New York band climbs Americana charts

Wildman Steve
For The Corner News
Published: June 30, 2010 9:25:18 am

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Yarn’s resident songwriter, Blake Christiana, finds inspiration for his country-rock musings in the streets and bars of the Big Apple.


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They’re burning up the Americana charts, number seven this week and still rising. They’ve had such luminaries as Edie Brickell, Caitlin Cary and Tony Trischka guest on their albums. They’ve toured all around the country to crowds that clamber for more of their music, Americana that is obviously influenced by Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers, but with shades of the Stones, Bill Monroe, even Jerry Garcia. You might think they hail from Austin or Nashville, but Yarn calls Brooklyn their home.

Unlikely as it may seem, Yarn’s creative force and resident songwriter, Blake Christiana somehow finds real inspiration for his country-rock musings in the streets and bars of the Big Apple, and, for their latest album “Come On In,” in their travels on the road and in “a couple of breakups,” as evidenced on “Down On Your Luck” and “Alone on the Weekend.” He visits the place of his birth in “Schenectady,” finds that “These Bars Don’t Look Too Friendly” and celebrates “New York City Found.” He goes bowling in “Strikes and Gutters,” sings about “Abilene,” which makes him “Yodelay” as “Time Burns On.”

You may have figured out that Christiana is best when he writes about ordinary, everyday things, places and people. He nails emotions too, as he does in “I Wanted To Get High,” a forlorn dirge that perfectly captures that sad and helpless feeling at the end of the night when things haven’t gone quite as one had hoped.

Yarn’s “Come On In” delivers the goods and deserves to climb the Americana chart, maybe all the way to the top, as it is a perfect slice of “Americana Pie” - familiar, comforting and delicious.

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