Although Riley Baugus banjo playing and fiddling have been his primary calling card as a musician, his singing is the star on Long Steel Rail. Baugus voice could just as well be coming out of a man plowing his garden […]
Although Riley Baugus banjo playing and fiddling have been his primary calling card as a musician, his singing is the star on Long Steel Rail. Baugus voice could just as well be coming out of a man plowing his garden […]
Fiddler Casey Driessen already has an impressive resume, having served in the bands of Tim OBrien and Steve Earle and participating in the lamentably short run of genre-busting electric string band Wisechild. On his solo debut, he works with a […]
Allison Moorer’s 2004 release, The Duel, sounded like just that — a concept album about struggles with faith, relationships, the status quo, the weight of promises and hopes for the future. The set ended with a death, of sorts, “Sing […]
For those who celebrate the day FM rock stations decided it was safe to stop playing “White Bird” on an hourly basis, some bad news. Sam Bush feels he must fly on It’s A Beautiful Day’s sole claim to fame, […]
Remaking a Randy Newman song is as hopeless a concept as remaking a Woody Allen movie. You can get the punchlines right, and maybe strike the right emotional notes, but without the auteur’s neurotic, forlorn imprint, what are you left […]
Winner of the IBMA’s guitarist award four times in the last six years and a sought-after studio picker, 32-year-old Bryan Sutton doesn’t have much left to prove. What makes him even cooler is that he knows this, and thus his […]
In the mid-1970s, after the glam rock scene had died down and before the punk rock explosion would hit, England was filled with working-class bands extolling the virtues of American R&B, country and blues. Road Runner brings to mind the […]
As a member of Nickel Creek, Sean Watkins has often been overshadowed by his sister Sara Watkins and mandolinist Chris Thile, but with his third solo album, he takes a much-deserved turn in the spotlight. Straying even further from Nickel […]
Jumping back and forth, seemingly effortlessly, between country-tinged acoustic balladry and a specifically southern brand of college roots-rock, Scott Miller’s first two CDs had standout themes: the impact of where you’re from on the first one, growing up and dealing […]
The Gibson Brothers have been making bluegrass records for a decade now, and practically every review has been studded with references to “brother duets” and “sibling harmonies”. There’s sense to that, of course: Eric (banjo) and Leigh (guitar) are brothers, […]
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