Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Ardsley Music
Management: RPM entertainment
Website: www.yarnmusic.net
Genre: Other
Yarn's debut album was released in March 2007 when it reached #14 on the AMA and R&R Radio Charts, and achieved #79 on the AMA’s Top 100 Albums of 2007. In September of 2008, Yarn released their sophomore album, Empty Pockets, swiftly reaching Top 10 status on the AMA Radio Charts and peaking at #5. Honored with eight first round 2009 GRAMMY® nominations, Empty Pockets features guest appearances by Edie Brickell, Tony Trischka, Casey Dreissen and Caitlin Cary of Whiskeytown.
“...simply great writers and musicians playing songs that the common man can relate to...
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Jeffrey Kurtis, - Today's Country Magazine
“One of the best records (Empty Pockets) I've heard all the way through in the newgrass/bluegrass/alt-country style is from the Brooklyn based band Yarn.
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Chris Bonnell - Songs Illinois
“So rooted in the American culture that it is hard not to be drawn to it”
Brooklyn Courier News
“Crushing, Perfect Twang”
State of Mind Magazine
“Sometimes you know from the first note you are listening to a winner”
Sing Out! Magazine
“Yarn has added its own signature to a genre you think you know intimately.
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Americana UK
“I'm excited to get to sing with this band. they have a lot of heart and soul.
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Edie Brickell
“Each independent member of Yarn really brings their own flavor to the group, melding it into a treat for everyone’s ears.”
Roots Music Report
“For a long time, I said that I don’t like country music, but it turns out that I just don’t like pop country.”
No Evil Twin
“This is highly recommended music for fans of real country music with an outsider’s edge, and while that’s not always my thing, this is too good to ignore
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Pop Headwound
“The band has chops, no question. Yarn is a virtuosic collective whose members blended fluid mandolin runs with lovely close vocal harmonies, firm, crisp bass lines, and on-point drums on bluegrass-inflected, country-leaning songs
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Hartford Courant