Railroad Earth

Railroad Earth

2010-09-24

The new self-titled album (on One Haven Music) by Railroad Earth, will be released on October 12th. Featuring 9 tracks blending elements of country rock with bluegrass, the album occupies the territory somewhere between Nickel Creek and Steve Earl. Railroad Earth’s press kit for the album mentions the movie “The Last Waltz” by The Band as a huge source of inspiration for their collective song writing strategy. Best Tracks: #2 Jupiter & the 119 FCC Naughty List: NONE Other points of interest: Railroad Earth website has an environmentalist blog http://railroadearth.com/category/the-forecast/ Who would like this cd: fans of John Mellencamp, Steve Earl, Nickel Creek

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Folk

  • reviewed 10/2003

    Natalie Merchant
    The House Carpenter's DaughterThe House Carpenter's Daughter

  • reviewed 10/2013

    THRIFTSTORE MASTERPIECE
    Lonesome Town

  • reviewed 06/2009

    TERRI HENDRIX
    LEFT OVER ALLS

  • reviewed 09/2006

    JAKE SHIMABUKURO
    Gently Weeps

  • reviewed 11/2009

    TOM WAITS
    GLITTER AND DOOM LIVE

  • reviewed 06/2011

    THE WOODSHEDDERS
    O Dig

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.