The Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles may not seem, at first blush, like a bluegrass haven, but when the five members of Fruition get going, that's exactly what it becomes. The craggly branches over and around the band lend an eery backdrop to "Death Comes Knockin'" — though the sunshine takes a bit of that edge off. Mimi Naja's husky voice and limber fingers lead the charge with solid harmonies, nimble runs, foot stomps, and body slaps rounding following right along.
Directed and Edited by Ben Guzman of SML Productions
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, I Draw Slow, the Wood Brothers, and many more.
In another installment of the Hot Can Sessions, the Steel Wheels pick it up on "Worn Wool, Soft Leather," then put it right back down with "So Lonely." For the more sprightly number, the Wheels get a little help from their friends Lindsay Lou and Mark Lavengood, and the resulting performance is all the better for 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
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.
