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Tag Archives: Americana music
Funks Grove’s Albuminium Blue
Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. In checking back to see what I thought about Funks Grove when I reviewed their EP last May, I find that I wrote: “And here’s one more damn fine folk- based band out of the … Continue reading
Interview: Crooked Still
I was unprepared for my interview with members of Crooked Still. By that I mean that I was unprepared for how genuinely nice these young musicians were. Friendly and accommodating in the middle of a busy weekend of music, in … Continue reading
Crooked Still’s Still Crooked
Green Man Review’s Cat Eldridge gave a rave review to the previous release from Crooked Still, Shaken By a Low Sound. One of their biggest selling points, he found, was the lack of drums in their non-traditional string band lineup … Continue reading
Ezra’s Ezra
Remember back in the early 2000s when you first heard and were awestruck by the youthful virtuosity of Crooked Still? Or perhaps, a decade or so later, by the stringband supergroup vibe of The Goat Rodeo? I sure do, and … Continue reading
Wonder Women of Country’s Wonder Women of Country: Willis, Carper, Leigh
The other morning someone in one of my social media feeds posted the question “What are your ‘comfort’ albums?’ with four album cover photos in a simple grid that showed theirs. My reply turned out to have two of what … Continue reading
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Blumpkin Nation’s The Invisible Movie Soundtrack
Craig Clarke wrote this review. With a title like The Invisible Movie Soundtrack — to which there is no accompanying film — it is difficult to listen to this album without wondering just what kind of cinematic experience this would … Continue reading
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Jeff Black’s Tin Lily
Jeff Black‘s fourth CD begins with a sort of retro-folk song, acoustic guitar and harmonica with Black’s rough-hewn vocals singing, “take it easy on me, take it easy on me now.” You might get the idea that he’s aiming for … Continue reading
Jeff Black’s B-sides and Confessions Volume One
I am reliably told that Jeff Black is one of the finest Nashville songwriters working today. My friend Wayne Marshall (record producer and songwriter) saw Black play in a little club near Music Row, and was held spellbound. On this, … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Deep River of Song: Virginia and the Piedmont
Big Earl Sellar wrote this review. Another disc in the Alan Lomax series Deep River of Song, Virginia and the Piedmont has the fitting subtitle of “Minstrelsy, Work Songs, and Blues.” These great archival recordings are just the thing for … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Deep River of Song: Black Appalachia
Brendan Foreman wrote this for Folk Tales. In 1978 Alan Lomax, looking back at a decades-long career of field-recording, began to review the huge library of music that he and his father, John Lomax, had compiled in the 1930s and … Continue reading
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