THE PINE HEARTS DISTANT LIGHTS The Pine Hearts www.thepinehearts.com The Pine Hearts are a stringband from Olympia, Washington. They are similar to many young artists in that they use banjo, mandolin, guitar and vocals … Continue reading →
TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Flight Trout Steak Revival www.troutsteak.com It would be risking a charge of base and possibly unfair stereotyping to suggest that on hearing a name like “Trout Steak Revival”, the temptation might … Continue reading →
MIKE SEEGER Mike Seeger Vanguard 79150 www.vanguardrecords.com The timeless, home-grown music of the late mulch-instrumentalist and folklorist Mike Seeger nostalgically evokes a bygone age of old-time rural music, early acoustic blues and pre-World War … Continue reading →
HOWELLDEVINE Jumps, Boogies and Wobbles Arhoolie 544 www.arhoolie.com This popular, Northern California-based neo-traditional blues duo – rough-hewn slide guitarist and cuttingly astringent harmonica ace, Joshua Howell, and imaginatively rhythmic percussionist Pete Devine – sure … Continue reading →
THE BILLS Yes Please Red House 267 www.redhouserecords.com Known once upon a time as the Bill Hilly Band, The Bills have spent nearly two decades establishing themselves as one of the premier “roots” bands … Continue reading →
TONY McMANUS Mysterious Boundaries Compass 7-4612 www.compassrecords.com If you’ve ever heard Tony McManus add a delicate bridge to a fiery Scottish reel, lay it down double time with Quebeçois musicians, or jam with jazz … Continue reading →
GO JANE GO Go Jane Go Go Jane Go www.deadreckoners.com Go Jane Go is Kieran Kane, David Francey and Kieran’s son Lucas Kane. Kieran and David are the songwriters writing eleven of the set’s … Continue reading →
BOMBINO Nomad Nonesuch 5342912 www.nonesuch.com Omara “Bombino” Moctar, was born in Niger, Africa, into a nomadic Tuareg family and grew up amid years of rebellion and strife, both national and personal. With support from … Continue reading →
THE JOHN LANGAN BAND Bones of Contention The John Langan Band www.thejohnlanganband.com For an acoustic three-piece, the John Langan Band manage to make a rock group’s worth of noise. There’s guitar/percussion, fiddle and double … Continue reading →
THE CHAPIN SISTERS A Date With the Everly Brothers Lake Bottom www.thechapinsisters.com When the roots of rock are considered, some five decades after the music’s arrival in the mid-1950s, the genre is generally seen … Continue reading →
