Brownbird Rudy Relic is a badass blues shouter, a minimalist playing breakdowns of broken dreams and dark county rags that shake, shimmy and bust at the seams. His hollers are soaked in gasoline and set a flame with oxygen added by the stomp of his feet and pomp of his guitar.

Royal Pine: A little bit country, a little bit rock & roll, a little bit gypsy, a little bit Americana. That’s the sound of Royal Pine. Royal Pine takes Robin Aigner’s original old-timey folk songs, which she plays on guitar, banjo, ukelele, and adds Brook Martinez’s hybrid sounds of tabla, washboard, harmonica, piano, xylophone and more. Robin’s dewey lead vocals plus Brook’s haunting harmonies add to the spine-tingling cacophony.

Alex Battles' Whisky Rebellion is an original Honky Tonk outfit which plays new tunes written in the classic country style.

Clad in trucker's hat, brandishing a legal pad full of just-finished lyrics, and a drawling, lazy voice, Battles can wrap audiences around his knotty fingers.
-Village Voice

As with most unlikely renaissances, Brooklyn's current Cash - Hank - Hag - Buck - Willie fixation has it its core an unlikely anti-hero. In this case it's Alex Battles, a 33-year-old singer & banjo-picker.
-No Depression

The Two Man Gentlemen Band plays original, old-time, two-man music at a reasonable volume and a lively pace.

"Their joyous sound feels like porch music, but the gentlemen ply their trade in Central Park of all places. And that’s when they’re not swinging in the subways. I’d love to be a subway fly on the wall when the dueling kazoos go at it in “I’ve Been Drinking'. And did I mention that they do their city street thing in full old-time regalia? Well, I’m gonna have to make do with listenin’ from Jersey, missing the view but still grooving on these jammin’ down home tunes. My personal favorite? The harmonic ditty that is “Fishin’”, a gloriously silly plea for aquatic success, “Lord, all my hook needs is one mouth.” Well said, gentlemen."
- Indie-Music.com