It really does take a village, or at least a northeast Austin neighborhood, to build a band. The ten (sometimes more)-piece folk-rock collective East Cameron Folkcore is proof. Pieced together out of a wide palette of talent from the neighborhood of the same name, East Cameron Folkcore creates its own brand of big, cathartic, rock-inflected folk music. -Paul Carrubba (KUT)

There debut album "Sound & Fury" has been named #1 Album in the 2011 Austin Chronicle's Critic Poll; While there eagerly awaited followup, "The Sun also Rises", is set for pre-release at this years SXSW.