Category Archives: fiddle
Kyle Alden: Songs from Yeats’ Bee-Loud Glade (MP3)
From the Better Late Than Never Department here at Fiddlefreak World Headquarters: Sometimes a CD gets lost in the whirlwind of detritus that passes for my desktop, and surfaces later like a stone in a tater patch. Or something reminds … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, Celtic, fiddle, Irish, male singer, mandolin, singer-songwriter
Evie Ladin Band (MP3)
The new release from Evie Ladin Band is a perfect example of what Fiddlefreak likes to call oldternative bluegrass: music that springs from old-timey roots but branches out in exciting new directions. On banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass fiddle, and body percussion, the … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, banjo, female singer, fiddle, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional, world
Red June: Beauty Will Come (MP3)
Laura and Kagey of the Honey Dewdrops passed though town a couple weeks ago and told us about the best new band we’ve never heard of but wish we had: a smoothgrass trio calling themselves Red June. Well Fiddlefreak dropped … Continue reading
Filed under bluegrass, acoustic, female singer, male singer, fiddle, dobro, singer-songwriter, Irish, mandolin, country
Jackstraw – Sunday Never Comes (MP3)
A quick search reveals that Jack Straw was an English rebel leader who died in 1381. Jackstraw is also a traditional form of the kids’ game of pick-up sticks. And it’s the name of a song recorded by the Grateful … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, country, fiddle, male singer, mandolin, singer-songwriter
