Comments on: What One Night at the Birchmere Has to do With Crayons, Dubya and Ken Burns http://www.creativedc.org/2006/12/what-one-night-at-birchmere-has-to-do/ Showcasing and inspiring creative living in Washington, DC Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: john a http://www.creativedc.org/2006/12/what-one-night-at-birchmere-has-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-115 john a Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:20:00 +0000 http://dev.creativedc.org/?p=104#comment-115 I'm kinda curious as to what they're called the "bold new string aesthetic"... From what I've heard of Sometymes Why, the only other band I can think of that's real string heavy in that vibe is Nickel Creek. (Unless they're just describing strings as stringed instruments, which is kinda weird.) Can't find the NYT article for clarification. I'd put them more in the general "new hip country/bluegrass" world, with folks like the Decemberists, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch or Neko Case. And that's a very good place to be.<br/><br/>Sadly, no tours up in Wisconsin. :( I’m kinda curious as to what they’re called the “bold new string aesthetic”… From what I’ve heard of Sometymes Why, the only other band I can think of that’s real string heavy in that vibe is Nickel Creek. (Unless they’re just describing strings as stringed instruments, which is kinda weird.) Can’t find the NYT article for clarification. I’d put them more in the general “new hip country/bluegrass” world, with folks like the Decemberists, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch or Neko Case. And that’s a very good place to be.

Sadly, no tours up in Wisconsin. :(

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