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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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Traditional music can be a funny animal. For example, the most exciting and creative players may never perform in public other than the occasional pub session or after-hours festival jam. This is a part of the tradition: old-time Irish and Appalachian fiddlers were usually farmers and tradesmen, just like the rest of us working stiffs. [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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