The forthcoming new album by the Barr Brothers has been described as their best yet – “a collection of 11 hypnotically fluid songs that speak to the raw, elemental power of reflection, forgiveness, loss, and growing up.” The record finds the band, featuring brothers Brad (guitar) and Andrew Barr (drums), and Sarah Page (Harp), further on their path of exploring the outer limits of folk, blues, rock and Americana made north of the American border. And how many bands feature a dedicated harpist? Radcliffe and Maconie premiered their new song earlier last week which you can listen to below.
The Barr Brothers have shared the title track from their forthcoming album which is worryingly described as "anthemic" but is actually a lovely very melodic piece of music. The album, the band’s first in three years, will be released on October 13th, and they have just announced too that they'll…
Welcome to the big time, where everybody knows your name, where they are waiting to see if you will soar on high or sink like a stone because in this game once you've made it, the hard part is sustaining it. The Barr Brothers third record was alarmingly dubbed “Anthemic”,…
Furnace Mountain is a four-piece string band originally from Virginia but now based in West Virginia – pretty close to the respective borders. The group comprises Aimee Curl (bass guitar, vocals), ‘Fiddlin’ Dave van Deventer (fiddle, vocals), Danny Knicely (mandolin, fiddle) and Morgan Morrison (bouzouki, vocals). The quartet are on…
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