"They invest things with an old-time spirit that's both celebratory and faintly disturbing, and there's punk and soul here too."   
-UNCUT Magazine   

Notable festivaL shows
2010, 2011  Pickathon Roots Festival, Oregon

 2010  Open House Festival, Ireland 

2010  Ulster American Folk Park Bluegrass Music Festival, Ireland  

2009  Revival Tour, Northwest US  

2009, 2010, 2011  San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival 

2008, 2009, 2010  Seattle Folklife Festival

2008  Berkeley Old Time Music Convention

Notable RADIO appearances

-BBC’s The Mark Lamarr Show – 2009, 2010 

-NPR’s West Coast Live with Sedge Thompson - 2009 

-RTE1’s Pat Kenny Show - 2010 

-BBC2 Leicester - 2009 

-KPFK Berkeley – 2008 

-KRVM Eugene - 2007-2009


press for "sole kitchen"

"A must have record for the modern day folk revivalist! These guys can play!"
-Willie Watson, Old Crow Medicine Show

“Sole Kitchen has a harder edge than any folk album you're likely to hear this  year…they've adopted the intensity of rock and punk and channeled it into their songs  and tunes.  But they still love their roots and can't go through a set without throwing in an  old-time ballad or a bluegrass song… Their far-ranging influences enable them to see the  common ground between folk, rock, punk and even jazz, and they draw from this  common ground to create their unique sound.”

–No Depression  

“The Water Tower Bucket Boys set a strong statement about their music, that  they have spent time working within the music they write and are learned in  the ways of roots music… 'Sole Kitchen' is a record that manages to show  musicians who really know what they are doing and can play their instruments  with a second nature.” -Leedsmusicscene.net   

“With the slow verse/fast chorus arrangement, the Water Tower Bucket Boys  show a clever approach to writing. All four members of the band contribute  tracks and this adds to the variety on the CD with the songs being a mix - at  times breakneck bluegrass, at other times slower country and delightfully  elaborate swing tracks.” -Bluesbunny.com  

“Described by critics as a band that brings to life the golden era of American old  time and Bluegrass music, Sole Kitchen lives up to this description in true  country blues form. Creating a sound that would not be lost slotted between  American greats such as Smiley Lewis and Howlin’ Wolf, these old souls deliver  a much needed souvenir from a time when music did not need to be piled with  glitch synths and robotic beats to affect and excite" -Thelineofbestfit.com