A Speakers in Code Proclamation: We, the united bloggers of Speakers in Code, henceforth declare this tenth year of the 21st century, the official year of the percussive-stringed instrument known as the banjo. It’s an unlikely instrument, in a landscape of electronic bleeps and bloops, auto-tune, and mashups, but the banjo has stirred up underground … Read more
I heard this song for the first time the other night. I know Death Cab For Cutie wrote and recorded the original, but I know very little about Death Cab. So, I’ll always remember hearing it first by Cadillac Sky, where they performed it literally unplugged, before a semi-circle of fans. It was a heartwarming … Read more
It’s been a fine year for the boys in Cadillac Sky. They’ve been getting significant airplay on radio stations around the country, they have a video in regular rotation on CMT, and they’ve toured with those Mumford & Sons extensively. Maybe even more importantly that all that other fluffy crap, they earned not one but … Read more
All Photos by Ashley Babb “Those guys are in this for the right reasons,” said some guy standing next to me. Sometimes it’s the simple statements that can help wrap up an experience in a nice bow. The guy was right. The Apache Relay really is in it for the right reasons, assuming of course … Read more