Live and Breathing

Mandolin Orange: House of Stone

Live and Breathing — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:49:30 +0000

Mandolin Orange is songwriter Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz. The Chapel Hill, NC duo ornaments lyric and harmony focused tunes with acoustic and electric guitars, fiddle and mandolin. Their instrumentation draws on bluegrass and rock-and-roll alike, keeping Marlin’s dark lyrical themes at the forefront of their country sound.

Recorded at the 2012 Rhythm N’ Blooms Fest.
Checkout Mandolin Orange’s Website.

David Wax Museum: Vivian Won’t You Take Me In

Live and Breathing — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:49:19 +0000

Why do we need museums? They show us something familiar and traditional, while at the same time documenting our innovation, showing us possible directions for the future. This is the same reason we need David Wax Museum – to give us music that is somehow familiar, as if it has always existed somewhere in our cultural ether, but is at the same time undeniably fresh.

Recorded at the 2012 Rhythm N’ Blooms Fest.
Checkout David Wax Museum’s Website here.

King Super & The Excellents: Beaches

Live and Breathing — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:45:37 +0000

Based out of Knoxville, Tennessee and Hell Bent on World Domination. They arrived to Earth with a desire to time travel, saving great american songs for the benefit of children of the future. Their brand of FACE MELT rock has blessed many rooms acrossed the south-eastern United States and will continue expand both setlists and locations. As WINNERS of Knoxville’s Battle of the Bands known as Sound Off, they have proved to a panel of esteemed judges that their brand of ROCK is likely to be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come.

Recorded at the 2012 Rhythm N’ Blooms Fest.
Checkout King Super & The Excellents here.

Railroad Earth: Lone Croft Ramble

Live and Breathing — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:38:37 +0000

Railroad Earth sing of our nation’s changing landscape and social ills with a commitment reminiscent of Woody Guthrie, while interpolating instrumental timbres that could have been pulled from Celtic or Cajun culture. And as anyone who has caught them live will attest, their concerts are imbued with the fire-in-the-belly passion of straight-ahead, blue-collar rock & roll.

Recorded at the 2011 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival.
Checkout Railroad Earth’s Website.

Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three: If You Can’t Make Money

Live and Breathing — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:35:48 +0000

Of the many roots musicians traveling the world and spreading the early American music tradition, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three are the next in line to make a significant impact on music enthusiasts everywhere. From St. Louis, Missouri, their creative mix of early jazz, string ragtime, country blues and western swing rings true and fine, making them among the most innovative of all the purists performing American roots music today.

Recorded at the 2011 Pickathon Music Festival.
Checkout Pokey LaFarge’s website.

Vetiver: Be Kind To Me

Live and Breathing — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:34:29 +0000

Tight Knit is the fourth full-length album from Vetiver—singer/songwriter Andy Cabic’s ever-evolving musical home base. It represents a summation of the different styles and directions heard on past Vetiver releases, while it introduces some unexpected twists. Some songs are so stripped down, Cabic played almost all the instruments himself; others work to capture the sound of Vetiver performing live. Vetiver’s songs have been described as “dreamy, gentle songs that George Harrison would have written in some sunny country garden.” Happily, that element is alive and well on songs from this latest album.

Recorded at the 2011 Pickathon Music Festival.
Checkout Vetiver’s website.

Charlie Parr: Moonshiner

Live and Breathing — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:27:18 +0000

A shy individual, Charlie Parr plays original and traditional folk and Piedmont-style blues, accompanying himself on National resonator guitars, 12-string guitar and sometimes a banjo. He was raised in Austin, Minnesota, in a household that prized traditional American folk music. His style bears the influence of hours spent listening to country blues records and Smithsonian/Folkways field recordings; often in the garage.

Recorded at the 2011 Pickathon Music Festival.
Checkout Charlie Parr’s website.

Girls, Guns and Glory: Root Cellar

Live and Breathing — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:17:52 +0000

Girls Guns and Glory is a celebration of sweet and tasty, fun lovin’ and hard timin’, honky tonk music that is simultaneously casual and complex. The band combines elements of early rock ‘n’ roll, country, and rhythm & blues to deliver its own brand of American Roots music that satisfies like homemade apple pie.

Recorded at the 2011 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Festival.
Checkout the Girls, Guns and Glory website.

Josh Oliver: Get Along Little Yearlings

Live and Breathing — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:23:02 +0000

East TN native Josh Oliver has spent the past five years as a side man, touring all over the United States, singing harmony, playing lead guitar and piano with the likes of the everybodyfields, Sam Quinn + Japan 10, and Jill Andrews. And now, with his debut album, Troubles, he’s taking a stab at being out front.

Recorded at the 2012 Rhythm N’ Blooms Fest.
Checkout Josh Oliver’s Website.

Katie Powderly & Sam Quinn: Yet To Come

Live and Breathing — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:16:40 +0000

Katie Powderly’s music permeates the boundaries of genre, inhabiting a space somewhere between alt-country and folk. It transcends the confines of linear chronology, as well; it is vintage and current, nostalgic and prophetic. Respectful of tradition while remaining relevant, Powderly presents a promising musical hybrid in her painstakingly hand-hewn tunes.

Recorded at the 2012 Rhythm N’ Blooms Fest.
Checkout Katie Powderly’s Website.