Little Country Giants
Little Country Giants The “Little Country Giants”, Atlanta’s Best Traditional Folk Act in Creative Loafing Best of 2005 edition and just recently again in the 2006 edition, are the songwriting duo of Russell Cook and Cameron Federal-Cook out of Rome, Georgia, who began writing & playing together in Athens, GA in 1999. “As a brand, “country music” is as meaningless and problematic as words like “indie,” “alternative” and “roots” music. And despite the implications of a name like Little Country Giants, to dismiss the group’s amalgamation of stark and artfully rustic tones simply as “country music” denies a great many things. Throughout the group’s proper debut, a self-released album titled Breaking Hearts & Living Free, a slow and captivating interplay unfolds between Russell and Cameron, invoking a pastiche of musical mile-markers. Live, the group is filled out by guitarist Joseph Evans and backup vocalist Julie Evans, with occasional contributions from other performers, including Nashville’s mandolin ace, David Long. Just as the group relies on its own devices to lead the way, it’s the marriage of such an innovative approach with a traditional country mythos that sets Little Country Giants apart." -Chad Radford (Flagpole Magazine)