Music Mondays
A lot of bluegrass fans look down on modern country music. When it comes to country, I mainly like classic country but there are still some good new songs that come out on occasion.
Today, I’ll feature this 2007 black and white video for Music Mondays at the Low Tech Times. It’s an [...]
Music Mondays
Listening to BluegrassCountry.org the other evening, I heard a neat song called Come On Up to the House recorded by Sarah Jarosz. The original version of Come On Up to the House is by Tom Waits.
Does life seem nasty, brutish and short?
Come on up to the house.
The seas are stormy,
and you can’t find [...]
Music Mondays
Today’s featured song is Walking On the Blue Ridge Mountains – Blue Sparks by Larry Sparks. I heard it on the Bluegrass Country radio last week. This is a great song… the only thing I’d change is that it sounds like it has an electric bass .
I saw Larry Sparks [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays (combined this week)
Here’s another highly recommended bluegrass train song. Click the link to preview or order Wave Goodbye by the Bluegrass Patriots. The song kicks off with a blistering lead banjo part that is very good.
There’s a half a mile of freight train going down the line;
guess I’ve [...]
Music Mondays
Can bluegrass music be cool? Chatham County Line is one of my favorite groups and they found a winning formula for making bluegrass cool. While I generally prefer their upbeat songs to some of their artsier stuff, they are great musicians and singers. I’ve seen them live a few times and [...]
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