Jun
29
2011
Pictured: Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon I was hoping to get this out there by the time we reached the halfway mark of the year, but it’s not like we’re far from that point anyways. Rather than beat myself into the ground trying to make an actual numbered list, I thought I’d just present my favorite …
Jun
05
2011
As of today, I’ve added another name to my top twenty must-see picks for this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Thanks to a striking, five-song set in Northside earlier this afternoon, Ben Sollee has become one artist I absolutely cannot wait to see perform this coming weekend in Tennessee. The Lexington, Kentucky native and world-renowned cellist, has …
Jun
02
2011
What’s a Bonnaroo you ask, and what exactly does a wacky word like that mean? Well Bonnaroo is a Cajun slang term meaning “a really good time” but it’s so much more than just a music festival. For one weekend every June since 2002, the city of Manchester has become the third largest city in the entire state of Tennessee, …
Feb
20
2010
A couple of good ol’ Kentucky boys done well. Ben Sollee, the acclaimed cellist who got his start with Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet (featuring banjo wiz Bela Fleck), has teamed up with Cold Spring native, Daniel Martin Moore, for one of the most exceptional musical collaborations I can think of in recent years. The duo recently …
Feb
16
2010
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Dear Companion Cold Spring’s very own Daniel Martin Moore has teamed up with renouned cellist Ben Sollee (of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet), for a collaboration seemingly sent from the heavens above. Recorded close to home, the two focus on “the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and …
Mar
18
2009
Singer/songwriter Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, who mixes folk, bluegrass, jazz, R&B and soul, creating a sound all his own. Also a member of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet, the Lexington, Kentucky native has appeared on the local Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, and was even named one of NPR’s Top Ten Unknown Artists …