     LOAFERSâ GLORY Loafersâ Glory Arhoolie 542 www.arhoolie.com  Southern California-based traditional bluegrass ensemble Loafersâ Glory is comprised of veteran talents Herb Pedersen, Bill Bryson and Tom Sauber along with Saubersâ youthful offspring Patrick â a … Continue reading →
     TIM OâBRIEN and DARRELL SCOTT Memories and Moments Full Skies www.timobrien.net  Itâs hard to believe more than a decade has past since OâBrien and Scottâs last collection of new material, 2000âs Grammy-nominated Real Time. … Continue reading →
     JOSIENNE CLARKE and BEN WALKER Fire & Fortune Navigator Records 82 www.navigatorrecords.co.uk  New releases fall into categories such as old friends, familiar voices, and promising discoveries. But few are as delicious as those that … Continue reading →
    JUURI & JUURI Pelimannit Aania 23 www.aania.fi  After a decade together, Finnish musicians Eero GrundstrĂśm (Harmonium, harmonica, voice) and Emilia Lajunen (5-string fiddle, nyckelharpa, voice) have finally made an album. Well, not one album, but … Continue reading →
This is Part 4 of our series Implements of Destruction.  Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 when you get a chance! Introduction â âWith time to killâŚâ Ken established our Implements of Destruction series with posts considering three … Continue reading →
The HighwaymenâWillie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson This is the second post this week on Steve Earleâs âThe Devilâs Right Hand.â See the first post here. Todayâs post reviews some of the covers of Earleâs song, and we … Continue reading →
    THE DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE Good Man Down David Mayfield 002 www.thedavidmayfieldparade.com  Given that David Mayfield has been involved in a wide variety of musical endeavors ranging from the family bluegrass band he grew up playing … Continue reading →
     BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR The Warm Up EP Jakarta Records 062 www.jakarta-records.de  If youâre looking for a world music perspective in hip-hop, look no further than Ghana-born hip-hop artist Blitz the Ambassador. His third release … Continue reading →
   WINGDALE COMMUNITY SINGERS Night, Sleep, Death Drag City www.dragcity.com  Apparently, it was a shared love of old-time music that initially brought the Wingdale Community Singers together over a decade ago. It can be hard to tell … Continue reading →
     WINDY HILL Letâs Go To The Fair Windy Hill http://windyhillbluegrass.com  I saw this Northern, California-based bluegrass band at last yearâs well-attended Susanville Bluegrass Festival. From the first few notes it was apparent, from both … Continue reading →
