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Joy Kills Sorrow: This Unknown Science

Sep 15, 2011, 2:00am PopMatters
Joy Kills Sorrow perform "One More Night" at the Acoustic Guitar Office
Quite simply, this is one of the best bluegrass-meets-folk albums you hear this year - if not in any given year. Chances are, if you live outside of places like Boston and New York City, you probably don't know the name Bridget Kearney. Chances are, if the world suddenly becomes a fair and just place, you soon will. The multitalented bassist/songwriter has garnered a great deal of acclaim - she won the John Lennon Songwriting contest in 2006 for her compositions "Sometimes When I'm Drunk" and "You're Wearing My Favorite Shirt" - and is known as...
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The Towers Fell, And Then We Were Silent: A Remembrance, In Coverfolk and Prose

Sep 10, 2011, 12:50pm Cover Lay Down
The Towers Fell, And Then We Were Silent: A Remembrance, In Coverfolk and Prose I was a media specialist the morning the towers began to fall: sole captain of a prep school video collection, and proprietor of the largest viewing space on campus. And so it was that the students came to me, one by one and together, by class and by cluster, as the word spread from teacher to teacher; so it was, indeed, that I ended up presiding over a grand experiment in media literacy, as the hour passed, and the cycle of not-news - that long hour of uncertain newscaster conjectures that accompanied the static, repetitive footage on every channel [...]
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Artist:David Wilcox
Title:Missing You (Richard Marx cover)
Link Text:David Wilcox: Missing You
File Name:missingy.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1994
Artist:Dawn Landes
Title:I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty Cover)
Link Text:Dawn Landes: I Won’t Back Down
File Name:wontba.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Indie
Artist:Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Link Text:Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: No Place To Fall
File Name:nopla.mp3
Year:2010
Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash cover)
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow: I Still Miss Someone
File Name:isti.mp3
Bitrate:211 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2004
Artist:Lucy Kaplansky
Title:Forget Me Not (Jack Hardy cover)
Link Text:Lucy Kaplansky: Forget Me Not
File Name:forgetm.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2011
Artist:Mary McCaslin
Title:My World Is Empty Without You (The Supremes cover)
Link Text:Mary McCaslin: My World Is Empty Without You
File Name:myworl.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1992
Artist:Shawn Colvin
Title:the only living boy in new york (Simon and Garfunkel cover)
Link Text:Shawn Colvin: Only Living Boy In New York
File Name:onlyliv.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Folk
Artist:William Fitzsimmons
Title:You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor cover)
Link Text:William Fitzsimmons: You Can Close Your Eyes
File Name:youca.mp3
Bitrate:198 kbps
Genre:Alternative Rock
Year:2008

Joy Kills Sorrow - This Unknown Science

Aug 17, 2011, 4:20pm Direct Current
JOY KILLS SORROW - Wouldn't have noticed (2011)
Joy Kill Sorrow - Acclaimed Boston-based new-traditionalist string amalgam follow up last year's fine Darkness Sure Becomes This City with their third studio album ... "We like experimenting and stretching boundaries," says guitarist Matthew Arcara, a sense of non-formulaic adventure that's summed up by the album's title...like The Low Anthem, the quintet may be grounded instrumentally in traditional bluegrass and Americana, but the core of the music feels more like poseur-free indie folk... Release : This Unknown Science (September 13, Signature Sounds) // Sounds like : a fascinating hybrid of bluegrass, folk [...]
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Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:Reservations
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow - "Reservations"
File Name:Joy Kills Sorrow - Reservations.mp3
Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:The Ice is Starting to Melt
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow - "The Ice Is Starting to Melt"
File Name:Joy Kills Sorrow - The Ice Is Starting to Melt.mp3

Friday Quick Hitters: Joy Kills Sorrow, Home Grown Revival

Jun 17, 2011, 7:00am A Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz
Friday Quick Hitters: Joy Kills Sorrow, Home Grown Revival My apologies for the absence of RS Wednesday this week. We'll be back on schedule next week. Joy Kills Sorrow - Darkness Sure Becomes This City I had a nice surprise Wednesday when I got to host an on-air interview/performance session with Boston based progressive string band Joy Kills Sorrow. I was supposed to go on the air after they were interviewed by our program director, [...]
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Artist:Homegrown Revival
Title:Leaving Wynfield Station
Link Text:Homegrown Revival: Leaving Wynfield Station
File Name:84bqoyvicxqlr07vd2nk.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:Send Me A Letter
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow: Send Me a Letter
File Name:5y03z1iqs4208uq2n14l.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2010

