Brooklyn-based indie string band Cricket Tell The Weather plucked its name from an old-time hoedown scene in a piece of instrumental theater when it first officially formed last year. Like others in the Northeastern old time scene, […]
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CMJ Pick: 10 String Symphony at Rockwood
10 String Symphony, the Nashville duo made up by virtuoso fiddler Christian Sedelmyer (Jerry Douglas Band) and old time fiddler Rachel Baiman, released their self-titled debut back in 2012 – an album with stunning harmonies, […]
Noam Pikelny & Stuart Duncan at Rockwood Tonight
Tonight at Rockwood, there’s a lot going on. Most notably, Punch Brother Noam Pikelny, recently crowned Banjo Player of the Year by IBMA, takes the stage with famed fiddler Stuart Duncan. The duo will play […]
PHOTOS: gcb presents Mipso at Rockwood
Here are a few shots from our Mipso show at Rockwood last Friday night. Packed out crowd for an incredible set. Thanks to all of you who made it out. If you missed it, you […]
grass clippings presents: Mipso at Rockwood
It’s been a long while since we’ve had ourselves a proper gcb show. The gcb Winter Warm Up with Spirit Family Reunion and gcb Holiday Hootenanny with Joy Kills Sorrow were over a year ago (and heaps […]
Brooklyn’s Animal Years – Sun Will Rise
Indie rock bands don’t make this blog too often, but when they sound more like Dawes and My Morning Jacket than all of that other stuff, we give them a listen. Brooklyn-based Animal Years released […]
Della Mae Tonight at Rockwood
Boston-based Della Mae made it’s Rounder Records debut earlier this year with This World Oft Can Be, which maintained the band’s strong and polished traditional-bluegrass roots that we first heard and fell in love with at […]
Dead Confederate Frontman to Release Solo Alt-Country Album
T. Hardy Morris, the frontman of psychedelic rock band Dead Confederate, is set to make his solo debut next month…and he’s going alt-country. Athens-based Morris has rolled out a few videos of songs from Audition […]
Kaiser Cartel Woos Fans With Uniquely Intimate Performances
Brooklyn-based indie folk duo Kaiser Cartel, made up of Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel, got together back in 2004. Following the release of their debut record March Forth (AmazonMP3) in 2008, great showing at SXSW […]
Ben Sollee at NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall
On Friday, I caught Ben Sollee at Rockwood (stage 2, which is so much more comfortable than stage 1 and doesn’t make me feel like I’m enochlophobic as stage 1 does). I’ve seen Sollee play […]
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