Fiddlefreak doesn’t often cover rock music, and “Americana” is everywhere you look lately, so usually we avoid anything with electrified guitars and drums. But every so often a rock band comes along that combines folk, blues, and soul seamlessly into a pure American sound. (The Band and Creedence come to mind.) A sound so rootsy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rock’
Railroad Earth: Free Download (MP3)
Posted in fiddle, male singer, mandolin, rock, tagged fiddle, male singer, mandolin, rock on August 18, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Among the Oak & Ash (MP3)
Posted in female singer, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged female singer, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, traditional on November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Photo Credit Jeff Fasano. A few years ago I discovered Garrison Starr‘s music: at that time, a polished and pleasing Nashville country rock that was just far enough outside the current of mainstream country to make me buy a couple tracks and crank it up. Haven’t heard much since until now, with the release of [...]
Pickathon Is Coming!
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, Canadian, festival, fiddle, male singer, mandolin, old-time, rock, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, blues, Cajun, Canadian, female singer, festival, fiddle, male singer, mandolin, old-time, rock, singer-songwriter, traditional on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s time to start planning for Pickathon 2009, which happens this year on July 31—August 2 at Pendarvis Farm just outside Portland, Oregon. Fiddlefreak attended a couple years back and was deeply wowed by its unique combination of down-home folksy vibe and youthful alternative energy. And the music lineup is always the best! Ranging from [...]
Levon Helm: Electric Dirt (MP3)
Posted in blues, fiddle, male singer, mandolin, rock, tagged blues, fiddle, male singer, rock on June 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Levon is back! June 30 marks the official release date of Electric Dirt (Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard), the second solo outing in Levon Helm‘s remarkable comeback, after 2007′s Grammy-winning Dirt Farmer record. Expanding upon the acoustic-folk arrangements and down-home themes of Dirt Farmer (his first release in 25 years and following a very rough bout with [...]
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