X-post: So I was looking for Celtic Bluegrass and discovered some diverse and amazing

[GreenPartyVoter]

country groups:

1) The Chieftains and Earl Scruggs: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ByYSkRGrMqw
2) Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q5BMiXfpG4Q
3) Cherryholmes: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e7LzqvN2M5A
4) Alison Krauss and Union Station: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GT0QFM78fpo
5) Here is Alison with the Chieftains: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xOpY0wQdJ5w
(Some of her bandmembers were featured doing "I am a Man of Constant Sorrows" on the 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' soundtrack: http://youtube.com/watch?v=waUpZ27nYAY ) That whole soundtrack is amazing.
6) Del McCoury and the Chieftains: http://youtube.com/watch?v=F3Is_C5KIVs
7) The Duhks: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VYdk_TcCeW8

Now, am I missing any other amazing things out there?!

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Try these

Kate Campbell
Modern Southern folk/roots
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wrmVNNFvwrs


Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart. Stacey is Steve Earle's sister.

http://www.staceyearle.com/
List to the clip of "Is It Enough (I Luuuv You)"


Slaid Cleaves - a Maine boy now based in Austin
http://www.slaidcleaves.com/

Karen Poston
Another Austin based country/folk singer songwriter.
http://www.myspace.com/karenposton

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Cool, Thanks! Apparently what I am looking for is called

"newgrass" in some circles.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. D'oh!

I forgot to include Salamander Crossing. Former western Mass. bluegrass group
http://www.signaturesounds.com/onlinestore/category.cfm?Category=51

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. More Maine groups I enjoy

They're more in the folk/rock category I guess:

Schoonerfare: http://www.schoonerfare.com/

Devonsquare: http://free.napster.com/view/artist/index.html?id=12075620

County Down: I can't find a thing on these ladies. They were together when I was a littler girl. At least 1 is still in the area, maybe two. If you ever find their albums holler because I want a new copy. Can't find my mom's original tape.

[ceile]

3. Also try The Greencards

2 Aussies and a Brit. Used to be based in Austin, now in Nashville.
http://www.thegreencards.com/

[catmandu57]

5. Go straight to the horses mouth as it were

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/

There's tons of good stuff here, use the listen again feature.

[idgiehkt]

6. what a great thread

thanks for all the great links. :woohoo:

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Yeah, I was just in the mood for this stuff, but I don't have much in my house

so I need to know what to go look for. :)

[Bake]

7. New Grass Revival!!!!

The greatest. band. ever. Now defunct (for which Bela Fleck is going to hell!!!!!).

I love everything they ever did. For some Celtic flavored stuff, listen to "County Clare."

Word is that they broke up because Sam (Bush) got tired of playing Bela's "Irish sh*t every night."

Bake

[hellbound-liberal]

9. Green Party Voter, You have to check out the Rankin Family from Cape Breton!

I found them on a Chieftain's CD, Tears of Stone and they are fantastic. They are all members of the same family although one of them, John Morris Rankin died about six years ago. I believe they are back in the recording studio and are planning to release a new CD. I really like them and I am pretty sure you, and other Celtc/Bluegrass fans will too. Here is a sample from YouTube and a link to an excellent album of theirs that I own. Check out some of the song samples. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_sJCG9B1o



http://www.amazon.com/Rankin-Family-Collection/dp/B00000JMCN/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-9651430-7168854?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179183618&sr=8-2

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Are they the famil that does step dancing, or am I think of another family from

that area? (BTW CB is some of the prettiest country I have ever seen. If you haven't been you need to go.)

[hellbound-liberal]

16. You must be thinking of someone else. I haven't seen them do any step dancing

Cape Breton is definitely one place I want to go in Canada. And I want to make sure I can see the Rankins when I am there. I know that if, and when, I get to heaven, the angels will sound exactly like the Rankin sisters!

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Maybe I was thinking of Ashley MacIsaac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_MacIsaac

[hellbound-liberal]

20. Nice to see that MacIsaac is a life long liberal! Check out this video

from YouTube. He's playing his fiddle and dancing with two of the Rankins.

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. I found one on youtube of him as a kid from 1985. He could

really dance even then. Michael Flatley has nothing on him.

[Monk06]

25. You're thinking of the Leahy family from Ontario. See this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJSnP2NpW8

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Ah. I knew it was a family from somewhere in Canada. Thx! n/t

.

