Mad World
Dobro, mandolin, and banjola ease April’s cruelty
"...the star’s purple electric Dobro radiated violet rays of bluegrass, the instrument’s wordless slide-guitar cry worth a 1,000 emotional..."
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April 22, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Young, Gifted & Americana
"...These five ladies from the Boston area balance stunning bluegrass chops with singer-songwriter tenderness. Their Rounder Records debut comes..."
April 19, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Wood & Wire
"...once in a blue moon, an honest to goodness bluegrass band pops up in Central Texas. This time it's..."
April 19, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Tuning Into Old Settler’s
Five headliner LPs to soundtrack your festival weekend
"...Rule This 1992 disc remains one of the top bluegrass albums of the Nineties. Guests include Sam Bush, Alison..."
April 17, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Food Events
"...› Bluegrass & BBQ with a Sunday Pig Roast-off Wood Street..."
April 5, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
America's Music at Austin's Libraries
Austin Public Library gets noisy for this music doc series
"...of Rhythm, excerpts from Ken Burns' Jazz Country and Bluegrass (April 2): High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music..."
March 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers
"...but don't let the brashness distract from the genuine bluegrass talent, with last year's sophomore effort, Rampa Head, recalling..."
March 15, 2013 Music Feature
SXSW Saturday Showcases
"...the Drowning Men; Austin Lucas, who boasts a quivering bluegrass voice and cutting punk lyrics; and multi-instrumental local fireplug..."
March 15, 2013 Music Feature
Wreck & Ruin
Four new songwriterly discs worth catching up to
"...Robert Hunter, finds the pair again working in the bluegrass vein. It’s a genre they’ve apparently decided works best..."
Nov. 8, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
ACL Interview: Trampled by Turtles
Friday, 5pm, Austin Ventures stage
"...During South by Southwest 2011, thrash bluegrass quintet Trampled by Turtles showcased in a shot bar..."
Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Lawless
Abundantly violent yet decidedly listless, there’s very little kick to this moonshining picture from director John Hillcoat and musician/screenwriter Nick Cave.
"...Townes Van Zandt, and Link Wray, backed by twangy bluegrass sounds. Lawless never fully comes together as a whole..."
Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Whiskey Shivers
"...Bluegrass indie quintet Whiskey Shivers sounds as if it just..."
Aug. 17, 2012 Music Review by Abby Johnston
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Ruby Jane's no longer the innocent
"...Including the assailant, who was never identified. Bluegrass Rhapsody..."
June 29, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin
Playback
Austin Psych Fest and Old Settler's Music Fest headliners Psychograss have more in common than you might think
"...My Friday favorite was Psychograss. Even the most famous bluegrass musician is only a 10th-rate celebrity otherwise, so for..."
April 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Old Settler's Music Festival Day 2
Live Shots
"...gospel throat lump into his stirring return, the Tennessee bluegrass titan thanked "the good lord above for such a..."
April 27, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Viper Moon
Jazz guitarist Slim Richey recovers
"...label. A decade later, the guitarist's influences of jazz, bluegrass, and Western swing were taking hold in string jam..."
April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Trampled by Turtles
"...Trampled by Turtles was nearly breathless. A punk and bluegrass mix, the Duluth, Minn., quintet's acoustic thrash established it..."
March 16, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & the Del McCoury Band
"...To most people's ears, jazz and bluegrass couldn't be more dissimilar. New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Preservation Hall Jazz Band & the Del McCoury Band
"...not sound like a good idea, but jazz and bluegrass possess more similarities than many realize. Anyone familiar with..."
Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Loves It!
"...Jenny Parrott and Vaughn Walters' debut plucks good-naturedly from bluegrass, country, and folk, combining the local multi-instrumentalists' two halves..."
April 29, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
The Lost Pines
"...Bluegrass is the ugly stepchild of Austin music. Its supporters..."
April 15, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers
Friday night blurbage of SXSW
"...1am, St. David's Historic Sanctuary Via the edge of bluegrass with the Sparrow Quartet, which included Bela Fleck and..."
March 18, 2011 Music Feature
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
& The Wronglers
SXSW showcase reviews
"...his banjo. The beloved presenter of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco has spent years building up..."
March 18, 2011 Music Review by Doug Freeman
Old Guy Radio
Dick, Elvis, and more
"...Henderson and fiddler Tammy Rogers, and the quintet plays bluegrass with a hard twist. A combination of bluesy undercurrents..."
Sept. 9, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
"...are typical, and a handful do it well: Local bluegrass phenom Sarah Jarosz polishes "Queen of the Silver Dollar"..."
July 2, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
See You On the Moon
Shel Silverstein gets a tribute, plus more new albums
"...Ridge (Capitol) takes all sorts of risks, including being bluegrass-based. Marty Stuart could pull this kind of disc off..."
June 10, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Trouble Puppet Theater Company
A visiting puppeteer flies in with a show about a really wild duck
"...to perform Fup Duck, a work for puppets and bluegrass musicians that she adapted from Jim Dodge's cult novella..."
March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
SXSW Showcases
All the SXSW showcases that fit
"...year and its second SX, and, as always, the bluegrass revivalists/punk innovators sit at the head of the picnic..."
March 19, 2010 Music Feature
Results of Austin Music Awards Give a 'Totally Distorted Impression'
"...categories between them? Is she really the best country, bluegrass, and folk singer of the year? I watch the..."
March 18, 2010 Postmarks
Michael Martin Murphey
"...Blue Grass, an innovative melding of cowboy songs and bluegrass, won raves and a Grammy nomination. This follow-up is..."
