February 2012
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Carolina Chocolate Drops: Leaving Eden - Review...
The LA Times review For all its associations with hip-hop, beatboxing is a pretty old-timey approach to percussion, and the band spends much of this very fresh-sounding album aligning itself with traditional values. “Best kind of food is made by hand / The only place to get it is from the land,” Giddens declares in “Country Girl”; later, in the title track, she laments the death of industry in a...
Feb 28th
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Pickin’ & Trimmin’  features a classic barber shop in Drexel, North Carolina, and the men who have been meeting there to play bluegrass music, tell stories, and get an occasional haircut, for decades. Matt Morris, the director of the documentary, talks about the making of the film and what has happened at the shop more recently in a brief interview below. More from The Atlantic
Feb 27th
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John McEuen and Sons to play March 30th 'Live at...
Studio 201, a new, intimate space on Manhattan’s west side, will feature The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “String Wizard” John McEuen with sons Jonathan and Nathan McEuen on Friday, March 30th 2012. Studio 201 focuses on creating a small scale live experience limited seating. The show is in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the release of “Will The Circle Be...
Feb 26th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 21st
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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