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 …
Category: Roots
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 …
Three Singer Songwriters for Hayrides and Fall Festivals
Three Singer Songwriters for Hayrides and Fall Festivals Image credit: Flickr user Rich Bowen – Creative Commons Something about fall makes me want pump……… okay, not that. I’m actually more of the football and apple-everything. But more to the point here, I really …
Album Review: Steamboats – Self Titled EP – Exceptional must-hear harmony-rich folk
Album Review: Steamboats – Self Titled EP I love finding EPs for bands that are superbly talented. It means that there’s more to come. Steamboats are the kind of band that I really love because they have all of the elements of success. …
Album Review: April Verch – The Newpart – Traditional fiddle music for the toetapper in all of us
Album Review: April Verch – The Newpart – Traditional fiddle music for the toetapper in all of us April Verch’s music shows that you don’t need to have lyrics to make a compelling and fun album. Verch’s traditional fiddle playing is exciting from …
Album Review: Anna and Elizabeth – Self titled – Breathtaking Appalachian roots music
Album Review: Anna and Elizabeth – Self titled – Breathtaking Appalachian roots music Listeners can tell from the first notes of “Long Time Travellin’” that Anna and Elizabeth are not trendy revivalists trying to capitalize on traditional songwriters. They are the genuine article. …
Guest Album Review: Govind S. on John Moreland’s High on Tulsa Heat
John Moreland’s album High On Tulsa Heat is a masterpiece in storytelling and songcraft. The lyrics and delivery seem to be influenced by artists as diverse as Townes van Zandt, John Prine, Hank Williams (sr.) and early Bob Dylan. There is probably a …
