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Where will the Big Wu be playing next?
 [9/17/2010]
  Ames, IA
 [9/18/2010]
  Franklin, MN
 [10/30/2010]
  Aberdeen, SD
 [10/31/2010]
  Fargo, ND
 [11/25/2010]
  Minneapolis, MN


Extra! Extra! Read all about the Big Wu's recent appearances.

 [7/11/2009]
  Geneva, MN
 [7/10/2009]
  Geneva, MN
 [7/3/2009]
  Minneapolis, MN
 [6/18/2009]
  Minneapolis, MN
 [5/23/2009]
  Geneva, MN


The Grateful Web Intervie...
 5/23/2009

The Big Wu “Take the Long...
 1/3/2007

The Big Wu Heats up Bould...
 12/8/2006

The 9th Annual Big Wu Fam...
 7/12/2006

Big Wu, The House of Rock...
 2/28/2006

A Word with the Big Wu
 12/6/2005

Halloween Events in St. C...
 10/29/2005

Band Review: The Big Wu
 5/19/2005

Big Wu Members Still Ride...
 4/14/2005

Interview: Chris Castino
 4/13/2005

The Big Wu at Power Plant...
 3/11/2005

Interview: The Big Wu
 1/14/2005

Wu-ing the Masses
 10/28/2004

The Big Wu - Tool for Eve...
 10/15/2004

Anticipation Builds as Bi...
 10/14/2004

Tool For Evening - The Bi...
 9/30/2004

STRANGERS HELPING STRANGE...
 9/21/2004

Big Wu - August 2004
 8/17/2004

Songs from the Tin Shed -...
 4/27/2004

The Big Wu Takes lower-Al...
 4/12/2004

Songs from the Tin Shed (...
 3/30/2004

The Big Wu
 3/26/2004

The Wu to jam at Grove on...
 2/26/2004

Spam, Kangaroos & Old Sty...
 2/1/2004

Big Wu Wraps Up its Lates...
 12/3/2003

Music Just Sounds Better ...
 8/20/2003

Flowing Rivers and Tired ...
 8/13/2003

Look Into Your Heart
 7/8/2003

Legendary Cats Under the ...
 5/31/2003

Stages: Where the Music ...
 5/11/2003

Folktales and Truths: An ...
 3/25/2003

A Big Year for The Big Wu
 3/18/2003

The Big Wu, Roseland Thea...
 2/15/2003

Arizona Heads - February ...
 2/1/2003

New Found Energy in Four ...
 10/15/2002

The Big Wu
 6/15/2002

BIG WU FAMILY REUNION | 0...
 3/11/2002

THE BIG WU | 11.10 | MADI...
 11/14/2001

THE BIG WU GETS STRANGE I...
 9/4/2001

Popular Twin Cities' 'jam...
 8/30/2001

The Big Wu Jams Back Into...
 8/30/2001

The Big Wu lets everyone ...
 8/30/2001

The Big Wu jams up Rivers...
 8/30/2001

Tragically hippie: Big Wu...
 8/24/2001

The Big Wu to co-headline...
 8/13/2001

Check out the insane jam ...
 7/20/2001

The Big Wu Sets Records
 7/9/2001

Salmonfest
 6/27/2001

Spontaneity helps jam ban...
 6/24/2001

Big Wu Feeds The Hungry
 6/5/2001

The Big Wu Family Reunion...
 6/5/2001

Yonder Mountain String Ba...
 6/4/2001

THE BIG WU FAMILY REUNION...
 5/31/2001

Big Wu Family Reunion Sel...
 5/21/2001

The Big Wu earns Jammy Aw...
 5/18/2001

The Big Wu, "Folktales"
 10/23/2000

The Big Wu "Live at the F...
 6/18/2000

The Big Wu, "Tracking Buf...
 5/1/2000

The Big Wu - Live in San ...
 4/7/2000

Big Wu to bring uncarved ...
 3/13/2000



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Songs from the Tin Shed (review)
3/30/2004
Author: Brian Kevin
Author: Paste Magazine

From Paste magazine, Issue 9 April/May 2004

Jeff Austin and Chris Castino (three and a half stars)
Songs From the Tin Shed [Frog Pad Records, March 2004]

Borrowing from the acoustic prowess of Austin’s Yonder Mountain String
Band and the hook-laden songwriting of Castino’s mildly psychedelic
outfit, the Big Wu, Tin Shed is a straightforward and
poignant study in nostalgia. While the mandolin/guitar duo benefits
from
an all-star list of guest musicians, including Hot Rize’s Nick Forster
and fiddle impresario Darol Anger, the record’s appeal comes lies in
its
catchy, Americana-tinged songwriting. Tracks like “Latent Love” and
“My
Baby’s Gone” posess the melancholy, lilting feel of venerable cowboy
ballads, and an emotive cover of Ranger Doug’s “Lonely Yukon Stars”
pays
homage to the genre. Drop a few awkwardly-placed uptempo numbers, and
this wistful collaborative release is nearly seamless. Brian
Kevin




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