When you think of folksingers walking down the long lonesome road, you usually think of them with a guitar slung over their shoulder. Ben Sollee's a wandering folksinger too, but he's dragging a cello behind him as he drifts from town to town, club to club. Like Crooked Still's Rushad Eggleston and Tristan Clarridge, who play old-time and bluegrass music on the instrument, Sollee is interested in breaking cello stereotypes. He's played blues with Otis Taylor and new whatchamaycallit Chine...   [ read more ]

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