Tag Archives: Bluegrass music

Billy Strings’ Turmoil & Tinfoil

Posted on 11th September 2017 by Gary Whitehouse

If you love acoustic guitar playing, or if you love bluegrass music — or both — you have to check out the duet that Billy Strings plays with Bryan Sutton on a traditional tune called “Salty Sheep,” on Billy’s new … Continue reading →

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John Reischman and The Jaybirds’ On That Other Green Shore

Posted on 12th August 2017 by Gary Whitehouse

If you want solid, no-nonsense bluegrass music these days, you won’t go wrong with any release by John Reischman and The Jaybirds. Their latest release On That Other Green Shore is no exception. That’s no accident, of course. One of … Continue reading →

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Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge’s Mount Royal

Posted on 20th February 2017 by Gary Whitehouse

I’m still wringing major bits of pleasure out of last year’s electric Julian Lage Trio release Arclight, when here comes this splendid acoustic offering from Lage and Chris Eldridge. Mount Royal is the second full-length by this duo, following Avalon … Continue reading →

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Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands’ The Hazel and Alice Sessions

Posted on 29th October 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

The influence of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard continues to reverberate in bluegrass and Americana music. The two became pioneer women in the male-dominated world of bluegrass music in the 1960s, leaving their mark on generations of musicians and singers … Continue reading →

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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms’ Innocent Road

Posted on 17th October 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

When you listen to an album and you can’t tell which are originals and which are classic country covers, that’s a good sign. I was pretty sure that the opening track of Innocent Road by Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms … Continue reading →

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3hattrio’s Solitaire

Posted on 19th September 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

Hard on the heels of 2015’s eyebrow-raising Dark Desert Night comes 3hattrio’s third full-length release Solitaire. It’s named for Desert Solitaire, the classic 1968 book about dryland ecosystems by Edward Abbey. This stringband trio from the red-rock desert of southern … Continue reading →

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Joe K. Walsh’s Borderland

Posted on 15th September 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

Creating new music from old traditions is the hallmark of roots music anywhere in the world. And it’s what Joe K. Walsh does on his debut solo album Borderland. This mandolinist, songwriter and singer has been active in the Americana … Continue reading →

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John McEuen’s Made in Brooklyn

Posted on 3rd September 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

Banjo player John McEuen is one of the unheralded giants of American roots music. He was a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, one of the first to blend rock and country in a new way that didn’t … Continue reading →

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John McEuen’s Made in Brooklyn previewed

Posted on 13th August 2016 by Gary Whitehouse

You and I would probably never think of playing Warren Zevon’s “Excitable Boy” as a bluegrass song. That’s why someone like John McEuen, who did think of it, has had a 50-year career as a groundbreaking roots musician, and you … Continue reading →

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Richard D. Smith’s Bluegrass: An Informal Guide 

Posted on 9th June 2016 by Diverse Voices

Brendan Foreman penned this review. Bluegrass music really lives a strange existence within the world of American music. Its form is too stylized and polished to classify it properly as a “folk music.” After all, the big bluegrass events of the … Continue reading →

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