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Twangy, blue collar Americana outfit Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters' released their newest record Midwest Heart/Southern Blues earlier this year. The band performed at Master Musicians Festival in Somerset, Kentucky this summer, and did a live session of album track and single "My True Love". The black and white video, shot in a wooded area backstage, gives us... Continue Reading →
North Carolina duo Mandolin Orange, who combine simplistic melodies with complex lyricism, are set to release their fourth studio album, Blindfaller, on September 30th via Yep Roc Records. Building a musical foundation based upon the long-established sounds of roots music, members Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz are keeping the musical traditions of the Appalachian mountain range... Continue Reading →
Country icon Dwight Yoakam will release Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars…, his forthcoming bluegrass record on September 23rd via Sugar Hill Records. Earlier this week, the star premiered a cover of Prince's hit "Purple Rain" with People Magazine. Of the track, he told People exclusively: "It was the day that Prince died [and] the third day we were tracking the record. I... Continue Reading →
Brooklyn-based four-piece acoustic roots music outfit, Greg Cornell & The Cornell Brothers--siblings in music (but not in fact)--will release their brand new LP, Come On Home, on Tuesday August 2nd. Produced by band member Adam Moss and engineered by three-time Grammy Award winner Justin Guip, the album features gems brought to life by the band's... Continue Reading →
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, from—you guessed it, Colorado—released their brand new album, Ramblin Feels Good, on July 22nd. While the string band craze taking over the The Centennial State has produced all manner of “grasses” (and I do mean all manner), bluegrass traditionalists will find all they’ve ever wanted and more in Ramblin Feels Good.... Continue Reading →
“We didn’t see anyone in the scene here doing exactly what we were doing; there were folk grass bands and jam grass bands and traditional bluegrass bands,” says Luke Birtzer of Twin Cities-based bluegrass outfit The Sawtooth Brothers. “We felt like we had something different to offer.” Comprised of a tight-knit group of two sets... Continue Reading →
Clint and Luke Birtzer and Jesse and Ethan Moravec, two sets of brothers who together are known as The Sawtooth Brothers, have spent the last decade playing, singing, performing, and growing up together; the award-winning music-makers have toured in the States and in Canada, shared stages with the likes of Garrison Keillor and the late... Continue Reading →
Born and raised in Montreal, Kaia Kater grew up surrounded by folk music, “My mother was a folk festival director. The apple doesn’t fall that far from the tree,” she says with a laugh. “My grandfather, a talented and wild spirit, is a luthier. The dean of his university didn’t really know what to do... Continue Reading →
At the heart of The Danberrys is Ben DeBerry and Dorothy Daniel - a distinctive pair of artists from East Nashville, Tennessee, whose new album, Give & Receive, set for release on June 17th, draws from the deep traditions of bluegrass, old-time country, blues, and funk/soul. The pair met each other in junior high, dated in high school, went... Continue Reading →
With a childhood spent running free at festivals and listening to the traveling troubadours who stopped by to play shows in her living room, it’s no surprise that music and dancing are a part of songwriter, dancer, and banjoista Evie Ladin’s DNA. “My mom was deep into the international folk dance world; she has a... Continue Reading →