Spins: Local and regional CD releases
Spins: Local and regional CD releases
The Corduroy Road
Self-titled EP
(Mule Train Records)
Members: Drew Carman, Dylan Solise, John Cable, Tim Helms.
Up and coming The Corduroy Road gained attention in Athens, Ga., sharing the stage with artists such as Paleface, The Packway Handle Band and the Avett Brothers, whose sound and spirit of playing are echoed on Corduroy Road's latest EP. These six catchy, toe-tapping tunes feel like the kind of songs your friends end up playing around a campfire well into the night. They're familiar, bright and earthy.
* Athens, Ga.
* Americana/old time/country
* www.myspace.com/thecorduroyroad; www.thecorduroyroad.com
Favorite track: "Run Away"
Next gig: 9 p.m. Saturday at The Garage, Winston-Salem
Various Artists
"Popskull & High Art"
(Creative Roots Records)
Members: Max Drake, Chuck Cotton, Logie Meachum, and more.TextHeavily influenced by moonshine, "Popskull & High Art" transports listeners to the traditional roots of blues and Americana. A talented cast of local blues musicians ( Max Drake, Matt Hill, Chuck Cotton, Logie Meachum, Julie Bean, Theresa Drake, FJ Ventre, Juan Fernandez, Scott Manring) provide this foot-stomping soundtrack to "Bone Creek," a local film directed by UNCG professor Emily Edwards.
* Greensboro
* Blues/Americana
* www.carolina-collaborations.org
Favorite track: "Oh Shout"
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Send your CD to: Go Triad, 200 E. Market St., Greensboro, NC 27401. Include the following information: Name of band, album title, record label, members' names and instruments, city where the band is based, band's Web site and a few sentences about the album. We will only feature albums that have been released within the past year. E-mail a high-resolution (300 dpi) jpeg of the album cover to carla@gotriad.com. Still confused? Contact Carla Kucinski Seward at carla@gotriad.com. - Compiled by Carla Kucinski Seward
