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In February, Free Dirt Records announced new supergroup Mighty Poplar and sent shock waves of excitement throughout the acoustic world. Composed from the camps of Watchhouse, Leftover Salmon, The Punch Brothers, and Billy Strings, the bluegrass community got the goosebumps not only from the proclamation of a new album full of ear candy, but also a subsequent tour.
You're a saver, and you're pretty darn good at it. But there's one three-digit number that keeps costing you money - your credit score.
Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Dave Matthews Band, Leftover Salmon, Tinariwen, The Murlocs, Dave McMurray, Paul Simon, Graham Nash, Khruangbin and Pixie & The Partygrass Boys.
Born mostly in California in the 1970s, the fusion known variously as jazzgrass, spacegrass, and Dawg music (after mandolinist David “Dawg” Grisman) has inspired a wide community of players across generations. Here are seven excellent and moving albums - in order of release between last fall and last month - that feel right for summer afternoon hanging out or for attentive listening with your eyes closed.
Half a century ago, the church, not surprisingly given the times, was splintered over race. Black and white methodists were separate. Same denomination. Same God. Yet separate.