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Category: Reviews
Reborn – Mark Newton & Steve Thomas
Every now and then, two artists come together and form a collaboration that fans are sure to remember for years to come. With their debut release, Reborn, Mark Newton and Steve Thomas have likely earned themselves a spot in that category. This twelve-song collection is [...]
On The Front Porch – Kenny Thacker
Many bluegrass musicians first developed their love of this genre from listening carefully to their grandparents and other relatives making music. Kenny Thacker is no different. On his latest release, On the Front Porch, this Kentucky-born pastor pays tribute to his grandfather, and the others [...]
Grandma’s Rules for Drinking – Annie Lou
With a title like Grandma’s Rules for Drinking, the most recent release from Canadian folk group Annie Lou, offers intriguing possibilities for potential listeners. What they will find upon pressing play is an enjoyable collection of original music in the string band tradition. The songs [...]
Heart of the Country – Chris Brashear
The title of roots musician Chris Brashear’s latest album certainly reflects the songs he has included on it. Heart of the Country is a collection of thirteen tunes celebrating the rural parts of America and the people who make their homes there. Although Brashear is [...]
Dailey & Vincent’s Brothers of the Highway
It’s been over four years since bluegrass superstars, Dailey & Vincent have released a “regular” album. That doesn’t, however, mean they’ve been dormant. Since 2009′s Brothers From Different Mothers, their last bluegrass album for Rounder Records, they have released three very successful albums: an a [...]
It’s Just A Road – The Boxcars
It’s difficult to name a band that is more all-around talented than The Boxcars. Band members have numerous IBMA and Grammy Awards and have shared the stage with most of the top names in bluegrass. Their first two releases as a group helped earn them [...]
Milestones: Legends of the Watson Clan
For fans of traditional music, 2012 was a sad year, with bluegrass, folk, and other acoustic genres all losing notable figures. Several of these artists, such as Earl Scruggs, have recently been remembered with tribute albums and collections of their most influential work. Doc Watson’s [...]
Frank Solivan On The Edge
For a couple of years now, Frank Solivan has been like a Triple AAA baseball phenom, extremely talented and just one lucky break away from getting to the major leagues and staying there. Each CD he put out was better than the last. Each live [...]
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Team Up
Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were household names and stars on television and in popular music. Now there’s a new Steve and Edie – Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — teaming up to make music. Their collaboration, [...]
Feller & Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos
Tom Feller was born and raised in Milan, southern Indiana, and Chris Hill was born in Covington, Kentucky. There was just the Ohio River between them, and a great closeness extends to their music as well. Feller was born into a musical family; his uncles [...]
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