For those of you familiar with Rhonda’s background of bluegrass fireworks, this album will be an eye (ear?) opening revelation, straight up classic country duets with Daryle Singletary. Now, I might not be the best reviewer for “American Grandstand” as … Read More
Two reviews, two CDs, two bands, and twice the great music! The Colton House Sessionsband is Chris Brashear (vocals, guitar), Peter McLaughlin (vocals, guitar), Todd Phillips (harmony vocals and bass), Guests: Charlie McCoy, Al Perkins, Charlie Cushman. The Piedmont Melody … Read More
Dang! What can you say about a band that has it all? Superb playing, gorgeous harmonies, a fine-honed polish that comes with years of playing, and a youthful exuberance that comes from a love of the music? The core of … Read More
The first take on this album is that, in all the best ways, this is not bluegrass. Bluegrass and country both come from the same roots; you can call this old-time, folk, traditional, or any other of a number of … Read More
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the new bluegrass and string band scene your first impression on hearing Tellico may well be the thought that you’ve heard it before – three of the four band members are … Read More
When it comes to mixing genres you’re going to have to decide if this album is bluegrass with a country twang, or high and lonesome country. There is a fine line between good old-fashioned country music and traditional bluegrass, and … Read More
If you need more evidence that Boston is one of the cutting edges of the new string band sound, you only need to drop Cold Chocolate’s self-titled new album onto your choice of media player for confirmation. Billing themselves as … Read More
So, do you have a favorite bluegrass band from Australia yet? If you don’t even know that Australia has bluegrass/Americana bands, you owe it to yourself to check out The Mid North and see what you’re missing! The Mid-North has … Read More
It seems like you have two choices in forming a bluegrass band, the first is to not quit your day job, and the second is that if you do quit you’re going to need to get used to life on … Read More
Just As Strong may be Breaking Grass’ third album (following up their self-titled debut and Running With The Moon) but somehow they’ve managed to fly beneath my radar. If you’re also new to Breaking Grass, they shade to the newgrass … Read More