Levon Helm: Electric Dirt Levon is back! June 30 marks the official release date of Electric Dirt (Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard), the second solo outing in Levon Helm’s remarkable comeback, after … more →
Fiddlefreak Folk Music BlogStuart Mason wrote 1 week ago: Levon Helm: Electric Dirt Levon is back! June 30 marks the official release date of Electric Dirt (D … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 1 month ago: When my desk gets this loaded with new CDs, there is the temptation to skip the releases that don … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 1 month ago: Spring Creek: Way Up on a Mountain Fiddlefreak is drowning under a deluge of bluegrass music. My des … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 1 month ago: The Belleville Outfit Last Tuesday, Austin-based band The Belleville Outfit released their second al … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 1 month ago: Barely Right Now It has been almost a year since Fiddlefreak reviewed a live show by Whiskey Chimp, … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 2 months ago: Water Tower Bucket Boys: Catfish on the Line Way up yonder in that hilly land of clearcuts and crust … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 2 months ago: Irish trad band Bua Bua: An Spealadoir From the Pure Drop Department: Bua is a Chicago-based Irish b … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: What do you call a bluegrass band without a banjo? Fiddlefreak sez: smooooooth. What’s the rec … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: Liz Carroll and John Doyle: Double Play Liz Carroll (fiddle) and John Doyle (guitar) just released … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: Joe Craven's Joe-Jam Playshop Calling all California music-lovers! Now is the time to get your t … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: Tony Furtado Deep Water Tony Furtado has a new record out called Deep Water, on Funzalo Records. Je … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: The Unwanted: Music from the Atlantic Fringe The Unwanted: Music from the Atlantic Fringe (Whirling … more →
beckyminx wrote 3 months ago: Could Chris Brown win a Kids’ Choice Award on March 28? That remains a real possibility now t … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: Navigator Records is offering a free MP3 download from Scots group Lau’s new record Arc Light, … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: Scottish prog-folk group Lau blew my mind at Celtic Connections in Glasgow (see previous post here). … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 3 months ago: Ben Bedford is on a roll. In January his new record “Land of the Shadows” (Hopeful Sky R … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 4 months ago: “Some may call it World Music, some may call it Uzbekigrass, or whatever … we want to sp … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 4 months ago: Is that thing loaded? The Fox Hunt This just in… West by-God Virginia has spawned another band … more →
Stuart Mason wrote 4 months ago: Pale Imperfect Diamond Can you point to Uzbekistan on a world map? Me neither. Ever heard of an Uzbe … more →