Holcombe Family String Band – ‘Ragtime! Hokum! Western Swing!’ An undeniable superpower of musical expression is the ability to encapsulate a specific time and place in the blanket of human history. Holcombe Family String Band’s new album Ragtime! Hokum! Western Swing accomplishes just …
Category: Roots
Album Review: The Ghosts of Johnson City – ‘Am I Born to Die”
The Ghosts of Johnson City – ‘Am I Born to Die” The Ghosts of Johnson City start with death. Their album “Am I Born to Die” is that of a winding, conceptual journey – not towards resurrection, but into the full immersion of …
Album Review: Earnest Lovers – Sing Sad Songs
Album Review: Earnest Lovers – Sing Sad Songs The Earnest Lovers are the best roots country band I’ve heard in several years. Picture yourself living in the heyday of electrified country music, hearing those twangy electric guitars for the first time. Smell the …
Album Review: Ozere – Finding Anyplace
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 …
Album Review: Legendary Shack Shakers – The Southern Surreal
Album Review: Legendary Shack Shakers – The Southern Surreal The Legendary Shack Shakers can fill a room with sound. They have a full band and a bad attitude that oozes through on every track. It’s a little bit southern rock, a little bit …
Album Review: The Woolly Bushmen – Sky Bosses – A joyful retro adventure
Album Review: The Woolly Bushmen – Sky Bosses – A joyful retro adventure From the beginning of the Woolly Bushmen’s album Sky Bosses you will get a sense of nostalgia, even if it reflects a time you’re too young to remember. You will …
Guest Review: Siri Undlin on Karrnnel Sawitsky & Daniel Koulack – Fiddle & Banjo: Tunes from the North, Songs from the South
Karrnnel Sawitsky & Daniel Koulack – Fiddle & Banjo: Tunes from the North, Songs from the South by Siri Undlin Hailing from the more maple-leafed side of our North American continent, Sawitsky and Koulack bridge the roots-music distance between North and South – …
Album Review: Cicada Rhythm – Self Titled
Album Review: Cicada Rhythm – Self Titled If you’ve been reading ETTG for a long time, you will recognize the name Cicada Rhythm. In fact, we still have an old recording of these two on our YouTube channel. But Cicada Rhythm have been …
Album Review: The Bellfuries – Workingman’s Bellfuries
Album Review: The Bellfuries – Workingman’s Bellfuries The Bellfuries have created a vintage rock n’ roll sound that will make you think you left the Oldies station on your radio. What I love most about this band is that they make the late …
Album Review: Woody Pines – Self Titled
Album Review: Woody Pines – Self Titled Stop what you’re doing and click play on Woody Pines. He sounds like a countrified Pokey Lafarge. It’s that Justin Townes Earle style with a standup bass and fiddle behind him. It might be tempting to …
