{"id":3186,"date":"2015-09-03T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2015-09-02T23:12:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T03:12:07","slug":"the-boxcar-boys-cicada-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2015\/09\/03\/the-boxcar-boys-cicada-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boxcar Boys: Cicada Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?attachment_id=3187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"cicadaball\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball-500x500.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball-144x144.jpg 144w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cicadaball.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reasons I am super fond of <i>Cicada Ball<\/i>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboxcarboys.ca\/\">The Boxcar Boys<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>1) Awesome cover art! They even have the creepy silvery wings. It only be better if some of them had red eyes.<\/p>\n<p>2) Awesome tunes! The Boxcar Boys specialize in Dixieland jazz-folk fusion, featuring horns, mandolins, accordions, and the occasional burst of klezmer. Unlike actual cicadas, they&#8217;re good company on a lazy late-summer afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples:<\/p>\n<p><i>Shaking off the Cobwebs<\/i> is a peppy little instrumental number:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2688990321\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3093893325\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/theboxcarboys.bandcamp.com\/album\/cicada-ball\">Cicada Ball by The Boxcar Boys<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Old Tracks<\/i>, one of the few non-instrumental tracks, features sweet beautiful vocals by Kelsey McNulty:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2688990321\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2615336610\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/theboxcarboys.bandcamp.com\/album\/cicada-ball\">Cicada Ball by The Boxcar Boys<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally <i>The Busker<\/i>, which is both the longest and the most spare and delicate song on the record:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2688990321\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=1016613434\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/theboxcarboys.bandcamp.com\/album\/cicada-ball\">Cicada Ball by The Boxcar Boys<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To listen to the rest, check them out at <a href=\"http:\/\/theboxcarboys.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reasons I am super fond of Cicada Ball, by The Boxcar Boys: 1) Awesome cover art! 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