Bluegrass in New York

RIP Joe Thompson. The famous fiddler passed away yesterday at...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:38:00 -0500

RIP Joe Thompson. The famous fiddler passed away yesterday at 93. More from the Burlington, North Carolina newspaper: http://m.thetimesnews.com/articles/fiddler-52727-family-monday.html

urban-zoologist: Brooklyn Folk FestivalMay 18 - 20th, 2012 New...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:05:10 -0500

urban-zoologist:

Brooklyn Folk Festival
May 18 - 20th, 2012

New website and the beginnings of a lineup for this three day festival. Tickets on sale March 1st.

Satan is Real: Charlie Louvin memoir reviewed in the New York Times Sunday Book Review

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:48:50 -0500

Satan is Real: Charlie Louvin memoir reviewed in the New York Times Sunday Book Review

Bluegrass at Southpaw: Sunday, February 19th

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:48:22 -0500

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 and can be purchased via PayPal. Visit http://www.flamekeepershow.com/ for more details.

floralandflannel: Punch Brothers’ jam session and interview for...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:10:27 -0500

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

belaqva: The Banjo Player in the Barn 1855. William Sydney...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:19:20 -0500

belaqva:

The Banjo Player in the Barn 1855.

William Sydney Mount

wnyc: In Studio: Rebirth Brass Band live on Soundcheck, April...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:14:03 -0500

wnyc:

In Studio: Rebirth Brass Band live on Soundcheck, April 8, 2011

North Carolina banjo picker and luthier Snuffy Smith passes away

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:29:22 -0500

North Carolina banjo picker and luthier Snuffy Smith passes away

Gillian Welch: Stark, Mysterious Beauty

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:39:06 -0500

Gillian Welch: Stark, Mysterious Beauty:

countryandwestern:

50 minute interview/concert on WFUV.

Bella Boys Band, an East Village-based bluegrass/honky-tonk...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:50:04 -0500

Bella Boys Band, an East Village-based bluegrass/honky-tonk band, has a show at Jalopy on Thursday 2/2 at 10pm.

You can read about the Bella Boys and hear some music at their website, www.bellaboysband.com.

NYT Interactive: Audio Selections from the Alan Lomax Collection From the American Folklife Center

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:47:58 -0500

NYT Interactive: Audio Selections from the Alan Lomax Collection From the American Folklife Center:

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

jspong:Sunday morning music. BW made what was known as...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:41:24 -0500

jspong:

Sunday morning music. BW made what was known as “progressive” country music.

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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:22:04 -0500

countryandwestern: The Carter Family (Mother Maybelle, Helen...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:16:06 -0500

countryandwestern:

The Carter Family (Mother Maybelle, Helen & Anita) - Keep On The Sunny Side

Brooklyn City Limits tonight, Saturday, January 28th at...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:52:10 -0500

Brooklyn City Limits tonight, Saturday, January 28th at Jalopy! with Roulette Sisters, Spuyten Duyvil, Pesky J Nixon and Newton Gang. More info at Brooklyn Country

Brooklyn's Southpaw closing for good

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:48:27 -0500

Brooklyn's Southpaw closing for good

excusemewhileikiss-the-sky: The Infamous Stringdusters The...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:06:11 -0500

excusemewhileikiss-the-sky:

The Infamous Stringdusters

The next Stringdusters show is at the Bowery Ballroom on March 16th!

tommmmmmmm: Glenn Jones: Tiny Desk Concert Instrumental banjo...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:04:09 -0500

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 behind our desks at the NPR Music offices.

Jones’ most recent album, The Wanting, is a compelling work of American folk music that tells stories without a single word. When he introduced “The Great Pacific Northwest,” he said that if he played it right, “Mt. Rainier should burst right through the floor of this room.” Heaven help us if it didn’t seem like it might.
There’s a genteel physicality to Jones’ playing that counters the raw, bear-trap-like style of his old friend and collaborator, the late Jack Rose. That comes out in the closing song, “Of Its Own Kind,” which captures the kind of faraway melody that’ll have you humming for days.

countryandwestern: R.I.P. Johnny Otis

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:48:38 -0500

countryandwestern:

R.I.P. Johnny Otis

Steve Martin in the New Yorker: THE MASTER FROM FLINT HILL: EARL SCRUGGS

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:19:34 -0500

Steve Martin in the New Yorker: THE MASTER FROM FLINT HILL: EARL SCRUGGS:

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 was practicing the standard “Reuben” when found he could incorporate his third finger into the picking of his right hand, instead of the his usual two, in an unbroken, rolling, staccato. He ran back to his brother, shouting, “I’ve got it, I’ve got it!” He was on the way to creating an entirely new way of playing the banjo: Scruggs Style.