Reviews
Playin’ in this Town
Maddie Denton may be one of the best fiddle players you’ve heard, but not heard of. That might change with the release of her debut album, Playin’ in this Town. A veteran of the fiddle competition circuit, Denton has won 14 state titles in five states since 2008. She also handles fiddle duties for the…
Till The End Of The Road
Turnberry Records TBR-110 “Starlett & Big John” are Starlett Boswell (vocals, bass) and “Big” John Talley (vocals, guitar). Together they are joined on this project by Jonathan Dillon (mandolin), David Carroll (banjo), and Ron Stewart (fiddle). They are also helped by special guests Mo Canada (guitar), and Skip Cherryholmes (vocals), who also co-produced the album…
Starry Southern Nights
Rock Hearts hail from Rhode Island and in the eight years since getting together in 2013 have become one of New England’s popular bands. Rock Hearts members are Alex MacLeod (guitar), Joe Deetz (banjo), Billy Thibodeau (mandolin), Danny Musher (fiddle), and Rick Brodsky (bass). Collectively they are all veterans of the music, having performed with…
Come Home
Bent Mountain is a gathering of like-minded musicians organized and produced by Dr. Quigg Lawrence, the Bishop of The Church of the Holy Spirit in Roanoke, Virginia. Some of the musicians on the project incudes Lawrence himself along with Annie Lawrence, Eric Imhof, Julie Wright, Ayden Young, and Blane Young. Augmenting this lineup are a…
Larry Stephenson Band
This new release from Larry Stephenson and the Band is a retrospective of live performances featuring some of the band’s configurations from over the years. While culling through these recordings, Stephenson felt this collection covered the folks he was lucky enough to have performed with. The songs were selected from shows at seven different venues…
Art Of Acoustics
The New Acoustic Collective is a young string band based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Led by band leader and composer Jason Keiser (guitar), the group includes co-leader Alonso Sanchez (double bass), David Boyden (fiddle), Rodrigo Ruiz (double bass), and Nathaniel Grohmann (cello). The group cites their influences to include David Grisman’s…