I have first heard the Avett Brothers in a recording from the Merlefest 2008, and I liked their music very much. The Avett Brothers have a very special style which is mainly composed of their unique singing style and the instruments guitar, a banjo, a violoncello (played in a standing position) and a double bass. [...]
Uncle Earl is currently touring through Germany, last Friday the group composed of five women played their second concert of this tour. During the next weeks the group will play in Germany and Switzerland. All tour dates can be found on the myspace site of Uncle Earl: http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl UNCLE EARL Live in Germany 2010 The [...]
I first heard Bearfoot in an internet radio transmission of a concert at the 2008 Merlefest. I have recently listened again to the recording of this concert and wanted to collect some videos and information about Bearfoot for this blog. The current band members of Bearfoot are: Kate Hamre – acoustic bass, Odessa Jorgensen – [...]
Yesterday I found apodcst of Randell’s Random Reviews with Nickel Creek that I had downloaded long ago to my computer. So I tried to find out where I had got this podcast from and (re)discovered AmericanaRoots.com. I checked for their latest podcasts and discovered a nice concert with Larry Keel and Adam Aijala which is [...]
Today I have discovered a band from Finland – Band’o. I liked the sound of this trio immediatly, a mix of bluegrass, country, american roots and traditional folk music from the north of Europe. Seppo, Jemina and Selina Sillanpä are playing together since they were childs, and began to play as a trio in 1995. [...]