Infused with a deep knowledge of America's folk idioms, the quintet applies sweet, starchy harmonies and furious guitar, fiddle and harmonica attacks to two salacious reveries, a balancing pair of bad-woman blues, dual tales of working-class heroism and some sharing of sublimely silly wisdom.  Full text...

With its harmonicas and banjos, Big Iron World might sound anachronistic, but with its content steeped in heady political matters, it is music that's undeniably relevant.  Full text...

This Nashville band is strictly old school, singing about unemployed riverboat workers, covering Woody Guthrie and plucking banjos like there was no tomorrow.  Full text...

Similar to their first album, Big Iron World sees Old Crow Medicine Show draw upon the spirit of old-timey American string band music, adding a surprisingly refreshing and youthful flair that breathes new life into what's traditional as well as harnessing a sound of their own.  Full text...

An album that grapples with old-world influences (Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams) and new-world politics (Karl Rove, Iraq)--and neither is a clear winner.  Full text...

It's all very entertaining, but just a little too safe.  Full text...

Big Iron World stretches all the way back to the times when country and western music was just plain, old music.  Full text...