Man in the Middle Boris

Man in the Middle BorisThird Man tips it's toe in the bluegrass waters and does more than make waves it blows your expectations to smithereens. Chris Thile is widely acknowledged as the preeminent mandolin player in the world and here on his pairing with guitarist Michael Daves (along with Jack White on drums and Carl Broemel on pedal steel) these bluegrass standards SHRED. They truly need to be heard to be believed.

With its title a quotation of Jesus from the gospel of Matthew

harmonica player and singer Will Shade and featured a wide variety of instrumentation including harmonica

FOREVER AND THEN SOME affirms Lillie Mae as a remarkably gifted musical storyteller

and the author of four poetry collections including Ascend Ascend (Third Man Books

having been reduced to rubble along with almost all of the houses in a six-block radius after the 2005 levee break in the Lower Ninth Ward

Ben Blackwell is a drummer

make their premiere on this release

The historic gathering was presented by a small group of blues-obsessed University of Michigan students determined to give their blues heroes a public spotlight where they might shine before it was too late

taking in tunes originally performed by Ray Price and Dolly Parton/Porter Wagoner

Hitting hard with songs by soul heavyweights like Solomon Burke ("Stupidity")

or previously unknown performers making their debut releases

The Bumble Buzz Pedal