Recent blog posts tagged with "blindcornliquorpickers" from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/tag/blindcornliquorpickers/ 2013-05-20T02:22:02+01:00 text/html 2013-01-08T14:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4708222/blind-corn-liquor-pickers-myths-and-routines/
Open-minded Kentucky bluegrass-fueled octet do their part to add to the indie-folk boom. Every week the line between folk and indie gets blurred a little more - see the Avett Brothers, Lumineers, Mumford and Sons, Shoves and Rope, and about 1,000 other bands who space won't permit me to list here - and Kentucky octet (!) the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers are doing to their part to transcend genre on their fourth full-length, Myths & Routines. The BCLP aren't afraid to expand on the bluegrassy sound that fuels...]]> text/html 2012-10-08T13:49:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4552767/mp3-blind-corn-liquor-pickers-pendulum/
I was going through my Soundcloud inbox the other day when I ran across this new song from the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers of Lexington, Kentucky. Their new album Myths & Routines is up for digital download or pre-order at their bandcamp page. Below you can download and enjoy their track "Pendulum" off the new [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-16T20:17:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2340122/covered-in-folk-talking-heads-featuring-6-covers-of/


My brother was the Talking Heads fan in our household. As such, my strongest memories of the group are primarily visual: David Byrne in his trademark oversized suits; album cover images, most especially the stark black-and-tan cover of Stop Making Sense; the New Wave theatricality of the concert video espied in passing as I wandered through the living room looking for books. By the time we were old enough to venture out to concerts on our own, the band, while technically still together, was primarily involved in solo projects, due [...]]]>