Sounds Great: Wood and Wire

Hey music maniacs! I’m taking a week off from New Music Monday to recover from a good old fashioned festival hangover. Last month everyone in the music lovin’ world converged on Austin, TX to pretend they were having fun at SXSW. Me? Not so much. I delved deep and trudged my ass to Keetonville, OK to uncover the best that the rich Tulsa, OK scene has to offer at the Easter Island Festival, and this week I’m gonna post about the bands that stood out the most. Wood and Wire is an Austin, TX based  traditional bluegrass quartet that formed in 2010. Their latest record, the masterful The Coast, is one of the best releases I’ve heard this year – a politely reverential and honest homage to all things new-grass and traditional that deals with the lifestyle of the southern Texas gulf coast. Can’t wait to see these guys again.