Reviews
Far Afield
Miles Zurawell hails from British Columbia, Canada, and learned piano and guitar in his younger years. While in college he was introduced to the music of Bill Monroe and discovered the banjo and resonator guitar. Studying that instrument with such players as Ian Rosenberg and Mike Witcher, he soon developed his own style and presentation. …
If It Wasn’t For Longing
This is a five-piece band from Pennsylvania that features Katelynn Casper (fiddle), Quentin Fisher (mandolin), Michael Johnson (guitar), Steve Leonard (banjo) and Shane McGeehan (bass). Keeping to their love for the pioneers of bluegrass music, the group has produced a mix of original tunes with a cross section of other sources for this really nice…
Off The Shelf
The ‘collective’ was formed by John Gray (banjo, guitar, mandolin) and Bailey Warren (fiddle), who are both alumni of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. After performing by themselves for a while, they decided to expand the band and were joined by some other alumni of Belmont, including Ali Vance (vocal), Jonny Therrien (guitar, resonator guitar),…
The Truffle Valley Boys Sing And Play Authentic Bluegrass
The members of this Italian band are devoted scholars of bluegrass music’s way-back, deep-catalog pages, and they do an excellent job of bringing some largely forgotten tunes back to the forefront while remaining faithful to the music’s raw and unadorned immediacy. The Truffle Valley Boys prefer to record much in the same way that most…
Field Guide
The band is based in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area and consists of three brothers and a friend who rounds out the group. They are Titus Luckhaupt (mandolin, guitar, whistle), Benjamin Luckhaupt (guitar, harmonica), Joshua Luckhaupt (fiddle accordion), and Wyatt “Sawmill” Murray (bass). They have become quite popular in their region and have garnered a few…
Between The Lines
It’s always a pleasure to hear young and promising artists come into their own like the Price Sisters have done on their third release. The beauty and purity of their sisterly harmonies are both breathtaking and inspiring and often bring to mind great bluegrass duets of the past. The Ohio-born twins—Leanna Price on vocals and…