Uncle earl, led zep, bluegrass, clogging and stepdance

Uncle Earl, Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet are part of the Greyfox Bluegrass Festival beginning Thursday. So watch this. Yup, that's John Paul Jones.

So you think your death kick can match my breathing technique

Uncle Earl's amazing new video. Step dancing, clogging, string-banding, kung-fuing fun. Thanks Susan Forbes Hansen.

Epistle from SF Hansen about Uncle Earl

Susan Forbes Hansen attended the Uncle Earl/Devil Makes Three show at the Iron Horse, and this is what she had to say:

A terriffic show! I got there after the line had entered the Horse, but still got a good seat because it wasn't very full at six-ish. The place filled up slowly and was packed by the time the music started. As with Washburn's show at Wesleyan, I wasn't the oldest in the house, and the musicians weren't the youngest. The audience was VERY loud in its appreciation. Lotsa fun.

Concerts of the Week

Uncle Earl and The Devil Makes Three
Friday Aug 10
Iron Horse, Northampton Mass

This all-woman string band brings a new energy to traditional old-timey, bluegrass and Appalachian music, and weave a traditional approach into their original songs. Uncle Earl has already sprung a young superstar, Abigail Washburn, onto the scene. The Devil Makes Three takes old music from many decades and spins them into an appealing new sound.

The Devil Makes Three and Pariah
Saturday Aug 11
Charter Oak Cultural Center

Rock Yer Socks is injecting new music energy into a decades-old musical dormancy in Hartford. This not-for-profit production company is unconcerned with musical labels, or with their audience's ability to move readily from punk to folk. As a result, they have brought some of the most adventurous billings to Hartford in the past two years. This appears to be a night of retro-ragamuffin and insurgent country music. And it sounds like fun.