Bay Area hillbilly-gothgrass band The Earl Brothers recently released their fourth record, titled simply “The Earl Brothers” (Big Hen Music 004), and packaged in a solid white Digipak. Their dark mountain sound has kept its cold hard core, suffering little from the loss of John McKelvy‘s trademark high tenor vocals and strong songwriting. In his [...]
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The Earl Brothers Are Born Again (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, male singer, mandolin, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, fiddle, mandolin, singer-songwriter, traditional on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Crooked Still: Some Strange Country (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, female singer, fiddle, tagged acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, female singer, fiddle on May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Crooked Still has hit another one out of the park with their brand new release “Some Strange Country” (Signature Sounds SIG 2029). Their fourth studio CD continues in the same vein as their previous records, mining the rich ore of traditional Americana and smelting it in a hot brew of alternative bluegrass licks and breathy [...]
Jeni & Billy: Longing for Heaven (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, female singer, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged old-time, bluegrass, traditional, acoustic, female singer, singer-songwriter, male singer on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hard on the heels of their previous release Jewell Ridge Coal (reviewed here), Jeni and Billy have just released another precious mountain jewel, a new collection of original and traditional music titled Longing for Heaven (Jewell Ridge Records 005). On Longing for Heaven, Jeni and Billy have hit their stride. With its hand-drawn lettering, family [...]
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival
Posted in acoustic, bluegrass, festival, old-time, tagged acoustic, bluegrass, festival, old-time on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The 11th annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival (SFBOT), a nine-day festival occuring at various locations around the Bay Area, will happen February 12-21, 2010. Featuring some of the most talented musicians on the Americana and roots music scene today, the Festival comprises over 30 shows at numerous small clubs around the Bay Area, [...]

