Moon Traveller is honored to host the archival list of old buddy Jim Haas's Mexican Radio Show.
Bluegrass, Newgrass, and Folk USA
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| Spare change?! |
Lace up your cloggers, folks. This week we’re checking out old-timey music as performed by (mostly) new-timey musicians, along with some new wrinkles. And you needn’t be born in the Appalachians to fit in with this crowd. Up-and-comer Billy Strings hails from Michigan, for example, that haven for moonshiners and out-of-work automotive industry peons. Maybe that’s the appeal: a folkish (i.e. mostly acoustic) musical tradition that roots for the underlings, the underdog, and the under-represented. I’m in! And so is Sierra Ferrell with a voice for the ages and soul to boot that sounds genuine to me. And then there’s Josh O’Keefe. Bob Dylan has had plenty of imitators over the years, particularly early on when a raspy voice, unplugged guitar and bleating harmonica stood a guy a chance for wide acceptance. But I don’t think anyone had done such a spot-on take of early Dylan than this dude 60 years later – right on down to the raffish cap. All he’s lacking is the brilliance. Still, I don’t find him crass and if you’re gonna follow a leader you might as well choose the best. His lyrics sound true. And, finally, that’s the ticket – no? If you believe in what you say and what you play, and it’s not just another paean to consumerism and commercially attuned redundancy, then I’ll give it a listen. Won’t you? -J.H.
Run list
01 Old Crow Medicine Show - Rub Alcohol Blues
02 Gillian Welch - SIx White Horses
03 Sierra Ferrell - The Mountain
04 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Swannanoa Tunnel
05 Kaleidoscope - Oh Death
06 Anna & Elizabeth – Orfeo
07 Colter Wall - Sleeping on the Blacktop
08 Billy Strings - Living Like an Animal
09 Jon Kenzie - Coming Around
10 Josh Okeefe - I Won’t Let You Down
11 The Reel Time Travelers - The Cuckoo
12 The Show Ponies - Honey, Dog and Home
13 Gillian Welch - Scarlet Town
14 The Dust Busters With John Cohen - The Honest Farmer
15 Sierra Ferrell - Elk River Blues
16 Willie Watson - Birmingham Mill
17 Jon Kenzie - Gloomy Deep
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| Just Joshin' |
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