REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY ANTHONY GRAHAM Let’s imagine an alternate universe. Stay with me on this, I’ll make sense in a sec. In this universe, there’s a band...

Live at Packard Hall 11/07/09

live at Packard Hall. 11/07/09

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live at Studio Bee in Colorado Springs. July 16, 2009.

live at Studio Bee in Colorado Springs. July 16, 2009.

Edith Makes A Paper Chain performs "Bandylegs," Studio Bee, Colorado Springs, July 16, 2009

Local twee-folk-rockers Edith Makes a Paper Chain have just released a lovely 5-song EP called Tunes for Tripping Down Stairs. Luckily for us, they’re offering one track—”Bandylegs”— as a free download (at the bottom of this post) to Big Something readers. ...

Amongst red rocks, dry soil, and clear sky, Cahalen was reared on Hot Rize, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and Rory Block while running around in a diaper, trying (at times unsuccessfully) not to fall into patches of prickly pear. Now, he has got the ears for roots music. He'...s got a nose for it too- putting it in every kind you've ever heard, hopping effortlessly from fingerpicking, to flat-picking, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, to lap slide guitar (not to mention that he is a trained and respected drummer). Cahalen's writing encompasses everything from punchy political commentaries, to soul warming serenades, branching out into instrumental rags and fiddle tunes, yet still attaining his subtle musical singature. Though only 23, he is quite well traveled, and gaining on 'seasoned-ship'. In June of 2008, Cahalen debuted his first full length record. "Subcontinent" has been applauded by his peers, and by spun regularly by DJ's and fans across the country. After its release, Cahalen hit the road... hard, not spending more than two weeks anywhere for a solid 13 months before taking a break. From Santa Fe to Seattle, New Orleans to Minneapolis, Nashville to Boston, he has played most every nook and cranny of this fine country. Cahalen's contributions can also be found playing banjo, mandolin, and lap slide and singing on 'the Monday EP' by Harbor Collective, his americana duo with miss Brianna Lane, and playing lap slide, lap steel, and singing harmony on 'Me-Shaped Hole' by miss Caroline Brewer. In August, Cahalen will record a live album with his dad, Dave Morrison, Santa Fe fiddler Andy Cameron, and Jenny Fisher, at the historic Western Jubilee Warehouse Theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Look for its release in October, 2009.