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Blues-Grass Wednesday – Left Over Twang!

So yesterday I listened to several bits and pieces of albums including most of Stuart Duncan’s 1992 self-titled release which includes some of my favorite fiddle tunes; “Lee’s Highway Blues” and “Whistling Rufus”, along with a lot of other good stuff. I also listened to the second New Grass Revival …

Twang Tuesday – Keller and the Kells and more!

So this morning I checked the Roots Music Report and the band that jumped out was Keller and the Keels. I checked emusic and they had their new album Thief and then I had a duh moment when I read that the band was composed of Keller Williams and the …

Folk Monday – Donna Ulisse, Robin Greenstein and Guthrie Kennard

The three albums that I listen to this Folk Monday came from the May Folk DJ Charts and were all names I am unfamiliar with. They were Donna Ulisse, Robin Greenstein and Guthrie Kennard. I will provide just a brief overview now and will write more about each album later …

Come Sunrise – Rita Hoskings

So one of the albums that I’ve been listening to this week is Rita Hosking’s 2009 release Come Sunrise. I came across the album because it is currently number 46 on the Roots Music Report – Folk Chart. The album was nominated as “Best Country Album” in the 2010 Independent …

Twang Tuesday – The Infamous Stringdusters

So today I made a brief list of some bluegrass to listen to and listened to some tracks by Josh Williams not bad but not thrilling. Then I listened to a track from the Tiger Maple String Band interesting but I just wasn’t really into the music. So I finally …

Folk Monday – Some brief listens!

Ok so over this four day weekend it has been very frustrating – see my main computer is Windows Vista and it does not recognize my mp3 player as a Sansa View. It will connect as a mass storage device but as a mass storage device you can not transfer …

Folk Favorite – Jack Williams

This morning I decided that it was a good day to listen to one of my favorite folk artists so I qued up Jack Williams on the mp3 player and listened to his album Laughing in the Face of the Blues. If you like great guitar picking coupled with great …

David Brewbaker – A Sign of Life

So for the last month or so an album by friend from the No Depression Community David Brewbaker has been on my mp3 player. The album is A Sign of Life and every time I listen to it and become more familiar with the tunes, I like the album more …

Twang Tuesday – Justin and the hunt ends??

So the last member of Dan Tyminski’s Band solo album that I listened to today was Justin Moses 2006 release Dusty Roads. Since it is late, I will let someone else tell you about the album. From Justin’s website: “Holy cow! Moses does everything except leap tall buildings in single …

Twang Tuesday – Adam, Ron and Justin

Ok so it’s Twang Tuesday that means let’s check out the Bluegrass Chart on the Roots Music Report. I checked off several names on the list that looked promising. One name that stood out at number six was Adam Steffey, hum do I know that name? I thought I did …

Category: Americana

Blues-Grass Wednesday – Left Over Twang!

Twang Tuesday – Keller and the Kells and more!

Folk Monday – Donna Ulisse, Robin Greenstein and Guthrie Kennard

Come Sunrise – Rita Hoskings

Twang Tuesday – The Infamous Stringdusters

Folk Monday – Some brief listens!

Folk Favorite – Jack Williams

David Brewbaker – A Sign of Life

Twang Tuesday – Justin and the hunt ends??

Twang Tuesday – Adam, Ron and Justin

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