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Various Bluegrass, Blues and
Jazz Albums
Reviews By Steven Stone
Dangermuffin
Moonscapes
Combine a dash of Grateful Dead, a dollop of Phish, and an extra-large helping of youthful energy and you get Dangermuffin. The 2009 Relix magazine "Jam-Off" winners' third album oozes with a loose-tight vibe. Dangermuffin's melodically simple, yet rhythmically complex tunes are arranged to give lots of space for Mike Sivilli's soaring lead guitar lines. So jam on.
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Audie Blaylock And Redline
Cryin' Heart Blues
Audie Blaylock and Redline's style typifies the rip-roaring white-knuckle balls-to-the-wall approach to bluegrass similar to Michael Cleveland's Flamekeeper band. On their second album Redline delivers enough hot solos to fill several albums. Four-time IBMA guitar player of the year nominee Blaylock is an elite flatpicker whose dazzling solos were a highpoint of Rhonda Vincent's shows, now with his own band he really struts his stuff.
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Jett's Creek
Guilty
From the opening fiddle break it abundantly obvious that Jett's Creek plays driving bluegrass. But unlike other hard-core bands, such as Audie Blaylock's Redine, Jett's Creek combines this abundant energy with a softer side. Angie Young's voice and songwriting adds a feminine influence to music that usually suffers from an excess of testosterone.
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