Ozere – Finding Anyplace For all the soaring string arrangements, clean vocals and careful harmonies, there’s something sticky about the way these songs circle through your brain. Bubbling out of the Toronto scene, Ozere’s music meets in the space between orchestral movements and …
Category: Bluegrass
Three Americana Bands To Be Thankful For
Three Americana Bands To Be Thankful For Sometimes people get a tad overzealous at holiday time. But with Thanksgiving, I’m not sure you really can have too much of a good thing. I mean, maybe too much of that jellied cranberry stuff. I …
Album Review: Adam Hill – Old Paint
Adam Hill is a singer, songwriter, and composer born in Ohio and currently residing in Squamish, British Columbia. Old Paint is his latest album of what he refers to as new-timey music. New-timey music, for the uninitiated, appears to be a wonderful mix …
Six Awesome Acts Keeping Folk Alive
Six Awesome Acts Keeping Folk Alive These little lists are a lot of fun. Not only do they give us an opportunity to highlight great music, but they also lend themselves to some pretty unique themes. For the artists represented here, please consider …
Storyteller Song Search – Write music for an upcoming folk music film
We don’t often do “plugs” for something like this, but it seemed like a fantastic opportunity for our readers. Since many of you are either songwriters yourselves or in the music industry, please pass this opportunity to everyone who might be interested. The …
Three Exciting Bluegrass Bands for 2015
Three Exciting Bluegrass Bands for 2015 Every time I hear someone say “they just don’t make music like they used to” I can’t help but groan. There are absolutely wonderful, timeless musical arts being created and recreated every day. You just have to …
Artist Interview: Honeybucket–essential Cleveland newgrass.
Last week I sat down with Honeybucket, a Cleveland band that I have been impressed by for a couple of years. At first, it was because they reminded me of my previous home in Scranton and my previous favorite hometown bluegrass band–The Coal …
Artist Interview: Honeybucket–essential Cleveland newgrass [FULL INTERVIEW]
Honeybucket is Cleveland’s essential newgrass band comprised of Brendan O’Malley–mandolin player, Adam Reifsnyder on guitar, and Abie Stefanchik brings the upright bass. They have a new album (and a video) coming out in a few short weeks on August 8th and will be doing …
The Barrel Boys–timeless, classic bluegrass
The Barrel Boys are pretty darn bluegrass. They’re perfect for square dancing under the millions of stars in Wyoming. They’re perfect for driving in an antique truck through the prairies of eastern Colorado. They’re perfect for raising your heart rate, putting a smile …
Man About a Horse – Bluegrass EP – Breathing new life into a classic art form
There are all sorts of technical terms for good bluegrass music that I can’t really describe. But what I am certain about is that it’s not all good, so when I find bluegrass that gets to that “next level,” it’s really great. Man …
