Split Lip Rayfield

"Outlaw bluegrass" is the working description for these speedy banjos and doom-and-gloom
lyrics from Kansas, but the telling detail on the Wichita quartet's third album comes during
"Kiss of Death." The title refers not to a pact with the devil, as you might expect, but a
humorous domestic dispute with automobiles everywhere: "Even though Rush sounded
good on the stereo, I had killed that car," laments singer-banjoist Eric Mardis. Spli... More >