Crooked Still
It’s been a while since I called out any music that has caught my attention — so I wanted to mention Crooked Still.
The press is labelling them as bluegrass. I suppose — though to me they sound like Alison Krauss’ voice melded with some of the classical/newgrass crossover of Appalachian Journey, though less angular. And in many ways more in the folk tradition than “normal” bluegrass (if such a thing exists anymore). The songs are arranged for double bass, cello, banjo, fiddle, and voice — and they’re all traditional songs taken to the point of unrecognizability at times. Really dark deep tones and really hypnotic.
The first two albums are Shaken by a Low Sound and Hop High. You can hear what they sound like on their MySpace page.
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Liked them. Reminded me of Kenny Baker, and Fairport Convention, only speeded up.
They’re not quite the Everybody Fields, but then who is?
Thanks for the recommendation. Reminds me of some early Nickel Creek. Nickel Creek’s last album “Why Should the Fire Die” blew me away, as it went real complex and dark from their previous intersection between folk and bluegrass. I home some other artists can take their place now that they are no longer together.