Archive for the ‘Bluegrass’ Category

They tell me that you are going away, what makes you want to leave?

I’m here only tentatively. Peeking shyly from around the corner. Trying to build up the courage to join the crowd in the center of the dance floor doing the Soulja Boy or whatever the kids are doing in the center of the dance floor these days.
Reminds me of Junior High School dances.
I’m not being coy. [...]

 
icon for podpress  Del McCoury, Doc Watson and Mac Wiseman "Live and Let Live" [3:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This does not bode well…

Boy Z has started to form some understandable words. His favorite? “More.” More of what? Everything. I was hoping he’d miss out on your underwhelming correspondent’s behavioral genes.
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Boyhowdy turned me on to banjo diva Alison Brown. Her cover of “Everybody’s Talkin” seemed just about perfect as an accompaniment to this post. Brown has an album [...]

 
icon for podpress  Allison Brown - "Everybody's Talkin'" [3:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

MP3s of the Week: Athens and points west…and north…

A couple of bands from my old home of Athens, Georgia have been on repeat on A Free Man’s iPod this week and I’d like to kick things off with them. First is Dead Confederate, a five piece that may be single-handedly redefining the sound of ‘Southern Rock’ as The Drive-by Truckers did before them. These [...]

A Free Man In Florida – Deaddolphin

Ok, I owe the musicians of Florida an apology of sorts. A few days in the anodyne sunshine after a long British winter has rendered me languid and lacking in the drive required for writing. So, I can understand why their may be fewer great bands coming out of the Florida sundaze. I also have [...]

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