East Coast alt-bluegrass band Crooked Still is in the middle of their 10th Anniversary Tour, currently on the West Coast and heading south. (I’m planning to attend their show this Friday in Arroyo Grande.) Their new 7-song EP titled Friends of Fall was released October 11th on Signature Sounds. Since their early days, the kids [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cello’
Crooked Still: Friends of Fall (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, cello, female singer, fiddle, tagged acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, cello, female singer, fiddle on November 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Childsplay: Waiting for the Dawn (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, Celtic, classical, female singer, fiddle, flute, viola, tagged acoustic, cello, Celtic, classical, female singer, fiddle, flute, viola on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]



