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The Best Bluegrass of 2008 < PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008
The Best Bluegrass of 2008 < PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008
1 Eric and Leigh Gibson are hands down the best duo in bluegrass music today, and Iron & Diamonds is their strongest effort to date. A mix of unique originals and widely varying covers which include songs by Tom Petty and Steve Earle are performed with the Gibsons’ soaring harmonies, reminiscent ...
The Best Jazz of 2008 < PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008
The Best Jazz of 2008 < PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008
popmatters.com — 1 Aaron Parks, in his Blue Note debut, continues to expand the jazz vocabulary with the new rhythms of hip-hop. Like last year’s In My Element by Robert Glasper, Invisible Cinema does not graft some jazz playing onto a hip-hop album, nor does it tack ... The Best Jazz of 2008 < PopMatters Picks: The Best Music ...
My Favorite Bluegrass and Folk Songs of 2008
My Favorite Bluegrass and Folk Songs of 2008
blog.cmt.com — I’m always eager to dig into a new bluegrass album, especially from perennial favorites like Rhonda Vincent , Blue Highway and Dan Tyminski . And if you haven’t heard new bands like the SteelDrivers and the Infamous Stringdusters , I ... My Favorite Bluegrass and Folk Songs of 2008
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The 9513 — ... After counting down the best country music of 2008 at PopMatters yesterday, Juli Thanki returns with the best bluegrass. Two different Vincents make the list along with the progressive bluegrass group Punch Brothers, who are led by ex-Nickel Creeker Chris Thile. ...

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Twang Nation — ... if challenging, duty of picking the top Bluegrass Albums of 2008 and Andrew Gilstrap also does a great job of picking the ...

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Charlie Louvin "Official MySpace" - Nashville, Tennessee - Country / Gospel / Bluegrass - www.myspace.com/officialcharlielouvin
myspace.com 12/16/2008 — Photobucket New album December 9th, 2008! Buy It Here! Photobucket New album Sept 16th, 2008! Buy It Here! 51 ST. ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE: Charlie Louvin 'Steps To Heaven' - Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. We are Proud to ...
Mumford and Sons - London, UK - Folk / Bluegrass / Afro-beat - www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
myspace.com 11/15/2008 — mumford and sons Please email these people regarding these things, as we are inadequate and they are the opposite. MANAGEMENT: rachel@everybody-s.com BOOKINGS: lucy@itb.co.uk PRESS: jon@wastedyouthpr.com RADIO/TV: guillermo@scruffybird.com  ...
A Night in the Box - MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Bluegrass / Folk Rock / Indie - www.myspace.com/nightinthebox
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