The Avett Brothers have been slowly transforming their sound in the six years they’ve been releasing records. They’ve winnowed the best parts of their rag-tag and raucous energy and truly begun to marry it to their growing skills as songwriters. Now, on the verge of recording their first major label album for American Recordings and [...]

Prior to the March release of Emotionalism I counted myself a casual fan of the Avett Brothers — this was the record that changed that. Made up of two actual brothers (Seth Avett and Scott Avett) and a buddy (Bob Crawford), this North Carolina country/bluegrass/indie-folk outfit improve and become more versatile on every album. While [...]