I’m sure you’ve seen this before. The special effects people take an explosion and play it backwards, in slow motion. The result is a whole bunch of disparate, seemingly unrelated, pieces all come together to form the perfect whole. That’s the kind of experience I had with the new album from Trampled by Turtles, Life […]
Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
Perhaps as a side effect of a misspent youth where I had friends who leaned toward torn clothing, homemade piercings, and 5 minute rock songs played in under 2, I’ve always kind of liked really fast bluegrass. Several years ago I stumbled across Trampled By Turtles, who didn’t just speed up bluegrass songs, they wrote […]
Down by the Green River
It’s the best little festival you’ve never heard of. At least I hadn’t until this year. Who knew that over the span of 28 years the little known festival in central Massachusetts would host the likes of Gillian Wellch, Mavis Staples, Alison Kraus & Union Station, Buddy Guy, and Lucinda Williams to name a few. […]