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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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Most Folk Heroes reviewed in Sing Out!
Our most recent CD, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals, received a nice review in Sing Out!. Reviewer Tom Druckenmiller liked our take on traditional stringband music, as well as our approach to original material: Tangleweed writes tunes about...
Most Folk Heroes reviewed by Record Department
Tangleweed’s third CD, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals, got a very nice write up in Record Department: Chicago Americana quintet Tangleweed takes its influence from traditional fiddle tunes, bluegrass, blues, hymns, rags and rave-ups ...
Most Folk Heroes reviewed in Bluegrass Unlimited
Our latest CD, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals, got a favorable write up in this month’s Bluegrass Unlimited: This latest collection features traditional numbers “Sandy River Belle,” “Short Life Of Trouble,” an...
Most Folk Heroes is Traditional Music CD of the Year
The Rural Roots Music Commission has named Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals as its ‘Traditional Music CD of the Year’. Thanks!...
We reek of authenticity
According to Cool Noise, Tangleweed is a band that ‘reeks of authenticity’. They posted a very kind review of our newest CD, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals. Tangleweed are an Americana five-piece from Chicago who have a recent ...
There is nothing to dislike on this record
Positive reviews continue to flow in for our newest CD, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals. The latest comes from Andy Riggs at Americana-UK. Tangled Up In The Bluegrass Weed Of The Folk Criminals Over the Xmas break I was given the film ‘Th...
More nice things said about us in Dutch
Positive reviews of Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals keep coming in. This comes from RootsTime. The pull quote is the last line: “The men of Tangleweed are our Folk Heroes of the moment.” Dank u wel. De vooruitgang heeft ook zijn...
Nice things said about us, translated
A friend of my brother was kind enough to translate the Dutch-language review of Most Folk Heroes… I recently posted to the site: Tangleweed is a terrific, fresh string band that we have been enthusiastic about before. Their album “Most F...
Nice things said about us in a language I don’t understand
Here’s a nice Dutch-language review of our new CD, Most Folk Heroes Started Out As Criminals, courtesy of Moors Magazine: Tangleweed is een heerlijke frisse stringband waar we al eerder enthousiast over waren. Ook hun album Most Folk Heroes Sta...
