Chatham County Line sounded brilliant in concert at Club Passim tonight, Alex! Their instrumentation and harmonies were incredibly tight, and their retro "time machine" homage to old-school bluegrass quartets felt entirely genuine at every moment, reminding me of the kind of authenticity achieved by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
I enjoyed all of the songs that they played from their new album, Wildwood. The one titled "Alone in New York" was especially wonderful, and I think the lyrics would work just as well if they were transplanted to Boston or London. Anyhow, thanks for recommending the band to me via your above blog post, and definitely plan to go see them when they perform in London later this year. I think you'll love hearing them play live!
So glad that you enjoyed CCL! Just turned in my (ecstatic) review of WILDWOOD to PopMatters, in which I also mention the Welch/Rawlings connections. I absolutely love "Alone in New York"; it's my favourite track after "Crop Comes In". But the whole album is great; their best yet, I'd say.
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ReplyDeleteChatham County Line sounded brilliant in concert at Club Passim tonight, Alex! Their instrumentation and harmonies were incredibly tight, and their retro "time machine" homage to old-school bluegrass quartets felt entirely genuine at every moment, reminding me of the kind of authenticity achieved by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all of the songs that they played from their new album, Wildwood. The one titled "Alone in New York" was especially wonderful, and I think the lyrics would work just as well if they were transplanted to Boston or London. Anyhow, thanks for recommending the band to me via your above blog post, and definitely plan to go see them when they perform in London later this year. I think you'll love hearing them play live!
So glad that you enjoyed CCL! Just turned in my (ecstatic) review of WILDWOOD to PopMatters, in which I also mention the Welch/Rawlings connections. I absolutely love "Alone in New York"; it's my favourite track after "Crop Comes In". But the whole album is great; their best yet, I'd say.
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