If people are judged by the company they keep, the musicians on Lovin’ of the Game, Michael Cleveland’s sixth solo album, are fine company indeed. Cleveland co-produced the project with Sean Sullivan and Jeff White, who also provides guitar and […]
Bluegrass has, I think often unfairly, been seen as culturally and politically conservative. Folks forget that when it first began, it rocked the boat of traditional music, sorta like what bebop was to swing. That tradition continued a few weeks ago in Raleigh, North Carolina, with lots […]
From a stylistic point of view, young fiddler Michael Cleveland belongs to his peer groups conservative camp; as he did on his award-winning Rounder debut, Flamekeeper, the three-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year keeps it between the strictly bluegrass […]