[EstimatedProphet]

10. 16 Horsepower

http://www.16horsepower.com

Country gothic - they're a little dark and brutal. I really like em though

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. They remind me of Boiled in Lead in a way. n/t

.

[GenDem]

29. They remind me of Rusted Root

[hippywife]

11. If you really want to know

what you've been missing, try streaming these radio stations online:

http://www.wdvx.com/
http://kpig.com/
http://kgsr.com/

Americana stations are where all the good music is these days. You may never listen to local, commercial radio again. Enjoy!

[conscious evolution]

12. Donna the Buffalo

Their webpage.
http://www.donnathebuffalo.com/
Live recordings.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20%2Fmetadata%2Fcreator%3A%22Donna%20The%20Buffalo%22
Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVbVF_aTPc&mode=related&search=

Be careful.They'll change your life.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Thanks folks! It looks like I can check a lot of these bands out at You Tube, and will definitely

try the streaming radio stations.

(Right now I am listening to Alison Krauss songs over and over. Such sweet pipes!)

Will have to update this again someday: http://geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/Arts.htm

[China_cat]

15. The DVD 'Down From the Mountain'

Music from 'O Brother' with the original artists done at the Ryman auditorium in Nashville. Alison Krauss was one of the singers in the 'sirens' segment of 'O Brother'. It's a great DVD.

[DrDan]

17. celtic - Tony McManus

there are several clips out there that I have seen - I shall look for them

Bluegrass - look for Kruger Brothers - Jens Kruger is arguable the best bluegrass banjo player in the world today - and his brother Uwe a terrific guitar player . . . I will post some of their clips also

[Rambis]

32. Love Tony

I don't listen to much intrumental stuff as a rule but Donal Clancy Tony and John Renbourn are exceptions to the rule. I would throw Leo Kottke in there too.

Donal Clancy
http://compassrecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=254


John Renbourn
http://www.john-renbourn.com/

[Bake]

36. Kruger is competent but hardly "the best"

Geez, JD Crowe is still playing! Jim Mills has as solid a right hand as there is. Rob McCoury is vastly underrated as a banjo player.

Oh, and The Earl is still alive and pickin'.

Bake
Banjo Player

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. How did I get so far into life without knowing about Allison Krauss?!

:o

[idgiehkt]

23. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage are better, imho

I like Allison Krauss and Union station but they seem to like to do really slow songs with fine harmony and that gets boring after a while to me. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage are more consistently up-tempo and engaging. But Allision Kraus is a legend, no doubt.

This is the only song on youtube worth posting, it's a nice one and her mandolin playing is great, Dolly is in this too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUU1zDW68g

here is some of them live, it shows how kick-ass her band is, they are top notch, but the sound on her mike is poor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbqHnqh8Crg&mode=related&search=

When I think bluegrass this is what I think of, really up-tempo, whereas AK seems to like those old super-slow songs that are more like hymns

Oh. my. God.

this is my favorite Rhonda song, it brings tears to my eyes. FINALLY ON YOUTUBE. woohoo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTd59aRGmkQ&mode=related&search=

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. Depends on my mood. Right now I am digging the quiet stuff. I enjoy

the haunting ethereal Clannad/Enya sound so Alison's voice is wonderful to me.

But in the daytime I am loving the fast stuff. Been listening to Earl Scruggs' breakdowns a lot.

Will check into Rhonda and the rage tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.

[idgiehkt]

26. I love Enya

I just found out that she was part of the Clannad family. :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. I think there's another sister, but she only does backing vocals. Unless I am

thinking of Altan.

[DFW]

34. That's Maire Brennan of Clannad

And she is quite a singer in her own right

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. No I meant another sister besides Enya and Maire. At least I think there is one. n/t

:)

[DFW]

38. More than one, actually,

But without researching it, I don't know their names. They
have done some backup singing for Clannad, so the album
notes should say who and how many.

[Bake]

37. Gawd, I hate to sound like a "purist" but Alison AIN'T bluegrass.

She used to be. She still CAN be when she tries. Just not when she records.....

Bake

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. It's ok by me. I'm ecclectic and enjoy lots of sounds.

I mean, I love Clannad, but they aren't "Irish music" any more per se. :)

[Rambis]

31. Crooked Still rock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an6utmXFxQY

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. Oh, nice! Thx! n/t

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