By now I hope you’ve heard of (and heard) the acoustic hillbilly heartland honkytonk music of the Wilders, from Kansas City, Missouri. A big part of their show is the high-energy oldtime fiddling of Betse Ellis, who just released her first solo album titled Don’t You Want to Go? on Free Dirt Records. This collection [...]
Posts Tagged ‘blues’
Betse Ellis: Don’t You Want to Go? (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, blues, female singer, fiddle, old-time, traditional, tagged acoustic, blues, female singer, fiddle, old-time, traditional on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eilen Jewell: Sea of Tears (MP3)
Posted in blues, female singer, rock, singer-songwriter, tagged blues, female singer, rock, singer-songwriter on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Photo by Dan Tappan, Creative Commons License The night is dark and stormy. Cabs are scarce as hen’s teeth in this God-forsaken neighborhood, so you succumb to the lure of the neon lights and duck into a corner bar to shake off the cold. Heads turn as you walk in—the place is almost empty—but quickly [...]
Live Oak Music Festival and Joe Craven
Posted in bluegrass, blues, Cajun, Celtic, female singer, festival, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, world, tagged bluegrass, blues, Cajun, Celtic, female singer, festival, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, world on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all California music-lovers! Now is the time to get your tickets for the wild and crazy Live Oak Music Festival 2009, to be held on June 19-20-21. This benefit for KCBX Public Radio, which happens annually in the hills near Santa Barbara, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Fiddlefreak will be in attendance—hope to see [...]
Tony Furtado: Deep Water (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, blues, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, tagged banjo, blues, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tony Furtado has a new record out called Deep Water, on Funzalo Records. Jeez, I don’t know how many this makes, but one of his previous releases is titled Thirteen, so it’s quite a few. I first heard Tony perform years ago at the Live Oak Music Festival near Santa Barbara, where I immediately bought [...]
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