Simply put, Molly is one of the best acoustic guitarists of my generation. I’m not sure the rest of the family enjoyed her as much as I did, though Kent and Lottie did get to come up front and see the amazing banjo and fiddle players. Kent really wants to learn banjo and keeps trying to steal mine.
The fun pairings and jams you get at DelFest are just great. Enjoy this take of California Honeydrops’ Other Shore with The Del McCoury Band.
The Price Sisters made a great impression on my daughter, which is one of the things I was most hoping for outta the week at DelFest. I want my kids to love music as much as I do and to see where it can take them— not just to big stages, but the joy it brings others.
We only had a couple artists that we absolutely had to see at DelFest. We saw many more, trust me, but Sierra was top of the list. She is easily one of the best mandolinists of our day and an incredibly skilled musician.
If you need to scratch your bluegrass itch, I can never recommend The Dead South enough. While most of their stuff is darker— I believe they call themselves gothic bluegrass— their Easy Listening for Jerks, Pt. 1 is classic bluegrass. Get hooked, then listen to some of their other stuff.
I love this Tyler Childers song, it’s harrowing words in the OurVinyl Session recording are just so raw and full of emotion. As we were heading out to grab food last night, this cover came on the bluegrass station. The words are just so good.
See, the ways of this world will just bring you to tears
Keep the Lord in your heart and you’ll have nothin’ to fear
Live the best that you can and don’t lie and don’t steal
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pillsKeep in mind that a man’s just as good as his word
It takes twice as long to build bridges you’ve burnt
And there’s hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills
Keep the Lord in your heart and you’ll have nothin’ to fear. Just soak in that.