June 2012
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Bluegrass in New York: Obituary round up: Doc... →
Click through for the whole piece - tumblr won’t reblog in its entirety for some reason.
bluegrassnyc:
The New York Times: Doc Watson, the guitarist and folk singer whose flat-picking style elevated the acoustic guitar to solo status in bluegrass and country music, and whose interpretations of traditional American music profoundly influenced generations of folk and rock guitarists,...
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Gillian Welch has started an archive of live... →
Only back to last year, but maybe we’ll get lucky and she’ll expand it.
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Doc Watson remains in critical condition →
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I’m kind of just figuring out the themes now of the record, so there’s a lot of...
– Neko Case on entering the studio to make her new record. Morning Edition will document the process over the coming months. In the first installment, we listen to a song that’s not quite finished, not quite recorded, not even quite written. (via nprmusic)
NEW RECORD!
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Chicagoans!
I’m coming into town this weekend amidst the NATO craziness for my brother’s bachelor party. We’re going to Wrigley on Saturday and have some food plans, but I’m looking for the local opinion on cool/weird things to do. We’re not interested typical bachelor party things, but great bars, street festivals, and only-in-Chicago non-touristy things to do.
Whattya got for...
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Who is making vital music?
Breaking out of the genre of Country/Folk/Americana (but it can certainly be that too).
Whether it’s legendary, groundbreaking, personal, mind-blowing or just plain rad, share your favorites.
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I See A Darkness →
New video of the song from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.
Wildly great and disconcerting at the same time.
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