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“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. Homepage Artist store CDBaby  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 Buy Homepage 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 Old Sledge hail from one of America’s roots music heartlands the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and they’re bringing their own brand of old-time country and bluegrass to the UK for tour in September and October, the tour coinciding with the release of their second album Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down, they are touring as a three piece this time around, on fiddle and vocals Chance McCoy an award winning player who has appeared on the BBC’s Folk America series, rhythm guitar, lead and harmony vocals is Sabra Guzman and playing clawhammer banjo Luke Richardson. Old Sledge – Danville Girl The album is a mix of traditional tunes including some well known numbers from Dog Boggs, Ola Belle Reed and Roscoe Holcomb you can buy the CD or download from Bandcamp and eMusic Some venues on the tour are to be confirmed, but they’ve got a good chunk of . . . → Read More: Old Sledge – Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down  |
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