Hawktail

Formations

Origin: United States

Instrumental music must have something special in sound if it is to be a pleasant journey while listening. I'm not familiar with American folk, but this album sounds like a coherent whole. Sound of journey...

FAV TRACKS: The Tobogganist

LEAST FAV TRACKS: Eddie's Attic

Nashville instrumentalists create an exhilarating, cinematic experience that goes well beyond bluegrass.

Hawktail are a Nashville supergroup of sorts, the members boasting resume material that includes The Punch Brothers, David Rawlings, and Steve Martin. As singular a career as each has enjoyed, however, collectively they sound entirely cohesive. From beginning to end Formations sounds like the product of a single consciousness, and while each member is a standout, every note is in service ... read more