Bluegrass Tuesday (sort of) with Brooklyn band Yarn
One of the best records I’ve heard all the way through in the newgrass/bluegrass/alt-country style is from the Brooklyn based band Yarn. The bulk of the songs on the new record, while not completely traditional, are acoustic based mid-tempo numbers accented by fiddle and mandolin. As a result this record doesn’t rawk, though it does reel quite nicely.
The appropriately titled “Can’t Slow Down” is one of the most up tempo songs on here. But the slower songs are standouts as well - particularly the ones featuring guest vocalists Edie Brickell and Caitlin Cary.
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