On July 17, we are pleased to be sharing the stage with Balthrop, Alabama, a raucous group from Brooklyn by way of the mystical (and completely made-up) town of, well, Balthrop, Alabama.  And they have Balthrop as their last names, Traveling Wilburys-style.   What’s very cool is that they wrote a song dedicated to musicians who…

So, the Boston Phoenix just sent us a widget indicating that we won Best Roots Act in their Best Music Poll.  Thanks once again to all those of you who responded to the call and voted for us.  We were thrilled to win, and also to get this widget in our email. Of course, we…

Good people, the results are in.  Thanks to you and your amazing ability to wage democracy across the world (or at least the intertubes), we were named Best Roots Act in the Boston Phoenix’s Best Music Poll. The Phoenix was so inspired by your show of force that they wrote some nice stuff: If you…

Don’t let the subject here fool you: we’re way too dignified to cover songs from High School Musical.* But this week’s Weekly Dig brings us back to the days of backwards shirts and parachute pants with an homage to high school. It also brings us to upstate New York, where our own Jenée Morgan gracefully…