A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange by Mark S. Tucker Volume 2, a live-in-studio recording (no overdubs!), follows up on The Corn Potato String Band’s very well received debut, which then saw them touring Ireland, the UK, Europe, and the US, most especially because, for a trio, they kick out a…

Review by Doug DeLoach in Songlines Spuddy a-maize-ing Next time you’re thinking about hosting a square dance or a hoedown, give the Corn Potato String Band a holler. Sticking with the formula that worked on the band’s eponymously-titled, debut album, this sequel stars the same award-winning trio: Aaron Jonah Lewis (fiddle, banjo, guitar, vocals), who has…

Published in New York Music Daily · April 5, 2015 A Great Oldtime Americana House Concert in Brooklyn Tonight What’s the likelihood of one of the most exciting oldtime string bands around playing an early Sunday evening Eastover/Passter show? This is why we live here, folks.

Corn Potato String Band Volume 2 (Agilest Music no cat no). Multi-instrumentalists Aaron Jonah Lewis, Lindsay McCaw and Ben Belcher, like Spinal Tap’s Viv Savage, ‘have a good time all the time’, swinging like the hairy clappers of hell on authentic American fiddle ’n’ banjo music. Virtuosic, old-time fun.

by Marc Griffiths · Global Texan Chronicles So I’m standing in the Cumberland Arms in Newcastle and The Corn Potato String Band have taken to the stage. The three of them, Aaron Jonah Lewis, Lindsay McCaw and stand in Third Potato for the tour, Luke Richardson stand around a single condenser microphone. The audience, myself included…

by Marc Griffiths · Global Texan Chronicles Ok where to start, I’m gonna give this review headings so I don’t get carried away and gush all over the page: 1. FUN (and lots of it) The irreverent, fun approach taken by Aaron Jonah Lewis, Lindsay McCaw and Ben Belcher is what draws you into this…