December 2010
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The Leonard Lopate Show: Alan Lomax: The Man Who... →
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11 shows to look forward to in 2011
1. Crooked Still at City Winery Thursday, January 13th. Fabulous bluegrass music with the only PHD molecular biologist 4- finger banjo player in the world, Greg Liszt (at least I think I’m pretty safe saying that). More info & tix
2. The Punch Brothers at the Bowery Ballroom Saturday, January 15th. These gents are rewriting the rules of what a bluegrass quartet can do- shake off...
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George Jones = The Grinch?
There ARE some similarities.
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Charlie Louvin interviewed →
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Gibson Brothers interviewed in American Songwriter →
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The Woes tonight, Friday December 17th at...
Tonight The Woes play Brooklyn’s Rock Shop. Check out some of their fantastic tracks, like The Secret, on their Band Camp page. The band has a new EP, just released, which is available on iTunes called The Bird and the Bear. These guys are the best band in Brooklyn- check them out tonight!
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Barbes and Littlefield in the Wall Street Journal →
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Excellent write up on Punch Brothers including... →
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Download a free Punch Brothers bonus track
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Steam Powered Hour December 19th at Jalopy
Come on out to the last Steam Powered hour of 2010! The show will feature music by The Hunts and singer/guitarist Howard Fishman. Comedy by Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien, The Onion) and Bob Powers (Girls Are Pretty, Comedy Central). Hosted, as always, by New Yorker cartoonist, Matthew Diffee. $10, December 19th, 7pm at The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street between Hamilton and Woodhull...
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Loudon Wainright at The Economist’s World in 2011 Festival.
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Gangstagrass December 7th at Galapagos
Well, what could be more “Bluegrass in New York” than “Gangstagrass”? From the makers of the theme song for the FX series Justified, a full length album of serious bluegrass picking and “sick flow on the mic” like you won’t hear anywhere else. Featuring the fine talents of: T.O.N.E-Z, Rench, Matt Check, Todd Livingston, Jason Cade (of The Weal and the Woe and...
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Carolina Chocolate Drops, Infamous Stringdusters,... →
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The Oxford American Releases 12th Southern Music...
“The Oxford American magazine’s 12th annual Southern Music edition — with 176 pages and a CD with 26 songs featuring music from Alabama — hits bookstores and newsstands nationwide on Dec. 1.
“This is the second year that The Oxford American’s award-winning and critically acclaimed Southern Music Issue focuses on the musical heritage of a particular Southern state. ...
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