Articles by Eric Thom

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  Fiddles & Feet

  Live from "The Palace"

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  There’s something about down-home fiddle music that is truly chest swelling. Live is the perfect follow-up release — the difference experie...

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  John Starling And Carolina Star

  Slidin' Home

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  My first indoctrination to bluegrass music came from Washington’s Seldom Scene. They approached the genre differently, covering rock tunes...

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  Spanking Charlene

  Dismissed with a Kiss

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  At first blush, the marriage of singer Charlene McPherson to Eric "Roscoe” Ambel’s hands-on production technique might appear to be totally...

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  David Bromberg

  Try me One More Time

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  There was a time when David Bromberg was the first call guitarist for a who’s who of the music industry. Riding atop a huge career of his o...

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  Loomer

  Songs of the Wild West Island

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  Loomer prove it pays to persevere, their sophomore release picking up where the last left off. Anyone savouring a hickory wind over the tan...

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  Storyhill

  Storyhill

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  Storyhill is Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson, or "Chris & Johnny,” as they were first known when the two Montana natives began their mu...

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  Sunny Sweeney

  Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  It’s little surprise that this independent artist just signed with Nashville’s Big Machine Records — she’s one big talent. (Think the sensu...

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  Uncle Earl

  Waterloo, Tennessee

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  Discounting Uncle Earl as an all-female bluegrass novelty act would be a serious mistake and grossly inaccurate. These women are dead serio...