Ferndale, Michigan's Grievous Angel revs up at the crossroads where folk, rockabilly, blues, and alt-country were born, and they burn rubber through the backwoods and bayous of the American South. They rumble across the length and breadth of American music with a lot of downhome grease and not a bit of reverence. A soul strut is as likely to wind up in the gas tank as a Fort Worth shuffle, all while keeping musical instruments rather than electric power front and center. Grievous Angel has won Detroit Music Awards as outstanding folk group and outstanding acoustic group. Pastoral folk excursions, cosmic jamming, retro rock and roadhouse boogie all spill over into a sound with soaring harmonies and turn-on-a-dime musicianship. Melody Baetens of the Detroit News praises Grievous Angel's "soulful harmonies" that "complement creative, story-telling lyrics and music that ranges from bluegrass twang to classic rock.”