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Ben Sollee and Kentucky Native

Thursday, August 10, 2017 By Shawn Underwood

The dictionary defines polyglot as someone who speaks many different languages.  As evidenced by his latest album, Ben Sollee is a musical polyglot.  Featuring his latest band, Kentucky Native, Ben covers many of the cultural music influences that became the folk music of Appalachia, and eventually bluegrass.  He then overlaid that with the jazz influences […]

Filed Under: Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Ben Sollee

Monday Morning Video: Newport Folk Festival

Monday, July 30, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s a great video from this past weekend’s Newport Folk Festival. Torrential rain threatened to cancel the backstage bbq event but the musicians took it upon themselves to make it happen. Here’s Jim James, Ben Sollee, Joe Fletcher and others with an acoustic take on the INXS classic “Never Tear Us Apart.” Pretty special.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Videos Tagged With: Ben Sollee, INXS, Jim James, Joe Fletcher

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – Day Three

Thursday, August 20, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

As the saying goes, Life Is Good.  Especially when the agenda of the day involves sitting outdoors, temps in the 70’s with the occasional cloud, listening to music, with the Rockies as a backdrop and the crystal clear, glacier-fed St. Vrain river steps away if you need to cool off.  Such was my plight on  […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Ben Sollee, Blind Pilot, Dave Rawlins, folks fest, Gillian Welch, M Ward, Mia Dyson

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