The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
in post Festival Coverfolk: Grey Fox, July 17-20 (Bluegrass covers of Tom Petty, John Mayer, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan (x2), and more!) from Cover Lay Down .
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Much of the bluegrass and acoustic music world has been buzzing this spring about Secrets, the debut CD from young phenom Sierra Hull - and rightly so. Just as folks in the business had been talking about Sierra for several years prior to her coming out party, they have been focusing as well on a [...]
CMT News (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Tim O'Brien wants you to get into something -- anything really, just "dirty those hands and get stuck in," he tells me as he sips his first pint of the day. We're at the Yazoo brewery in Nashville, a ploughman's lunch between us, talking about his new alb
Roll 'Bama Roll (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
...is so very tired. Also a little fussy. You know how to play. 1. Chad King - Naomi 2. Pavement - Hands Off the Bayou 3. Memphis Slim - Me, Myself and I 4. Weezer - Jamie 5. Hank Williams - Low Down Blues 6. Elton John - Come Down in Time 7. Hot Rize - Standing in the Need of Prayer 8. Wilco - My Darling 9. Muddy Waters - Just to Be With You 10. The White Stripes - The Denial Twist
Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
I'm in the midst of clearing through the LMB inbox, and we've gotten tons of music festival news over the past couple weeks. No big surprise there at all, really. I'll try to get some of the info posted...
The Paragraph Farmer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2007
Yon also quotes from a great old song covered by Tim O'Brien the bluegrass super group Hot Rize. The man does not know that the Zorro legend came from old California (those Iraqi kids were more right than not), but he remains a national treasure.
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2007
Colette Lawless of the Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre , Naul, Co. Dublin, reports that Tim O'Brien will be performing in concert at the Centre on Friday 12 October . Doors open 7.30 p.m. Performance 8.30 p.m. Adm. €20. Tel. (01) 8020898; e-mail . The Centre says: 'Tim O'Brien is one of the spearheads of contemporary bluegrass. As co-founder and lead vocalist of Hot Rize and Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers,...
Power Line Forum (Free subscription) | 08/12/2007
Hot Rize was one of the groups that updated the traditional bluegrass sound with eclectic taste, superb musicianship, hipness, and a sense of humor » View the article
Power Line (Free subscription) | 08/12/2007
Hot Rize was one of the groups that updated the traditional bluegrass sound with eclectic taste, superb musicianship, hipness, and a sense of humor. The group had a long run before it broke up in 1990, then reunited briefly for a tour in 1996 that is documented on the live recording So Long of a Journey . Bassist Nick Forster secretly recorded the group's set the evening of the group's homecoming...
