Still Crooked

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Still Crooked
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Studio album by Crooked Still
Released 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre Progressive bluegrass
Label Signature Sounds Recording
Crooked Still chronology
Shaken by a Low Sound
(2006) Shaken by a Low Sound2006		Still Crooked
(2008)		 Some Strange Country
(2010) Some Strange Country2010
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Still Crooked is the third album by progressive bluegrass group Crooked Still. At the end of 2007 Rushad Eggleston parted ways with the group and was replaced by Tristan Clarridge, cellist of Darol Anger's Republic of Strings. Brittany Haas, 5-string fiddler of the same group, was added to the Crooked Still lineup as well. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Crooked Still band

Crooked Still is a band consisting of vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, banjo player Gregory Liszt, bassist Corey DiMario, cellist Tristan Clarridge and fiddler Brittany Haas. They are known for their high energy, technical skill, unusual instrumentation, and innovative acoustic style.

Contents

Track list

  1. Undone in Sorrow (Reed) 3:05
  2. The Absentee (trad.) 2:27
  3. Captain, Captain (trad.) 2:42
  4. Tell Her to Come Back Home (Macon, trad.) 2:57
  5. Low Down and Dirty (O'Donovan) 4:07
  6. Oh, Agamemnon (Haas, O'Donovan) 4:04
  7. Pharaoh (trad.) 4:42
  8. Florence (Carter) 3:28
  9. Did You Sleep Well? (Taylor) 4:07
  10. Poor Ellen Smith (trad.) 2:44
  11. Theme From The Absentee (Liszt) 0:24
  12. Wading Deep Waters (trad.) 4:12
  13. Baby, What's Wrong With You? (Hurt) 5:10

Personnel

Aoife ODonovan singer songwriter

Aoife O'Donovan born November 18, 1982 in Newton, Massachusetts, is an Irish-American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band Crooked Still and as a member of the female folk-noir trio Sometymes Why. Her first professional engagement was singing lead for the folk group The Wayfaring Strangers. She has performed and recorded with Ollabelle, Karan Casey and Seamus Egan, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale, Darol Anger, Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, Christina Courtin, Chris Thile, Noam Pikelny, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and Yo-Yo Ma. O'Donovan has also performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Utah Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, she sang on most of the tracks on the album Be Still by the jazz group the Dave Douglas Quintet, featuring trumpeter Dave Douglas. During the summer of 2013, she toured with Garrison Keillor and his A Prairie Home Companion Radio Romance Tour. She performed at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark 2014. In 2016, she released her second solo record, In The Magic Hour, on Yep Roc Records, as well as the live record, Man In A Neon Coat: Live From Cambridge. In summer 2017, she joined Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home "Love and Comedy" Tour.

Banjo musical instrument

The banjo is a four-, five-, or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head, which is typically circular. The membrane is typically made of plastic, although animal skin is still occasionally used. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in the United States, adapted from African instruments of similar design. The banjo is frequently associated with folk, Irish traditional, and country music. Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in African-American traditional music and the folk culture of rural whites before entering the mainstream via the minstrel shows of the 19th century. The banjo, along with the fiddle, is a mainstay of American old-time music. It is also very frequently used in traditional ("trad") jazz.

Brittany Haas American bluegrass fiddler

Brittany Haas is an American fiddle player, who also sometimes sings and plays the banjo. She is maybe best known as a member of the Boston-based alternative bluegrass band, Crooked Still, which is currently on hiatus. She is a regular performer on Live From Here. She tours with the Haas Marshall Walsh and Haas Kowert Tice trios, and participates in many international fiddlecamps, including the Ossipee Valley Music Festival. As of 2018, she is a member of Hawktail, which includes Kowert and Tice, as well as mandolinist Dominic Leslie.

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1385918 Album info and review
  3. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Still-Crooked/dp/B00187PNGK Users reviews (retrieved Feb 2010
  4. ↑ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jimols Users review (retrieved Feb 2010)
  5. ↑ http://www.signaturesounds.com/onlinestore/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=371 Album review (retrieved Feb 2010
  6. ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/still-crooked Album info and review (retrieved Feb 2010)
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