2012-08-19
New York band, Woodpeckers, have gone in a completely different direction with its second release, Thanks Anyway. Letting go of its pop-punk past, the group has put on a new personae as an alt-folk-Americana band. Thanks Anyway is full of engaging lyrics and vocal harmonies backed by diverse bluegrass instrumentation such as banjo, cello, and melodica. The album as a whole is quiet with occasional orchestral flourishes that compliment the narrative nature of the songs. Rebecca RuthFERGUS MCCORMICK
I Don't Need You Now
RICHARD SCHINDELL
SOUTH OF DELIA
PALEFACE
One Big Party
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass : Tribute to 1946 and 1947
TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON
Steamboat in a Cornfield
THE GUGGENHEIM GROTTO
Waltzing Alone
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