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The blog was started by the Chicago-based acoustic Americana group Tangleweed to document their activities as working musicians. It has since expanded its mission to help engender greater interest and understanding of American vernacular music. The blog i
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Cherokee Shuffle live at Fitzgerald’s
This is the maiden voyage of our version of the warhorse fiddle tune Cherokee Shuffle, from last week’s show at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn. You can download the whole show at Archive.org. Download audio file (tangleweed_-_cherokee_shuffle_-2...
Chicago Bluegrass Festival Recording
A solid recording of the recent Chicago Bluegrass Festival in Evanston, IL is available for free bit-torrent download at bt.etree.org: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=524105 Here’s a little sample, our four-man, banjo-less version of the ...
South Australia, live at the Old Town School
Both our of sets from our January 17th shows at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago are available for download at archive.org. Here’s a sample track from the second set, our performance of South Australia, from the Old Town School of F...
Ginseng Blues, live at the Old Town School
As we ready ourselves to play two shows with Jerry Douglas at the Old Town School of Folk Music next Saturday, here’s a wee snippet from a previous performance there. The tune is Ginseng Blues, from Where You Been So Long, and the recording is ...
A little bit of Summertime in the dead of winter
This Boxing Day finds Chicago encased in ice, so here’s a little bit of Summertime for you all. This comes from our first appearance at Martyr’s in Chicago, in December of 2004, about a month after we recorded our first CD, Just a Spoonfu...
Send me dead flowers in the morning
Here’s a live interpretation of the Rolling Stones classic, “Dead Flowers,” from our record release show at The Hideout last month. It’s faster and spunkier than the version on Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals, largel...
Tangleweed’s Kinetic Playground show available for download
Our friend Brian has posted our recent show at Chicago’s Kinetic Playground on Archive.org. The set list: Listen to the Mockingbird South Australia Angeline the Baker -> Soldier’s Joy California Short Life of Trouble The Logjam Takeup...
Tangleweed’s Abbey Pub show available for download
Our recent show at Chicago’s Abbey Pub with Hot Buttered Rum is now available for download on Archive.org. Many thanks to our pal Brian for taping the show and making it available on the Live Music Archive. Now you can relive the show in all it...
