Thanks to Hearth Music for sending me the new record from rising star Coty Hogue of Bellingham, WA. Her new release To the West charted #1 on the Folk-DJ chart in June, for good reason. Coty Hogue sings a lovely, sultry blend of old-time Americana and contemporary songs that connect to the old strain. Her [...]
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Coty Hogue: To the West (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, country, female singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, swing, traditional, tagged acoustic, country, female singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, swing, traditional on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Grada: Natural Angle (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, Celtic, female singer, fiddle, flute, Irish, traditional, world, tagged acoustic, Celtic, female singer, fiddle, flute, Irish, singer-songwriter, traditional, world on June 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
From the Better Late Than Never Dept: Here’s a post on Grada’s latest release Natural Angle. I hate it when I’m rummaging through some random pile of desktop detritus and find a CD I should have reviewed a year ago. That’s what happened with Natural Angle, which came out early in 2010. It’s so good [...]
Nettle Honey: Wild Greens and the Old Path (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, female singer, festival, fiddle, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged acoustic, banjo, female singer, festival, fiddle, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional on June 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s another band we heard and met at NW Folklife. Nettle Honey is an old-time quartet from Seattle, WA that plays equal parts classic standards and original compositions. Their sound is as pure as the Northwest rain that falls on her mist-shrouded mountains and fills her roaring rivers. They’ve taken pure-core Appalachian chops and applied [...]
Cahalen Morrison and Eli West: The Holy Coming of the Storm (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, bouzouki, country, dobro, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, tagged acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, bouzouki, country, dobro, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter on March 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Here’s another sweet new record that has come to Fiddlefreak by way of Devon at Hearth Music. The Holy Coming of the Storm from Cahalen Morrison and Eli West hit the streets on January 30 and has been stuck in my CD player ever since. Their new old-time bluegrass songs strike just the right balance [...]
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