[Campfires & Battlefields has been such a constant support to this website, what with his sarcastic sniping and everything, and and I never thanked him properly for filling in so kindly while I was away. So thanks, pal, it really is much appreciated. And here, seeing as he introduced me to the Felice [...]
Malcolm Holcombe is pretty much a legend. In the mid-nineties he emerged — already mature –from the mountains of western North Carolina to critical acclaim in country and folk music circles. He has produced a new record every 5 years or so since then, and he’s spent time on the road with some prime talent, [...]
Karli Fairbanks is having a yard sale and everything must go! Including apparently her brother’s clothes. That’s right, she’s selling her house and most of her possessions and is about to embark on the peripatetic journey of the itinerant musician (itinerant in the “bohemian rover” sense, not in the “moth-eaten vagrant” sense). Scary, yes, but I [...]
I like The everybodyfields, I really do, but if I’m honest I have to admit that I’ve struggled a bit. They come from Tennessee and they play a very pretty brand of country music, with echoes of the “grievous angel” tradition of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris or, more recently, of Gillian Welch and David [...]
Andrew Taylor is a lovely fellow from Norwich. I discovered his music on myspace some time ago through his connection to another group called The Challenge of Feral Green, who toured with Catherine Feeny and Jacob Golden a year or so ago. I think they even came to Edinburgh. Anyhow, the pure grace of Andrew’s voice [...]
C&B here. And so here we go again. Hello all.
“Local” music scenes aren’t strictly local anymore, are they? I live near Washington, D.C., but because of stuff I’ve heard hereabouts I’m now the proud owner of records by such Edinburgh luminaries as Meursault, Withered Hand, Cancel The Astronauts and The Savings & Loan, I’ve extracted [...]
