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ALBUM REVIEW: Yonder Mountain String Band Prizes Perspective on ‘Get Yourself Outside’

ALBUM REVIEW: Yonder Mountain String Band Prizes Perspective on ‘Get Yourself Outside’

At a glance, the title of Yonder Mountain String Band's new album, Get Yourself Outside, seems like an unambiguous call to action. But it’s not referencing the great outdoors: These songs are meant to encourage reflection and a conscientious shift of one's perspective. Get Yourself

Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers Join Forces For an Unforgettable Night at Carnegie Hall

Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers Join Forces For an Unforgettable Night at Carnegie Hall

They say “Practice, practice, practice” is what gets a person to Carnegie Hall. Well, Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek each have decades of practice under their belts, so it might come as a surprise to know that this week marked the latter’s debut performance in the hallowed New York

The Wild Reeds Share the World They've Built

The Wild Reeds Share the World They've Built

Almost as often, and with as much need-to-know punch as the roadside billboards flooding their long tour routes, bands are told they need to have “that thing no one else has” to catch their big break. Folk rockers the Wild Reeds (Mackenzie Howe, Sharon Silva, Kinsey Lee, Nick, Phakpiseth, and