Live Review: Mountain Stage & Mavis Staples in Glasgow

Jan 27, 2011, 9:47am Muruch
Live Review: Mountain Stage & Mavis Staples in Glasgow Muruch's new Scottish reviewer, Jamie Morrison, had the wonderful opportunity to attend Mountain Stage's special concert in Glasgow, Scotland last Friday. The concert featured Joy Kills Sorrow, Dougie McLean, Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore, and the legendary Mavis Staples. Jamie is an old, dear friend and happens to manage Oxfam's Music Shop (Facebook group: oxfammusicedinburgh or Twitter: @oxfammusicedin) in Edinburgh. His review and pics from the show are below... Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, now in [...]
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Live Review: Mountain Stage & Mavis Staples in Glasgow

Jan 27, 2011, 9:47am Muruch
Live Review: Mountain Stage & Mavis Staples in Glasgow Muruch's new Scottish reviewer, Jamie Morrison, had the wonderful opportunity to attend Mountain Stage's special concert in Glasgow, Scotland last Friday. The concert featured Joy Kills Sorrow, Dougie McLean, Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore, and the legendary Mavis Staples. Jamie is an old, dear friend and happens to manage Oxfam's Music Shop (Facebook group: oxfammusicedinburgh or Twitter: @oxfammusicedin) in Edinburgh. His review and pics from the show are below... Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, now in [...]
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Some Celtic Connections Bits and Pieces

Jan 18, 2011, 12:40pm Song, by Toad
I have always been a little wary of Celtic Connections , because my interest in folk music sort of peters out as it gets closer and closer to purely traditional forms, which dominates a fair bit of the festival. Not that they don't give loads of airtime to the crossover of folk into contemporary pop music, because they very much do, it's just that only a certain percentage of the lineup is ever really going to appeal to me personally, that's all. Anyhow, the not very folky at all Broken Records played last night with The Burns [...]
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Mountain Stage & Mavis Staples in Glasgow!

Jan 14, 2011, 4:40pm Muruch
Mountain Stage & Mavis Staples in Glasgow! Mountain Stage is travelling from West Virginia to Scotland next week for a special concert in Glasgow as part of the Celtic Connections Festival . The magnificent Mavis Staples will headline this unique Mountain Stage concert at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall on January 21st. If you have the opportunity attend, it's sure to be a fantastic and unforgettable show. The Event : Mountain Stage feat. Mavis Staples, Dougie McLean, Joy Kills Sorrow and Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore [...]
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Joy Kills Sorrow - Darkness Sure Becomes This City

Feb 1, 2010, 2:38am Direct Current
Boston based new-traditionalist "string band" Joy Kills Sorrow bridges contemporary folk with a diverse pallet of music influences on their sophomore February 23 album Darkness Sure Becomes This City (Signature Sounds). Since their critically acclaimed debut in 2007, the "Yankee" Americana quintet has gone through some personnel changes, most notably the addition of Canadian folkie Emma Beaton as lead vocalist following the departure of promising solo artist Heather Masse. What hasn't changed is the quality of Joy Kills Sorrow's acoustic Americana music. A fascinating hybrid of bluegrass, folk and a touch of Celtic, Darkness [...]
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Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow - "Books"
File Name:Joy Kills Sorrow - Books.mp3
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Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow - "Kill My Sorrow"
File Name:Joy Kills Sorrow - Kill My Sorrow.mp3
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Joy Kills Sorrow – "Darkness Sure Becomes This City" (Signature Sounds, 2010)

Nov 3, 2009, 3:10pm songsillinois
Joy Kills Sorrow – "Darkness Sure Becomes This City" (Signature Sounds, 2010) Joy Kills Sorrow is a Boston based whose motto of "a modern American String band" encapsulates their sound pretty well. Darkness Sure Becomes This City is the followup to their debut record. It'll be released in 2010 on Signature Sounds . From what I've heard of the band they don't do that modern string band sound that is like a whirling dervish. Instead they use a lot of texture and space to create a sound that stradles bluegrass, folk and old timey. Pretty sure this song will be on the upcoming [...]
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Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:thinking of you and such
Link Text:Thinking Of You And Such
File Name:Thinking_Of_You_And_Such.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

(Re)Covered X: More covers of and from Arrica Rose, Bee Gees, Newgrass Voices, Sandy Denny and Marissa Nadler

