My hard-core old-time folkie readers might want to pass on this one, but if the idea of a large group of fiddlers playing together on fiddle tunes and folk songs sounds good to you, then read on. Childsplay is a group united by the instruments of violin maker Bob Childs of Cambridge, Massachussetts. Their fifth [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cello’
Childsplay: Waiting for the Dawn (MP3)
Posted in Celtic, acoustic, classical, female singer, fiddle, flute, viola, tagged acoustic, cello, Celtic, classical, female singer, fiddle, flute, viola on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Crooked Still: Still Crooked
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, female singer, fiddle, tagged acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, cello, fiddle on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you heard the big news from young alt-grass pickers Crooked Still? Brilliant cellist Rushad Eggleston has left the band. One might compare Rushad to the immortal swordsman of the Highlander movies: there can be only one. A blow this disastrous has sunk lesser ships. But wait–what’s this? They’ve added two new members to the [...]

