Remember the Bad Livers? The über-ironic oldtime-country duo who recorded songs with names like Git Them Pretty Girls and Shit Creek? Fiddlefreak has tracked banjo shredder Danny Barnes over the years, but what happened to that big guy on tuba? Well I’m happy to share that big boy Mark Rubin has come up for air, [...]
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The Atomic Duo: Broadsides (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, bluegrass, blues, Celtic, country, dobro, male singer, mandolin, singer-songwriter, tagged acoustic, bluegrass, blues, country, dobro, male singer, mandolin, singer-songwriter on February 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Litha: Dancing of the Light (MP3)
Posted in accordion, acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, dobro, female singer, fiddle, flute, Irish, male singer, Scottish, singer-songwriter, whistle, world, tagged accordion, acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, dobro, female singer, fiddle, flute, Irish, male singer, Scottish, singer-songwriter, whistle, world on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Is this the first time in almost four years of Fiddlefreak reviews that I’ve let an entire month pass without a post? Gack! So here we go with the first review of 2012, and by God it was worth the wait. Scotland’s Aaron Jones and his partner Claire Mann make up half of a brillant [...]
Bua: Down the Green Fields (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, fiddle, flute, Irish, male singer, traditional, tagged acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, fiddle, flute, Irish, male singer, traditional on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another Victory for Bua. Guest review by Patrick Fitzell, Program Director at AccuRadio, an Internet radio station based in Chicago. In the spring of their musical careers, Chicago-based trad group Bua is in full bloom. After a hectic summer festival tour schedule, it’s amazing they somehow found time to spend in the studio. The result, [...]
Colleen Raney & Colm MacCárthaigh: Cuan (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, female singer, Irish, male singer, Scottish, traditional, tagged acoustic, bouzouki, Celtic, female singer, Irish, male singer, Scottish, traditional on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Portland singer Colleen Raney is a rising star on the West Coast Irish music scene. (Previously reviewed HERE.) Her new record, titled Cuan, is a duo project with Seattle-based Colm MacCárthaigh, who plays guitar and cittern. Together they cover a nice range of Celtic material with style and grace, bringing a lovely lift to both [...]
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