(some of the) Stuff we like
traditional Music Resources & Blogs
The Old Time Herald
Cameron DeWhitt's “Get Up in the Cool” (great podcast consisting of interviews and tunes with oldtime musicians)
Dale Brubaker's Old-time Zone (internet-streamed oldtime music show from Ellensburg Community Radio)
Paul Brown’s Across the Blue Ridge (internet-streamed oldtime music show from 88.5 WFDD)
Slippery Hill (well-organized database of streamable oldtime tunes and info)
Old Time Party (no longer updated due to Jon Bekoff’s passing in 2015, but a great archive of blog writings on oldtime musicians)
Carson's Journal of Music (no longer updated due to Ciaran Carson’s passing in 2019, but a wonderful collection of writings on Irish music that beautifully unpack insights and truths that can be applied to any traditional music scene)
old-time music labels
Old-Time Tiki Parlour's Traditional Music Recordings & Resources from the Old, Weird America (LA-based music label headed by David Bragger, which puts out videos & sound recordings of today’s best old-time music… and also us!)
instruments and retailers
Menzies Instruments (gourd / goat-skin fiddles & banjos made in Jamaica - Jason plays one!)
Huthmaker Violin Shop (Suwanee/ATL)
Scott Baxendale Guitar Shop (Athens)
Festivals and venues
Appalachian String Band Festival (Clifftop, WV)
Georgia String Band Festival (Calhoun, GA)
people and recordings
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (his duet recordings with mick o’brien especially influential)
Andrew Reissiger (he engineered, mixed, and mastered our fourth CD)
Plus all these and more, find ‘em wherever you can… Rhys Jones, Andrew FitzGibbon, Nokosee Fields, Mitch Depew, Rayna Gellert, Adam Hurt, Joe Decosimo