Crooked Still
is a self-styled alternative bluegrass band consisting of vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, banjo player Dr. Gregory Liszt, bassist Corey DiMario, cellist Tristan Clarridge and fiddler Brittany Haas. They are known for their high energy, technical skill, unusual instrumentation and innovative acoustic style.
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History
O'Donovan and DiMario met at the
New England Conservatory of Music in
Boston,
Massachusetts in spring of
2001. Former cellist
Rushad Eggleston, who was studying at
Berklee College of Music, and Liszt, a graduate student at
MIT, were playing music together around the same time, and when the four met that summer, they formed the band that would be Crooked Still. While its members finished school, Crooked Still played various Boston venues, growing in popularity and collecting favorable reviews from the local press, notably the
The Boston Globe
,
Northeast Performer
, and the
Boston Herald
.
In 2004, the group was invited to perform at the
Newport Folk Festival and
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, when their debut album,
Hop High
, was the top-selling album. Following the success of this first festival appearance, Crooked Still went on to appear at concert halls, festivals, coffeehouses, and nightclubs in 23 states and several countries. On
August 22,
2006, the group released their second album,
Shaken by a Low Sound
.
Cellist Rushad Eggleston performed his last show with the band on November 18, 2007, at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Massachusetts. In January 2008 two new members joined the band: cellist
Tristan Clarridge and fiddler
Brittany Haas, both of whom have toured in
Darol Anger's
Republic of Strings. The band released its first album with the new lineup,
Still Crooked
, in 2008.
Discography
2004 - Hop High
# "Darling Corey"
# "Angeline the Baker"
# "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"
# "Orphan Girl"
# "Lonesome Road"
# "Old Virginia"
# "Flora"
# "Look On and Cry"
# "Lulu Gal"
# "Rank Stranger"
# "Shady Grove"
2006 - Shaken by A Low Sound
# "Can't You Hear Me Callin'"
# "Little Sadie"
# "New Railroad"
# "Oxford Town/Cumberland Gap"
# "Lone Pilgrim"
# "Come On In My Kitchen"
# "Ain't No Grave"
# "Ecstasy"
# "Mountain Jumper"
# "Railroad Bill"
# "Wind and Rain"
2008 - Still Crooked
# "Undone in Sorrow"
# "The Absentee"
# "Captain, Captain"
# "Tell Her to Come Back Home"
# "Low Down and Dirty"
# "Oh, Agamemnon"
# "Pharaoh"
# "Florence"
# "Did You Sleep Well?"
# "Poor Ellen Smith"
# "Theme From "The Absentee"
# "Wading Deep Waters"
# "Baby, What's Wrong With You?"
2009 - Live
# "Orphan Girl"
# "When First Unto This Country"
# "Little Sadie"
# "Wading Deep Waters"
# "Lulu Gal"
# "Can't You Hear Me Calling"
# "Look On and Cry"
# "Ain't No Grave"
# "The Golden Vanity"
# "Wind and Rain"
# "Darling Corey"
# "Captain, Captain"
# "Come On In My Kitchen"
# "The Absentee"