by Dave Stallard
November 22, 2008
Crooked Still, the Boston-based band of neo-folk upstarts, defies generalization. Their instrumentation—fiddle, cello, banjo, bass, guitar and, at times, ukulele, glockenspiel, and piano—challenges listeners to pigeonhole them. And therein lies their brilliance. Still Crooked, the band’s first release since its 2007 line up change (cellist/fiddler Tristan Claridge and fiddler Brittany Haas have joined founding members [...]
by Dave Stallard
November 22, 2008
To record Amen Corner, the band’s latest release, Railroad Earth retired to the comfortable confines of singer/songwriter Todd Sheaffer’s 300 year old farmhouse in rural New Jersey. The familiarities of home certainly seeped into the band’s sessions; Amen Corner will go down as one of the most important Americana albums of this young century. Driving [...]
