by James M. Manheim · Ann Arbor Observer · May, 2016 The Corn Potato String Band Revival I heard a duo formation of the Corn Potato String Band, “the ears and eyes of America,” one Friday in February over happy hour at PJ’s Lager House in Detroit. I had been waiting for years, decades even, for old-time music to reach a…
Review by Rob Adams for The Herald, Scotland. September 30, 2015 Corn Potato String Band, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh The terms “instrument swapping” and “communal guitar” take on new meaning when the Corn Potato String Band come to town. Even their name threatens to change, into Corn Potato Swing Band, as Aaron Jonah Lewis, Lindsay McCaw and Ben Belcher delve into the…
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 hell of a lot of…
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 appeared on dozens of recordings…
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 stand eager to do a…
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 record. Happiness, fun times and…
What best describes the Corn Potato String Band—and what comes through on their debut recording—are such concepts as eclecticism and good humor; recklessness, yet talent enough to keep that recklessness in check; and charm, yet not in an overly sweet, cloying way. They start with a foundation as a traditional fiddle, banjo, and guitar string band. Aaron Jonah Lewis plays…
Published in The Bluegrass Ireland Blog by Richard Hawkins · 31 May, 2014 Thanks to Aaron Jonah Lewis for the news that the Corn Potato String Band (USA), who will be performing in Ireland from 13 to 28 June inclusive in the course of a tour of Europe, are releasing today their new CD. It is now available at all…
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