Rare is it in traditional folk music to encounter an artist so overtly involved in the activity of structured teaching. But Evie Ladin is a teacher, a teacher offering beginning banjo lessons on the internet. She has also studied African dance and, according to her website, created ...view article
With Falling in Place, his highly-anticipated sophomore release, Dave SanSoucie triumphantly emerges as that rare talent in the music industry capable of intimating the universal truths of the human experience through personal snapshots of a singular ...view article
Rolling through the south on the final weekend of their 2017 Winter Tour, Yonder Mountain String Band and G. Love & Special Sauce pulled into Austin Friday to bring two amazing sets of music along with some great moments of collaboration. With perfect weather, ...view article
Award-winning fiddler/vocalist/songwriter Andrea Asprelli’s approach to music is best summed up in “Alice,” a jaunty highlight from Cricket Tell the Weather’s self-released sophomore album, in which, she states, “I never put down roots, so don’t give them to me now.” Tell the Story Right, ...view article
Jud Conway reviews…
Swarme of Beese
Backwoods of My Mind
2022 Backwoods Modern Recordings BWM 1670
Out of the vibrant, diverse and fertile music community of Austin, Texas, comes BACKWOODS OF MY MIND, the full-length debut of indie-folk trio, Swarme of Beese.
“Lately, I’ve been knowin’ ...view article