May 10, 2009, 1:33am Cover Lay Down
(Re)Covered X: More covers of and from Arrica Rose, Bee Gees, Newgrass Voices, Sandy Denny and Marissa Nadler As the past recedes, the process of discovery and uncovery continues unabated. Though what's written is written, mailbags still swell, and readers still follow up on our work here at Cover Lay Down with news of covers from far and wide. Happily, there's (Re)Covered: an ongoing feature in which we return to subjects gone by in order to continue to bring you the newest and the best in coverfolk. Today, our tenth installment in the popular series. Cover Lay Down was [...]
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Artist:Arrica Rose
Title:Tragedy (Bee Gees cover)
Link Text:Arrica Rose: Tragedy
File Name:tragedy.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Bearfoot
Title:Don't Let Me Down (The Beatles cover)
Link Text:Bearfoot: Dont Let Me Down
File Name:dontlet.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Deanna Kirk
Title:Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny cover)
Link Text:Deanna Kirk: Who Knows Where The Time Goes
File Name:whoknowsdeanna.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Deanna Kirk
Title:Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny cover)
Link Text:Linde Nijland: Who Knows Where The Time Goes
File Name:whoknowslinde.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:I Still Miss Someone
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow: I Still Miss Someone
File Name:missjoy.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Marissa Nadler
Link Text:Marissa Nadler: Famous Blue Raincoat
File Name:famousblue.mp3
Year:2007
Artist:Marissa Nadler
Title:Ballad to an Amber Lady (Pearls before Swine cover)
Link Text:Marissa Nadler: Ballad to an Amber Lady
File Name:balladto.mp3
Bitrate:80 kbps
Artist:shawn colvin
Title:Words (Bee Gees cover)
Link Text:Shawn Colvin: Words
File Name:words.mp3
Bitrate:141 kbps
Year:2006

Hospital Coverfolk: Songs from the Waiting Room

Mar 4, 2009, 11:59pm Cover Lay Down
Hospital Coverfolk: Songs from the Waiting Room I had high hopes of being alone in my father's house tonight, mining memory and time, writing a poignant entry amidst the same record collection which first sparked my interest in music as something more than just background noise or singalong. I've even got a few handwritten notes at the bottom of my pocket, written this morning while I waited for my father to come ever-so-slowly down the stairs, now ready as fodder for when the moment is ripe. But the routine spinal fusion which has brought me into Boston started much [...]
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Link Text:Cabinet of Natural Curiosities: St. James Infirmary
File Name:cabinet.mp3
Artist:Chris Smither
Title:Rock 'n Roll Doctor (Little Feat cover)
Link Text:Chris Smither: Rock and Roll Doctor
File Name:rocknroll.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1993
Artist:Dr. Sin
Title:Dear Doctor [Rolling Stones Cover]
Link Text:Dr. Sin: Dear Doctor
File Name:deardoctor.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Emm Gryner
Title:Waiting Room (Fugazi cover)
Link Text:Emm Gryner: Waiting Room
File Name:waitingroom.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2002
Artist:Jim Henry
Title:St. James Infirmary
Link Text:Jim Henry: St. James Infirmary
File Name:stjames_jimhenry.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:José González
Title:Teardrop
Link Text:Jose Gonzales covers Teardrop
File Name:teardrop.mp3
Bitrate:214 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:Weary Blues from Waitin' (Hank Williams cover)
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow: Weary Blues From Waitin
File Name:wearyblues.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Lady & Bird
Title:Suicide is Painless
Link Text:Lady  Bird cover the theme to M.A.S.H.
File Name:ladybird_suicide.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Matt Costa
Title:Suicide is Painless
Link Text:Matt Costa covers Suicide is Painless
File Name:costa_suicide.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Peter Mulvey
Title:St. James Infirmary
Link Text:Peter Mulvey: St. James Infirmary
File Name:stjames_mulvey.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps

Elseblog @ Mainstream Isn't So Bad…Is It? On "public" as the opposite of "mainstream"

Feb 2, 2009, 12:34pm Cover Lay Down
I'm guest hosting today over at the ever-diverse Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It? , where host Sean has taken a break from his usual depth and diversity to invite a new blogger in every day for a week. In my own case, I'm using the request to sit in as an opportunity to consider the straw man dichotomy which so many genres have used to set themselves against the conceit of "mainstream", and in doing so, claim a particular form of authenticity. Here's the transitional nut: ...Indie is a relatively [...]
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Artist:Dave Alvin
Title:Railroad Bill
Link Text:Dave Alvin: Railroad Bill
File Name:railroad.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Joy Kills Sorrow
Title:Fall on my knees
Link Text:Joy Kills Sorrow: Fall On My Knees
File Name:fallonmyknees.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Redbird
Title:Moonshiner (Trad)
Link Text:Redbird: Moonshiner
File Name:moonshiner.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps