It’s Sunday morning, two days after Christmas, the shines bright in a robin’s egg sky. It’s cold out…Though, nothing like most of the country. Yesterday’s rain has given way to a still, beautiful morning…At least from the point of view of the window beside me as I sit here at the computer.

I am listening to one of my Christmas presents play on the computer and remembering what it was that attracted me to the Greencards when I heard that first track on a Paste sampler cd…Every time I listen to any of their songs, it’s Carol’s voice that just grabs me and shakes me up…

“Yellow” + bluegrass = Greencards

That’s not just a clever name: The Greencards are two Aussies and a Brit who formed a string band in Austin before moving to Nashville. They enrich American bluegrass with both an international musical range and a restlessness that distinguishes them from Nickel Creek and The Duhks. Their fourth album, Fascination, may be their most inventive yet, jetting from traditional instrumentals like “Little Siam” to more experimental numbers like “Water in the Well.” Eamon McLoughlin and Kym Warner use fiddles and mandolins as a rhythm section, plucking out beats on their strings, while Carol Young sings in her burnished soprano.

via The Greencards: Fascination :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste.

If you haven’t had an opportunity to enjoy their sound wander on over to their website and have a listen…

I was also gifted with a couple of Joel Salatin’s books…The first one I am reading is Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front…I am happy to add this to what is rapidly becoming a crowded shelf on my bookcase dealing with food policy.

Oh well, time to get busy…Life must go on.