Shaken by a Low Sound
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Shaken by a Low Sound is the second album of progressive bluegrass group Crooked Still
. With repertoire mostly consisting of traditional stuff the group sounds very original with combination of Aoife O´Donovan´s emotive vocals and the unusual banjo-cello-double bass lineup.
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Crooked Still
Crooked Still is an alternative bluegrass band consisting of vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, banjo player Dr. Gregory Liszt, bassist Corey DiMario, cellist Tristan Clarridge and fiddler Brittany Haas...
. With repertoire mostly consisting of traditional stuff the group sounds very original with combination of Aoife O´Donovan´s emotive vocals and the unusual banjo-cello-double bass lineup.
Track list
- "Can't You Hear Me Callin" (Monroe) 3:38
- "Little SadieLittle Sadie"Little Sadie" is a 20th Century American folk ballad in D Dorian mode. It is also known variously as "Bad Lee Brown", "Cocaine Blues", "Transfusion Blues", "East St. Louis Blues", "Late One Night", "Penitentiary Blues" and other titles. It tells the story of a man who is apprehended after shooting...
" (traditional) 2:35 - "New Railroad" (traditional) 3:15
- "Oxford TownOxford Town"Oxford Town" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 1962. It was recorded in Columbia's Studio A on 6 December 1962 for his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan....
/Cumberland GapCumberland Gap (folk song)"Cumberland Gap" is an Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics...
" (Dylan, trad.) 2:20 - "Lone Pilgrim" (traditional) 3:17
- "Come On in My KitchenCome On in My Kitchen"Come On in My Kitchen" is a blues song by Robert Johnson. Johnson recorded the song on Monday, November 23rd, 1936 at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas - his first recording session...
" (Johnson) 4:59 - "Ain't No Grave" (traditional) 3:21
- "Ecstasy" (Carter, Leland, O'Donovan) 6:13
- "Mountain Jumper" (Eggleston) 2:51
- "Railroad Bill" (traditional) 2:18
- "Wind and Rain" (traditional) 3:46
Personnel
- Aoife O´Donovan - vocals
- Gregory Liszt - banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
- Rushad EgglestonRushad EgglestonRushad Eggleston is a contemporary improvisational cellist.Eggleston, a graduate of Carmel High School in Carmel, California, United States, played the cello as a member of the Youth Music Monterey orchestra in Monterey Bay. Later he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts,...
- violoncello, vocals - Corey DiMario - upright bass
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- Brittany HaasBrittany HaasBrittany Haas is an American fiddle player. She is currently a member of the Boston-based alternative bluegrass band, Crooked Still. She graduated from Princeton University in 2009 and was a member of the Princeton University Band. Previously she was a member of Darol Anger's Republic of Strings...
- 5-string violin