Northern Lights

Northern Lights shines in bluegrass (Sep 1996)

Labeling music, like labeling groceries, seldom tells the whole story. The label on a box of cereal can tell you what the contents are, but is woefully inadequate in terms of how it tastes. Labeling the Boston area's Northern Lights a bluegrass band can probably give you an idea that it's a band with a banjo and a fiddle, but it falls short - way short - of describing the musical diversity and high-octane playing chops that emanate from this nationally-acclaimed group.   ...