For this Sitch Sesh, the five fine members of Mipso piled into a 1954 Silverstreak Trailer in East Nashville to perform “Coming Down the Mountain” off their 2017 album of the same name. Along the way, they show us how the string band thing ought to always be done.
The Silverstreak Sessions: Florals by Crowell Floral; Videos by Jacob Blumberg; Audio by Dan Knobler.
While singer/songwriter Lilly Hiatt rocks pretty hard on her Trinity Lane LP, she unplugs for her Sitch Session performance of that album’s “Different, I Guess,” nestled among buds and blooms in a 1954 Silverstreak Trailer in East Nashville.
The Silverstreak Sessions: Florals by Crowell Floral; Videos by Jacob Blumberg; Audio by Dan Knobler.
For Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge’s Sitch Session performance of “Rygar,” florist Carrie Crowell turned a 1954 Silverstreak Trailer into what she describes as something of a “hobbit hovel, underground forest situation.” The two guitarists seem right at home — and right at ease — as they settle in amongst the greenery and blossoms to work through the tune.
The Silverstreak Sessions: Florals by Crowell Floral; Video by Jacob Blumberg; Audio by Dan Knobler.
“We’re members of an elite group because we’re still around, we’re still traveling,” Emmylou Harris jokes. To which Rodney Crowell adds with a laugh, “We traveled so far, it became a song.” The two then settle into a 1954 Silverstreak Trailer parked in East Nashville to perform the title track off their 2016 album of duets, The Traveling Kind. And life is just a little bit sweeter for all.
Carrie Crowell, of Crowell Floral, designed the set specifically for the pair. “We used blue and white delphinium, purple scabiosa, and white calcynia in this installation,” she says, “to represent a celestial great-beyond and provide a welcoming otherworldly quality … a resting place for the traveling kind.”
The Silverstreak Sessions: Florals by Crowell Floral; Video by Jacob Blumberg; Audio by Dan Knobler.
Ah, love. There’s no heart it can’t cower, no genre it can’t conquer. With this Sitch Session, the Lil Smokies offer up “Miss Marie” as evidence to support both those facts.
Catch the Lil Smokies on the Campfire Caravan tour as they make their way across the country through November 2017, presented by BGS.
Directed and edited by Richard Downie
When you think of string bands, your mind doesn’t automatically jump to a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles. But that’s exactly where we cornered the Brothers Comatose for their Sitch Session performance of “Cedarwood Pines.” (You also might not immediately think of electric slide guitar, but that’s in there, too!)
Catch the Brothers Comatose on the Campfire Caravan tour as they make their way across the country through November 2017, presented by BGS.
Directed and edited by Richard Downie
The thing that happens when Allison Russell and JT Nero come together as Birds of Chicago is magical. Here, they work through “Lodestar” live on location at the 2016 Fayetteville Roots Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with Russell moving from vocals to banjo to clarinet. If that ain’t magic …
This year’s festival takes place August 23-27 with a lineup that includes Iron & Wine, Rodney Crowell, John Paul White, River Whyless, the Wood Brothers, John Fullbright, Matt the Electrician, Mandolin Orange, the Stray Birds, Dead Man Winter, and more. Grab your tickets now. We’ll see you there!
Producer/Director/Editor: Murray Williams
Sound Engineer: Jason Miller
Camera Operators: Bryan Fittin, Philip Thomas, Murray Williams
Not all guys with guitars can do what Hubby Jenkins does. With his husky voice and slide guitar, Jenkins offers up the acoustic blues of “Mean Ol’ Frisco” live on location at the 2016 Fayetteville Roots Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
This year’s festival takes place August 23-27 with a lineup that includes Iron & Wine, Rodney Crowell, John Paul White, River Whyless, the Wood Brothers, John Fullbright, Matt the Electrician, Mandolin Orange, the Stray Birds, Dead Man Winter, and more. Grab your tickets now. We’ll see you there!
Producer/Director/Editor: Murray Williams
Sound Engineer: Jason Miller
Camera Operators: Bryan Fittin, Philip Thomas, Murray Williams
When you’re an iconic artist, little more is needed than a gentle strum and a great song. Such is the case with Peter Rowan, as he performs “Before the Streets Were Paved” live on location at the 2016 Fayetteville Roots Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
This year’s festival takes place August 23-27 with a lineup that includes Iron & Wine, Rodney Crowell, John Paul White, River Whyless, the Wood Brothers, John Fullbright, Matt the Electrician, Mandolin Orange, the Stray Birds, Dead Man Winter, and more. Grab your tickets now. We’ll see you there!
Producer/Director/Editor: Murray Williams
Sound Engineer: Jason Miller
Camera Operators: Bryan Fittin, Philip Thomas, Murray Williams
Sibling harmonies are some of the sweetest sounds in music. On their latest album, You Don’t Own Me Anymore, the Secret Sisters offer up gobs of them. But lest you think it’s all smoke and mirrors contrived in the studio (by producers Brandi Carlile and Phil and Tim Hanseroth), Lydia and Laura Rogers use this here Sitch Session to show it’s not. Performing “Mississippi” live from Los Angeles, the Secrets make murder sound as beautiful as can be.
Edited and directed by Richard Downie
