It is always exciting to experience an acquaintance's artistic output for the first time- my listen to The Tumble's Almanac was no exception. Perhaps the thing that I enjoy most about Almanac is the honesty with which it was documented. Artfully produced by Jason Borisoff, this record highlights a young band of songwriters who have a serious admiration for traditional American music but aren't afraid to re-work it within a contemporary context, extrapolating upon the earnes

A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to see John Prine, one of my favorite song-writers of all time. Today it's hard to imagine a world without Prine, but it has only been a few years that I've been privy to his brilliance. When I fell into the bluegrass scene about 3 years ago, I started to notice that some of my favorite tunes I heard at jams were Prine tunes, so I dug a little deeper and uncovered a landmine of incredible material. John Prine is one of the greatest song