Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Bluegrass Albums, 2021

Each year since 2000, I have been pleased to consider the finest roots music as part of this journey I’ve been on as a reviewer of CDs (then) and (generically now to include downloads and vinyl) albums. It has been a lot of work over the years, and my passion for roots music has only…

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Five Bluegrass Reviews in One

Pinecastle and Bonfire Recent Releases Kim Robins Leave the Porch Light OnLorraine Jordan and Carolina Road I Can Go To ThemDaryl Mosley Small Town DreamerDeeper Shade of Blue Twenty All Pinecastle Music Andrew Crawford The Lonesome Season (Bonfire Recordings) Being the 37th most influential bluegrass music writer in Canada, and the 429th in all of…

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Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Bluegrass Albums of 2018

Favourite, not best. I happen to consider them the best, but you certainly may feel different. One will notice no ‘big tent’ bluegrass on this list-the furthest afield I go is with my #1 album, which is still fair solid bluegrass. These are the albums I felt delivered in 2018. 1. The Travelin’ McCourys- The…

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Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road- True Grass Again review

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road True Grass Again Pinecastle Records When we last heard from venerable bluegrass vets Carolina Road, the Lorraine Jordan-led group was teaming with 70s and 80s country chart toppers including Eddy Raven, John Conlee, Lee Greenwood, Crystal Gayle, and John Anderson for a disc of ‘grassified, rearview-mirror country imaginings. The results…

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