NEW SOUNDS: CHERRY GHOST & THE AVETT BROTHERS

Just catching up after doing some traveling, but while I was away I enjoyed some long plane flights with a couple of acts that I've only recently discovered. The first is the Manchester, England group, CHERRY GHOST. Their song '4AM' is the kind of tune that JIMMY WEB would've written, very breezy country that reminds me of my favorite MOBY GRAPE song, "8:05". They are turning into a big deal in the UK, playing all the summer festivals, and they are on Heavenly Records, but so far it hasn't caught on here in the States. Another track is "People Help The People", he kinda has a little DAVID HOPKINS sound to his voice.

CHERRY GHOST
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The second act are from Concord, North Carolina, and they are called THE AVETT BROTHERS, which consist of brothers Scott and Seth Avett, and Bob Crawford added to fill out the unit. They have a gorgeous record out called, Emotionalism, on Ramseur Records
Check out songs like 'Shame' or 'The Weight Of Lies' or the GRAM PARSONS like 'Salina' - they have something so American to them, like mixing O' Brother Where Art Thou with some FRED NEIL and moments of CLEM SNIDE. Looks like they are out on the road in California right now with LANGHORN SLIM, before doing their own dates straight through November without stopping.

THE AVETT BROTHERS
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