Thunder and Rain- Passing in the Night review

Thunder and RainPassing in the NightThunderAndRainMusic.com A most pleasing recording, Thunder and Rain’s latest continues the acoustic Americana magic the Golden, Colorado-based group has shown over two previous albums and a couple EPs. The quartet resides in that sweetest of spots, a natural sounding meeting of bluegrass, country, folk, and pop, more aggressive and grounded…

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Chatham County Line- Sharing the Covers review

Chatham Country Line Sharing the Covers Yep Roc/ ChathamCountyLine.com Chatham County Line plays bluegrass for people who don’t like bluegrass. Well, not just them. Some folks who like bluegrass also enjoy the music of the long-serving Raleigh group, but their interpretation of the music isn’t for everyone. I’m pretty sure that somewhere in the Fervor…

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Horseshoes & Hand Grenades- The Ode review

For a variety of reasons, this review was a long time coming: apologies all around. A strong roots album, more bluegrass than not, but not the father-in-law’s bluegrass certainly…and only barely mine. I would rather refer to them as an acoustiblue band (man, how I wish that term had taken off!) or the term I…

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The Gloria Darlings- Come Home To Me review

Long time, no write; what could have happened in the past two weeks? O, yeah…school started. Thanks to my friend Aaron at the Lonesome Road Review, The Gloria Darlings made their way to me last month. Man, their album is good- deceptively simple music that is fresh and invigorating. What I mean by ‘deceptively simple’…

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The Tillers on WDVX’s Blue Plate Special August 31 2013

I enjoyed one of the better Blue Plate Special’s I’ve experienced this summer; interestingly, came on the final day of August. No insult meant to other WDVX Blue Plate Special artists from the past few months, but this AM’s hour-long set from The Tillers was excellent- energetic bluegrass infused, old-time Americana acoustiblue music…whatever that means.…

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Cahalen Morrison & Eli West- Our Lady of the Tall Trees review

I’m not sure how the album made its way to me, but I am certainly glad that it did. Cahalen Morrison and Eli West’s release of last autumn Our Lady of the Tall Trees is terrific. I’ve posted my review of the album at Fervor Coulee Bluegrass. If you are open to acoustiblue music- stuff…

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Sarah Jarosz- Follow Me Down

Sarah Jarosz Follow Me Down Sugar Hill In many ways, I lead a sheltered life. I don’t listen to satellite radio and those few stations I do frequent don’t, as far as I’ve noticed, favour Sarah Jarosz with substantial airplay. So it was only yesterday morning that I heard someone outside my head pronounce her…

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