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 »
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 [...]
Serious Sam Barrett: Close to Home (MP3)
Posted in British, Celtic, acoustic, male singer, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged acoustic, British, Celtic, male singer, singer-songwriter, traditional on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yorkshire singer-songwriter Sam Barrett is a very busy man. In addition to printing his own product packaging, stickers, and t-shirts, he maintains a hectic gig schedule all over Great Britain, singing a mix of his own songs and trad material from England, Scotland, and Ireland on his vintage Stella 12-string. Sam’s songs are raw, rowdy, [...]
Evie Ladin: Float Downstream (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, female singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged acoustic, banjo, female singer, fiddle, old-time, singer-songwriter on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On February 25, Evie Ladin will release her solo record titled Float Downstream. Produced by mando wizard Mike Marshall, this is a lovely collection of mostly original songs that feature her distinctive drop-thumb clawhammer banjo style. Evie is known in the trad music community as a dancer and member of the all-girl Stairwell Sisters (featured [...]
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