up at Union Hall on Saturday, and local indie […]
This Week’s NYC Show Clippings, Including The Little Willies and Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Hope your calendar isn’t packed this week, because there are a fair number of NYC area shows at which your presence is recommended. While several of the ones listed are part of this month’s weekly […]
Warm Yourselves on February 17th!
UPDATE: Read the recap and see photos HERE. It was a hoot. UPDATE: Read the recap and see photos HERE. It was a hoot. It’s cold out there, so I thought it would be fun to […]
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