Thursday, October 20 2011
Bear Cub: Always Be Down EP
The Always Be Down EP is a strong statement from a promising young band with a lot of stylistic influences.
Sunday, October 9 2011
Crooked Still: Friends of Fall EP
Covers torn from other acts’ songbooks don’t generally sound as vital and vibrant as the arrangements Crooked Still gives to them.
Friday, September 30 2011
The Dirt Daubers: Wake Up, Sinners
The bluegrass outfit, led by Legendary Shack Shakers frontman (and Kentucky colonel) J.D. Wilkes, offers up an express train of an album.
Monday, September 19 2011
The Dustbowl Revival: Holy Ghost Station EP
Holy Ghost Station is exceptional considering the wide range of musical territory that is covered.
Thursday, September 15 2011
Joy Kills Sorrow: This Unknown Science
Quite simply, this is one of the best bluegrass-meets-folk albums you hear this year – if not in any given year.
Thursday, July 21 2011
Del McCoury Band: 16 July 2011 - New York
The Del McCoury Band visited City Winery in preparation of their show with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band there later this week.
Wednesday, July 20 2011
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band - “I’ll Fly Away” (video)
Last night, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band, joined forces for a foot-stomping, soul movin' version of the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away" on the stages of the Late Show with David Letterman.
Thursday, April 21 2011
Alison Krauss and Union Station: Paper Airplane
Paper Airplane features ample ghostly romance and impeccable melodic arrangements, but it doesn't challenge the formula.
Wednesday, April 20 2011
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band: American Legacies
American Legacies pairs New Orleans jazz with traditional bluegrass for the sound of the saints marching in to Kentucky. You'll want to be in that number.
