Bluegrass in New York: Archive

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Feb 20th

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Satan is Real: Charlie Louvin memoir reviewed in... →

Feb 18th

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Bluegrass at Southpaw: Sunday, February 19th

Brooklyn Country presents an awesome night of Bluegrass at Southpaw, featuring Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Six Deadly Venoms and The Birdhive Boys. This will be the very last night at this storied Brooklyn venue, which is closing to make way for more baby-friendly Slope amenities. Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper - 10pm Six Deadly Venoms - 9pm The Birdhive Boys - 8pm Tickets are $20...

Feb 18th

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floralandflannel: Punch Brothers’ jam session and interview for Vanity Fair

Feb 15th

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Feb 13th

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Feb 13th

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North Carolina banjo picker and luthier Snuffy... →

Feb 4th

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Gillian Welch: Stark, Mysterious Beauty →

countryandwestern: 50 minute interview/concert on WFUV.

Feb 2nd

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Feb 1st

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NYT Interactive: Audio Selections from the Alan... →

This interactive element was part of a bigger article on Lomax’s Global Jukebox in yesterday’s Times.

Feb 1st

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Jan 29th

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Jan 28th

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Brooklyn's Southpaw closing for good →

Jan 28th

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Jan 26th

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tommmmmmmm: Glenn Jones: Tiny Desk Concert Instrumental banjo and fingerpicking guitar. I might try and learn a bit of what he plays. Glenn Jones has only taken up the banjo recently, but it’s as if he’s been inside the instrument for a lifetime. At least that’s how it felt when he opened his set with a modal piece that might have felt more appropriate played next to a quiet creek than...

Jan 26th

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Jan 19th

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Steve Martin in the New Yorker: THE MASTER FROM... →

As boys in the little community of Flint Hill, near Shelby, North Carolina, Earl and his brother Horace would take their banjo and guitar and start playing on the porch, then split up and meet behind the house. Their goal was to still be on the beat when they rejoined at the back. Momentously, when he was ten years old, after a fight with his brother, he was playing his banjo to calm his mind. He...

Jan 17th

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Songs for the Day

Mavis Staples- We Shall Not Be Moved Mississippi John Hurt- Do Lord Remember Me The Fisk University Jubilee Quartet- Swing Low Sweet Chariot Big Mama Thornton- Wade in the Water Richie Havens- Follow the Drinking Gourd

Jan 16th

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Bluegrass That Takes the A Train Uptown: Chris...

[Thile] and Mr. Daves simply plunge into classic bluegrass songs — from Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs — and sing and play the daylights out of them…. That means speed, first of all: breakneck lines cleanly articulated over brisk rhythm chords, with the two men switching intuitively between lead and rhythm roles. But Mr. Thile and Mr. Daves can...

Jan 15th

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Jan 15th

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Catch Spirit Family Reunion during their residency every Wednesday this month at 10 pm at the Living Room (154 Ludlow St.) The shows are free, and include guest musicians each week. Each show will feature a guest act at 9 pm, and Spirit Family Reunion will play at 10 pm.

Jan 10th

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Jason Cade: The Weal & Woe, Gangsta Grass, John...

Brooklyn Fiddler Jason Cade writes in about a few upcoming shows featuring his various projects: On Jan. 14, Cade and his bandmates will celebrate The Weal & Woe’s debut EP release (12” vinyl and CD), The One to Blame, at the Parkside Lounge. The fabulous Roulette Sisters get the party started at 9 pm, and TWAW play at 10 pm. On Jan. 20, Gangstagrass will be hosting a...

Jan 10th

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Top 100 Roots Country Albums of 2011 →

Some great stuff here- Gillian Welch’s The Harrow & The Harvest is #1. Great to see Brooklyn favorites The Sweetback Sisters on the list!

Jan 9th

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Jan 9th

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Make a New Year's Resolution: Learn an instrument...

Jalopy’s winter class schedule has just been released… what better New Year’s resolution than to learn to play an instrument or sing? You can register online here. Monday February 6 – March 26 Country Harmony Singing I: 7pm Taught by Val Mindel Country Harmony Singing II: 8pm Taught by Val Mindel Banjo III- Fingerpicking: 7pm Taught by Hilary Hawke Tuesday February 7 – March...

Dec 31st

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