Tag: Punch Brothers

Album | Punch Brothers – The Phosphorescent Blues

by For Folk's Sake • 3 February 2015 • Comments Off

Was anyone aware that prog-bluegrass-folk existed? And that it could be pulled off not just competently, but thrillingly? Neither was I until I gave The Phosphorescent Blues, Punch Brothers’ fourth album, a spin. A 10-minute opener may not be what…

Album | The Chieftains – Voice of Ages

by For Folk's Sake • 30 May 2012 • Comments Off

When marriages have lasted 50 years, it is traditional to receive presents of gold. For Irish trad-folkies the Chieftains, that particularly anniversary has brought a variety of even more glittering gifts. Keep your Rolex watches and charming carriage clocks. Bin…