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The Barker Band - Dig Me A Hole

By Simon, on September 21st, 2011

I spent an hour or two last night trawling through the WWW trying to catch up on what a few favourite bands I’d not heard any news on in a while and lo-and-behold I find out The Barker Band are getting around to releasing a new album that they’ve being working on for sometime now – not on a Guns N Roses / Gilliam Welch timescale I should add, but it’s must be two years ago when it was first mentioned – anyway the goods news is according to a recent Facebook post the new record is due out in November and in the interim there are a few tracks to sample and one to download from Bandcamp.

For those not familiar with the band, Dig Me A Hole will be the bands fifth release, twin brothers Sam (banjo, mandolin) and Jake (banjo, mandolin) Barker along with life . . . → Read More: The Barker Band – Dig Me A Hole

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Downtown Ramblers - On The Other Side of the City

By Simon, on September 16th, 2011

“nordic urban bluegrass” from Sweden’s Downtown Ramblers who released their second album On the Other Side of the City earlier this year, the album features contributions from Grammy award winner Tim O’Brien who sings and plays fiddle on Be My Baby Still, and Crooked Still fiddler Brittany Haas who plays on three tracks on the album.

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Nell Robinson – On the Brooklyn Road

By Simon, on August 20th, 2011

Nell Robinson’s second album On the Brooklyn Road is a sweet listen as the vocalist has a gorgeous rural voice that gives her free range to tackle her own original material as well as the covers and traditional songs on the album, adding a personal touch the artist has interspersed through the album a series of family ‘field recordings’, a late starter musically the fifty year old first ventured out into public performance at 45 after singing by herself in the car for 30 years (there’s hope for me yet), she backed on the album by a seasoned bunch of bluegrass players, John Reischman & the Jaybirds.

Nell Robinson – Red Clay Creek

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Water Tower Bucket Boys - Where The Crow Don’t Fly

By Simon, on August 15th, 2011

Compelling ‘nu-grass’ from the Portland Oregon based Water Tower Bucket Boys, for the five track release Where The Crow Don’t Fly they take the  traditional and blend with vibraphone, organ and whirly tube! creating their own cocktail of indie bluegrass, for me a wonderful introduction to the band and I’m looking forward to dipping into their back catalogue – they have four albums under their belts to go at.

The EP recorded was recorded to 2” analogue tape over three days in April 2011 and is released in August to coincide with a tour of the UK and Ireland that runs August thru’ September, they’ve five years of touring behind them, honing their live act to a fine point and takening inspiration from other acts they’ve shared the stage with including Old Crow Medicine Show, Mumford and Sons, Wilco, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three and Woody Pines, . . . → Read More: Water Tower Bucket Boys – Where The Crow Don’t Fly

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