Crooked Still Discography of CDs

Crooked Still music CDs Track Listing of songs: Can't You Hear Me Callin'; Little Sadie; New Railroad; Medley; Lone Pilgrim; Come on in My Kitchen; Ain't No Grave; Ecstasy; Mountain Jumper; Railroad Bill; Wind ...

Crooked Still discography Track Listing of songs: Undone in Sorrow; Absentee, The; Captain, Captain; Tell Her to Come Back Home; Low Down and Dirty; Oh, Agamemnon; Pharaoh; Florence; Did You Sleep Well?; Poor Ellen Smith; Theme from the Absentee; Wading Deep Waters; Baby, What's Wrong with You?;

Crooked Still songs Crooked Still continue to redefine the parameters of bluegrass and progressive folk with their unique take on the old-time music they love. The tunes on Some Strange Country are mostly traditional, but the band infuses them with a subtle bluegrass virtuosity, chamber music attitude, and solos that often sound like they were borrowed from classical music. With Aoife O'Donovan's luminous vocals, Tristan Clarridge's dark, energetic free-form cello, the unclassifiable five-finger banjo picking style of Gregory Liszt, Brittany Haas on the five-string fiddle, and Corey DiMario's jazzy approach to the standup bass, you have a band that's ready to think, and play, outside of the box. The arrangements on Some Strange Country are warm and mellow; the tunes glow like the embers of a late-night summer fire infusing the air with a comforting smell of hickory smoke. Aoife O'Donovan's voice is the focal point of the album, delivering the songs with the understated virtuosity typical of the best folksingers. She lets the stories she's singing unfold on their own, revealing again their timeless beauty. Liszt's dexterous double-time banjo plays off against Clarridge's measured cello lines to add tension to the opening verses of "The Golden Vanity." Then they pick up the tempo to imply the frantic swimming of the sailor who's being left behind by his shipmates. "Henry Lee" uses a melody that's a variant of "Katie Cruel" for a tale of jealousy and murder, favorite subjects of traditional mountain ballads. O'Donovan's matter-of-fact delivery makes the song even more harrowing. Leadbelly used "I'm Troubled" as the basis for his most famous song, "On Top of Old Smokey." Crooked Still return it to its ...

Crooked Still CD discography The Boston bluegrass quartet Crooked Still's debut album is a collection of traditional covers given an updated treatment by a lineup that includes cello and Aoife O'Donovan's smoothly seductive vocals. They give the classic "Lonesome Road" a brand new melody, working similar ethereal magic on the ...

Crooked Still albums 2011 seven track EP from the Boston-based Bluegrass band, released to coincide with their 10th Anniversary.