Not everyone can get nine strings to sound the way Christian Sedelmyer and Dave Goldenberg do on this Sitch Session performance of Sedelymyer's "On Wood Street." At turns pulsing and poignant, the composition carries the listener away from wherever they are to a destination to be named later.
Directed and edited by SML Productions
Ahead of her current tour, Aoife O’Donovan stopped into Portland’s Music Millennium to sing a few songs and sign a few records. Here, she works through a solo performance of “The King of All Birds” from her latest release, In the Magic Hour. “Look out. Look out. Here I come now, fists out,” she offers in gentle contrast to the emboldened message, continuing, “I’m a fighter bird. I’m a harrier hawk, a wild flock.”
A BGS fave, O’Donovan will be on the road supporting Magic Hour through the Fall. Catch her if you can.
The Bluegrass Situation and Union Wine Co. bring you Aoife O’Donovan live from Music Millennium in Portland, Oregon.
Shot and directed by Jason Roark. Edited by Richard Downie.
Last Summer, we teamed up with the fine folks at the Red Wing Music Festival to film the Hot Can Sessions with some of our favorite bands. Look for upcoming performances from I Draw Slow, Frank Solivan, the Steel Wheels, and more.
In another outtake from Red Wing, Oliver takes lead vocals, as the Wood Brothers wander through a heartfelt rendition of "Angel Band." "Up come an angel band.
Live from the Red Wing Roots Festival in Mt. Solon, Virginia. This year's festival takes place on July 8-10 with a line-up that includes Dawes, Shovels & Rope, the Lone Bellow, Aoife O'Donovan, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, among others.
Directed and edited by Brent Finnegan. Live sound recorded by Blue Sprocket Sound.
Backed by a fiddle player and a deer head, Christopher Paul Stelling blazes through "Revenge" in this Sitch Session. As Stelling sings, "If you ever thought you were in for nasty weather, I say, 'Go on build a shelter out of my bones and skin,'" his picking is pretty fiery, though the song's vibe is anything but fierce. In fact, the moral of this particular story is quite the opposite: "Ain't no sweetness in revenge."
Directed and edited by Richard Downie
Last Summer, we teamed up with the fine folks at the Red Wing Music Festival to film the Hot Can Sessions with some of our favorite bands. Look for other performances from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, the Wood Brothers, I Draw Slow, the Steel Wheels, and many more.
Third up to bat from Red Wing, we have Cahalen Morrison & Eli West. The Seattle duo marries old-time and right now in their music, including these renderings of "Down in the Lonesome Draw" and "James Is Out."
Live from the Red Wing Roots Festival in Mt. Solon, Virginia. This year's festival takes place on July 8-10 with a line-up that includes Dawes, Shovels & Rope, the Lone Bellow, Aoife O'Donovan, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, among others.
Directed and edited by Brent Finnegan. Live sound recorded by Blue Sprocket Sound
Last Summer, we teamed up with the fine folks at the Red Wing Music Festival to film the Hot Can Sessions with some of our favorite bands. Look for other performances from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, the Wood Brothers, and many more.
In the second video, I Draw Slow takes to both the peaks and the valleys with their renderings of "Goldmine" and "Carolina," the latter of which finds the band stepping back to make space for Louise and Dave Holden to really lean into it.
Live from the Red Wing Roots Festival in Mt. Solon, Virginia. This year's festival takes place on July 8-10 with a line-up that includes Dawes, Shovels & Rope, the Lone Bellow, Aoife O'Donovan, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, among others.
Directed and edited by Brent Finnegan. Live sound recorded by Blue Sprocket Sound
Last Summer, we teamed up with the fine folks at the Red Wing Music Festival to film the Hot Can Sessions with some of our favorite bands. Look for upcoming performances from I Draw Slow, the Wood Brothers, and many more.
In the first installment, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen don't waste any time getting down to business with "Betrayal" and "Cold Spell." Solivan's soulful vocals and the band's deft picking make these two videos a delight to watch.
Live from the Red Wing Roots Festival in Mt. Solon, Virginia. This year's festival takes place on July 8-10 with a line-up that includes Dawes, Shovels & Rope, the Lone Bellow, Aoife O'Donovan, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, among others.
Directed and edited by Brent Finnegan. Live sound recorded by Blue Sprocket Sound
In this Sitch Session, guitarist Tom Rodwell highlights his love for calypso and soca music which originates in the Caribbean with a cover of Lord Kitchener's "Sugar Bum Bum." Though the original rendition features the lively percussion and horns normally associated with Caribbean music, Rodwell honors the tradition with a certain reverence befitting its heritage.
For more insight into Rodwell's musical history, check out this BGS interview:
Produced by Small Medium Large Productions.
When it comes to pickin' and fiddlin', few string bands do it better than Town Mountain … even in the Southern California heat! For their Sitch Session, the Carolina boys chose "Comin' Back to You," a tune from their upcoming album, Southern Crescent, which recently premiered on the BGS.
Front man Robert Greer says the song is "about traveling and being away from the one you love." But rather than make it a typical woe-is-me weaper, "I thought it appropriate to arrange mine more upbeat boogie woogie, because I love being on the road,” Greer confesses.
Shot and produced by Small Medium Large Productions in Los Angeles, CA
BGS has partnered with American-made microphone company Ear Trumpet Labs (ETL) for the Portland Series which features ETL’s handcrafted microphones alongside some of Americana’s most acclaimed artists. ETL’s microphones are the brainchild of Philip Graham, who strived to create a unique product that was both visually and aurally stunning, delivering studio quality sound in a live setting, which is exemplified in the video series.
Though she’s released three records since, Portland-based singer/songwriter Laura Veirs looks back to the title track of her 2010 album for this performance. The imagery is a perfect pairing for the scenic setting. “July flame — ashes of a secret heart falling in my lemonade,” she sings. “Unslakable thirsting in the backyard … Can I call you mine?”
Looking forward, Veirs has teamed up with k.d. lang and Neko Case for the case/lang/veirs album which is slated for release in June.
Be sure to catch all of the Portland Series videos and vote on your favorite for a chance to win an ETL microphone.
Filmed in Portland, Oregon, in association with EAR TRUMPET LABS
