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The Outliers, as the name of this North Carolina band might suggest, aren’t afraid to stray beyond the bounds of bluegrass for their self-titled debut CD. It’s evident in the song selection, especially on Shout – a pop hit for Tears for Fears in 1984 – While Listening to Rock and Roll, and some of [...]
The first part of Formlessness Into Form, Chris Henry's film on the creative process in the bluegrass world which we previewed last week, is now available online. It's an interesting, if a bit offbeat documentary investigation, consisting almost entirely of interviews with bluegrass personalities discussing the questions at hand: where does the creative urge come from, [...]
Darrell Scott and Tim O'Brien have announced October 9th as the release date for their upcoming album for Full Light Records, We're Usually A Lot Better Than This. A live album consisting of two benefit performances at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC, supporting the Arthur Morgan School, the concerts were recorded in 2005 and 2006. [...]
This report from RockyGrass is a contribution from Jake Schepps and Christian Sedelmyer. The day started out with a gorgeous gospel set with local stars The Blue Canyon Boys featuring KC Groves (of Uncle Earl). They provided a beautiful start to the morning and it was wonderful to hear the band with their new banjo player Chris Elliot [...]
We've posted several times about The Mountain Music Project, a documentary film which covers a musical journey of discovery from Appalachia to Nepal. The project follows a pair of Virginia pickers, Tara Lindhart and Danny Knicely, as they travel through the mountains of Nepal seeking and finding similarities between the folk music traditions of the Appalachian [...]
I don’t know. Maybe I’ve been watching too much of the Brian Greene PBS series The Fabric of the Cosmos lately. It’s fascinating—things blow up and there’s talk about black holes and eleven dimensions. What I’ve learned is that somewhere there’s a dimension where I have Russell Moore’s voice and he has mine, but I’m [...]
Here is another video from Grey Fox, again with a Kenny Baker tribute theme. This time, we have Tim O'Brien and Chris Thile offering up a twin mandolin version of Bill Monroe's Jerusalem Ridge, long associated with Baker for his definitive recording of it on his Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe album in 1976. Not [...]
To honor the life and music of the great Kenny Baker, Matt Glaser organized a special tribute at the Grey Fox Festival earlier this month. Billed as the Kenny Baker Grey Fox Memorial Orchestra, it featured what appears to be nine fiddlers performing a medley of Baker favorites: Kentucky Waltz, Cross Eyed Fiddler, Stoney Lonesome, [...]
June 21 has been announced as the official release date for a second set of bluegrass covers of classic songs from legendary 1960’s-70’s British pop-rockers The Moody Blues. The first, Moody Bluegrass, hit in 2004, combining the chart hits from the album's namesakes with a crack bluegrass rhythm section and some of the most celebrated [...]
Here's a day 4 report on Merlefest 2011 from Georgia Lowrance, delayed by poor connectivity on Sunday. She provided us daily updates, with photos, from her position on the ground in Wilkesboro last weekend. The bulk of the photos in this post were taken by Jim Gavenus. Those attending the Midnight Jam (artist & patrons) [...]
