Interview: The Dead South

Paintbrush-wielding zen master Bob Ross may or may not have said “If if it ain't fun, you're doing the wrong thing.” Even if he didn’t, that’s a statement that rings louder than Big Ben in his cheery old London bell tower at high noon, and one that has become the guiding philosophy for Saskatchewan string... Continue Reading →

Interview: Pert Near Sandstone

Long winters spent cozied up indoors lend themselves to fruitful periods of creativity in the Land of 10,000 Lakes; in the last fifteen years, there have been a plethora of phenomenal string bands born in Minnesota. “I think it’s called the ‘O Brother Effect’,” says mandolin player Nate Sipe of Minneapolis-based newgrass collective Pert Near Sandstone,... Continue Reading →

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