SLOCAN RAMBLERS Shaking Down the Acorns Slocan Ramblers www.slocanramblers.com A lot of good bluegrass has come out of Canada over the decades, and Toronto has surprisingly become something of a hotbed for the music … Continue reading →
KENNEDY’S KITCHEN Birds Upon The Trees Kennedy’s Kitchen www.kennedyskitchen.com Based in South Bend, Indiana, this family-based acoustic outfit is fronted by singer-guitarist joHn (Spell-check is going berserk, but yes, that’s how he wants it) … Continue reading →
HANS THEESSINK Wishing Well Blue Groove 2320 www.theessink.com Traveling troubadour Hans Theessink has had a deep love affair with American roots music for a long while. In a brief note accompanying his track-by-track commentary … Continue reading →
ANDERSON FAMILY BLUEGRASS Live From Grass Valley Anderson Family Bluegrass 002 www.andersonfamilybluegrass.com The family band has always been one of the most treasured aspects in the world of bluegrass and the Anderson Family band … Continue reading →
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 →
