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 …
Category: Roots
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 …
Album Review: Coal Town Rounders – How It Used To Be – Traditional string music done right
It’s hard to explain to folks why some bands have “it” and some don’t, especially in the traditional music space. After all, every traditional band has a guitar, a banjo, and maybe a mandolin and/or fiddle. But the difference is all in the …
Three bands from 2014 we should have covered (but didn’t)
Look – no one likes excuses. I have none. Sometimes there were “circumstances” that resulted in bands getting bumped down in coverage, but to these three bands I’d like to say SORRY. To make up for it… umm… we covered you! Yay?! Opal …
