#alison brown

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Alison Brown & Steve Martin - New Cluck Old Hen (feat. Della Mae)

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Alison Brown and Steve Martin feat. Jackson Browne with Jeff Hanna - “Dear Time”

Wistful but full of gratitude, Steve Martin looks at - and back from - 80 with “Dear Time.”

Pairing his lyrics with balladic music co-written with fellow banjo picker Alison Brown and giving the words to Jackson Browne to sing in harmony with Jeff Hanna, Martin and his friends - including Stuart Duncan on fiddle and a full rhythm section - go for the heart as Browne’s narrator asks for a chance to see his parents and his dog again.

Hey time/thank you for the lovers/the ones that went astray and thank you for the one that stayed/hey time/accepting of each other/hold off on that buzzer for a little while, Browne sings on the way to the clincher.

In addition to putting lumps in older throats, “Dear Time” announces Brown and Martin’s guest-fueled Safe, Sensible and Sane. Out Oct. 17, the 12-track LP will also include the previously released “Bluegrass Radio,” “Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)” and “5 Days Out, 2 Days Back,” singles that began appearing in early 2024.

Grade card: Alison Brown and Steve Martin feat. Jackson Browne with Jeff Hanna - “Dear Time” - A-

8/26/25

[playlists-in-fall]

- bluegrass & old time ; mountain-centric

note: a lot of bluegrass is composed of standards, i’ve just chosen some of my favorite versions of these songs

appalachian joy - ricky skaggs

bile them cabbage down - don stover, b. lilly, and chubby anthony

black eyed suzie - ricky skaggs

buckin’ mul - the dillards

coal tattoo - hazel dickens

cornbread and butterbeans - carolina chocolate drops

the crawdad song - doc watson

cripple creek - flatt & scruggs

don’t think twice, it’s alright - flatt & scruggs

dooley - the dillards

foggy mountain breakdown - flatt & scruggs

going across the mountain - frank proffitt

hog eyed man - the ebony hillbillies

i’ll never see my home again - bob scott & stone ridge

ida red - lonesome river band

little liza jane - otis taylor

little sadie - doc watson

over yonder in the graveyard - ola belle reed

polly vaughn - the dillards

pretty polly - ralph stanley

rain crow - rhiannon giddens, justin robinson

raccoon and possum - peggy seeger

rocky top - the osborne brothers

roving gambler - the country gentlemen

ruby, are you mad at your man? - carolina chocolate drops

salty dog blues - flatt & scruggs

shady grove - laura love

sourwood mountain - carolina chocolate drops

there ain’t nobody gonna miss me when i’m gone - the kentucky colonels

there is a time - the dillards

tom dooley - doc watson

walk on boy - doc watson, richard watson

wayfaring stranger - bill monroe & his blue grass boys

wolf man - alison brown

[picturebookshelf]

Snowy Bear (2015)

Story: Tony Mitton -- Art: Alison Brown

[cbjustmusic]

"Sun And Water (Here Comes The Sun/Waters Of March)" arranged for banjo (Alison Brown) and flute (John Ragusa). __________________________ Here Comes The Sun Songwriter: George Harrison

____________________________ Waters Of March Songwriter: Antonio Carlos Jobim

[mitigatingchaos]

The Trifecta

Not my cartoon, but I appreciate the serendipity of it hitting my feed just before publishing this post so I could add it. For as long as I can remember, I have observed that most people are not fans of certain musical instruments. This observation has been enhanced since the advent of the Internet.  Generally, it seems that music created for and by the bagpipes, accordion and banjo tends to…

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[bibliolectors]

Siempre, antes de dormir, leo un poco o... ‘un mucho’ si mis padres me dejan (ilustración de Alison Brown)

[nofatclips]

(Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music by Merle Hazard featuring Alison Brown - Video directed by John Moessner