Crotalus Records News
We’re so excited to welcome Nashville fiddle player & singer/songwriter Milly Raccoon to the Crotalus Records family! “Trained by years of campfires and tavern jams all over the world, her witty and moving lyrics mix with musical stylings that seem to have traveled out of the past, emulating classic country, traditional jazz, and old-world Celtic music.”…
Read MoreRead all about where we came from and where we’re going in issue #2 of House in the Sand magazine, out now! These folks are as passionate about music as we are, and we absolutely adore them for it. Get your copy at houseinthesand.bigcartel.com!
Read MoreOut today! CRG-2101 Chris Stringer & the Rocketeers “Making Wishes” (Digital single) Stream it on Spotify here. From Chris: “Making Wishes” was written, recorded and produced entirely in lockdown for our quarantine compilation which was out in the summer. As you may know, we lost my grandad in March, and it’s a cliche but he…
Read MoreMany thanks to the DJs of the Folk Alliance International for featuring members of the Crotalus family in 2020! Thanks to their support, we’ve been heard on over a dozen programs in nearly as many countries around the world. Stay tuned for more in 2021!
Read MoreOut today! CRG-2001 Chris Stringer & the Rocketeers “Next Year” (Digital Single) Like Frightened Rabbit hopping along E Street at Christmastime, it’s a stunner. From Chris: Like all the best Christmas songs, it’s a song about love, loss & heartache – but looking forward to a brighter future. This year has been tough on a…
Read MoreBeginning this week, several of our Crotalus Records family members will be featured regularly on various programs under the Folk Music Notebook umbrella. The internet’s finest folk radio runs 24/7 to listeners all over the world, with a variety of shows promoting the best in folk, blues, roots and Americana bands & singer/songwriters. Tune into…
Read MoreCheck out new music by two of our own on a new collection released today! One Day at a Time: a Quarantine Compilation features 26 artists from around the globe. Chris Stringer (& the Rocketeers) contribute an exclusive new track, “Making Wishes,” while Anthony St. James offers a preview of his upcoming debut album Songs…
Read MoreOn “Bullet to the Brain,” the first single from his debut album Autobiography of a Thief, Christopher Carithers sings “Excuse me officer, kill your lights / I ain’t slowing down tonight.” The imagery conjures more than the desperation of a suspicious protagonist (although it does that quite well too): it speaks to the album’s very…
Read More‘Sinking Ships’ is Chris Stringer’s third release as a member of the Crotalus family, and first proper studio effort. Backed by the same trio of Rocketeers that expanded his sound on the ‘Stringer Things: Live in Manchester’ album, Chris makes the wait worth it with seven tracks of emotional, evocative indie rock that pack a…
Read MoreOfficial promo video for Sinking Ships, the debut studio album from Chris Stringer & the Rocketeers, out November 15th on Crotalus Records!
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