★★★★★
In business terms, Chatham County Line would be considered a loss leader. Lacking the punk credentials and crossover appeal of fellow bluegrass revivalists Old Crow Medicine Show, the Raleigh, North Carolina act has held true to its roots, writing its own songs steeped in American lore. With acts like Mumford & Sons and offshoots such as the Lumineers charting off of variations of the sound Chatham County Line helped to rekindle, the foursome have yet to reap their just rewards...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-05-28
★★★★★
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE - Tightrope
Album:
Tightrope
Artist: Chatham County Line
Label: Yep Roc
Release Date: May 20, 2014
http://www.yeproc.com/
BY LEE ZIMMERMAN
After seven albums and close to two decades of consistent music making, you'd think Chatham County Line would be at least a bit better known...
- blurtonline.com
2014-05-29
★★★★★
Nearly 20 years and two bands into their collaboration, Chatham County Line have made the dreaded "mature" album. "We wanted every song to make the future greatest hits," says guitarist and lead singer Dave Wilson of their process. It shows -- and that's the problem. This four-piece bluegrass outfit sounds positively shagged out on their sixth studio album. The songs -- though sparely produced as usual -- sound picked over, like they've been played too many times and have lost their fire...
- exclaim.ca
2014-05-24
★★★★★
With their youthful exuberance and joyful spirit, Chatham County Line's second album, 'Route 23' spans 42 minutes and continues where their 2003 debut left off. The Raleigh, N.C. bluegrass quartet continues to feature guitarist Dave Wilson's lead vocals and prolific songwriting, along with. John Teer (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Chandler Holt (banjo, vocals), and Greg Readling (bass, pedal steel, vocals) who has apparently replaced bassist Ned DuRant...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
As a recent transplant from Raleigh, North Carolina to the Big Apple area, it was quite arresting and a bit serendipitous to hear Chatham County Line kick off the CD portion of their new live release, Sight & Sound with "Alone in New York". As lead singer Dave Wilson progressed through his woebegone tale of an out-of-towner searching New York City far and wide for meaningful relations, I couldn't help but wistfully look back on my homeland with a certain fond reverence...
- www.popmatters.com
2012-08-14
★★★★★
Alt.country, or whatever you might like to call it, is a muddy row to hoe, with all manner of hard-to-document hybridization going on: witness the Gourds' recent bluegrass cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice," and the punked-out blues of chart-toppers like the Black Keys and Jon Spencer...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
If you want some fine acoustic bluegrass, then try this quartet from Raleigh, North Carolina. This is the band's fifth studio release and a worthy one it is. What you get is four guys standing around one mic, singing and strumming, and topping it off with heavenly harmonies. Though, for the first time, the boys do employ drums and pedal steel on several of the songs, these Tar Heels remain true to their roots as they mix country sensibility with a wee bit of urban finesse...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Wildwood, Chatham County Line's fifth full-length album since their self-titled 2003 debut, finds the group continuing to go from strength to strength. The Raleigh-based band's subtly evolving brand of bluegrass, country, and folk remains instantly reassuring, while the stellar quality of their original song-writing keeps their work fresh and relevant...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-07-30
★★★★★
Naming your band isn't an envious task under any set of criteria. Locating a unique moniker that evokes your sound or tells a prospective listener something about you is even harder, but by that standard, Chatham County Line chose wisely...
- pitchfork.com
2010-07-16
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