Root Down in the Shadow

1. Spirit Family Reunion - "Green Rocky Road" Traditional Sandwiched in the middle of their incredible 2012 release No Separation , this traditional has become owned by the Brooklyn sextet. Green Rocky Road has been played in the past by such folk stars such as Arlo Guthrie or Elizabeth Mitchell, but none has taken the song on with such a life! Mat Davidson on fiddle & Maggie Carlson on banjo have absorbed every note and tone of the song and bring it alive. Just watch the video once(Skip ahead to 4:05), and you will be hard pressed to not want to watch and hear more from this band. On this short 3 song set, you get a great glimpse into this jovial and upbeat band. Spirit Family Reunion - "Green Rocky Road" Tiny Desk Concert If you have the opportunity, go see this band live !  Pittsburgh that means YOU. Spirit Family Reunion is coming to Club Cafe on December 11th! Previously Featured:  Concert Review April 2012 or Concert Review October 2011 ...

Touring in support of her brand new album Young Man in America Anaïs Mitchell and her Young Man Band came to Philly's Tin Angel .  Young Man in America “Inspired by American manhood, British ballads and my father.” released Tuesday February 28th by Wilderland Records / Thirty Tigers, the fourth album from Vermont-based artist Anaïs Mitchell . While I was waiting on the stairs before the show, looking at all the portraits of those before her, Patty Griffin, Radney Foster, Amy Correia, Roseanne Cash, Gil Scott-Heron, and Dar Williams amongst others; I realized it was only a matter of time before her portrait hung with them.  Likewise, it's fitting that this was the chosen location for her album's Philly unveiling.  The tight narrow space of the Tin Angel was filled nearly to capacity as only a few spots remained.  One patron was even overheard exclaiming "all the singer songwriters are here", and the crowd brimmed with excited faces in anticipation...