“A good song reminds us what we’re fighting for.” – Pete Seeger From labor rights to civil rights to the peace movement to environmental causes, folk legends like the late Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, […]
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SHOW OF THE WEEK: Spirit Family Reunion at Threes Brewing
Photo: Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog Longtime gcb-favorite Spirit Family Reunion is performing every Monday in January at Threes Brewing in Park Slope. The band, which released Hands Together last April and is currently pulling together some […]
Spirit Family Reunion – “How I Long to Take That Ride”
In April, Spirit Family Reunion released Hands Together (Amazon & Spotify), its second major album of secular gospel tunes. Since the beginning, the Family has been celebrated for their high energy numbers, of which this album has […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
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 […]
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 […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Disregard your meteorologists, gregorian calendars, astrologists and J. Crew catalogs. Any self-respecting Brooklynite will tell you that summer officially begins when you’re sitting in the grassy knoll near the Prospect Park Bandshell taking in the […]
Shows To Close The Year
And we’re back. We took a few days off to do some shopping, get to know our families a bit better and enjoy some eggnog by the fire. Hope y’all had a folkin excellent Christmas. […]
This Week’s 11 Must-See NYC Shows
This week, spend your Tuesday night in the Lower East Side, happy-go-luckily skipping to-and-fro between The Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall to catch Robby Hecht, Amy Speace, my new fave Nels Andrews, and pedal-steel […]
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
Whoa, man. Who has a purse full of gummybears, a soft spot for riesling and is super excited to see Sara Watkins live for the first time? Duh. Me. The fiddling singer plays City Winery […]
Spirit Family Reunion’s No Separation
Brooklyn’s Spirit Family Reunion releases No Separation, its long awaited full-length album, this Friday, June 15th with a special celebration at the Mercury Lounge. If there’s any band that we’ve watched grow over the few […]
clippings calendar: This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
So many good shows this week, so little time. Justin Townes Earle is back in town, up-and-comers The Whiskey Collection hit Rockwood again, Jonathan Wilson and Jenny O do their thing, and the list goes […]
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