Combining their two LP's on one disc, this extremely accomplished and versatile female string band rips through 25 songs in just under 80 minutes, all the while managing to throw out a dizzying array of influences. Featuring truly exemplary instrumental skills, as well as excellent harmony singing, Any Old Time String Band bounce with apparent ease from exuberant fiddle tunes to 20's and 30's pop influences and Cajun tunes. Bluesier material is represented with covers of two Bessie Smith tracks, {&"I...   [ read more ]

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Another book on the Akashic label that documents the world that used to be the East Village. This is no revisionist history that acts as if it was all a good natured Bohemian Fantasy land. However, once does get a sense of what it was like to live in a place where art mattered above all else. Look for the other Akashic titles from GVSB's Johnny Temple.

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Recorded by local hero Mike Lust (Tight Phantomz, Lustre King), Wildfire on the Lake finds the band upping the ante considerably, coupling all the piss and vinegar of their previous outputs with a more refined sense of dynamics: loud is louder, while soft is well... louder. Only time will tell if this release will launch these good natured gents into a more national spotlight. But no matter how conflicted the band is about their hometown, Chicago couldn't be more proud. Wildfire on the Lake is the kind of ...   [ read more ]

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