Akron has had favorite sons from Devo to Joseph Arthur to The Black Keys, but the torch might get passed from favorite daughter Chrissie Hynde to the up and coming Kate Tucker. This young lady, who grew up in Akron […]
Akron has had favorite sons from Devo to Joseph Arthur to The Black Keys, but the torch might get passed from favorite daughter Chrissie Hynde to the up and coming Kate Tucker. This young lady, who grew up in Akron […]
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine for $3.99: http://tinyurl.com/36vdsv4 Stream of Alejandro Escovedo’s new disc: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127889769 Chris Scruggs video performance of “Old Souls Like You and Me”: http://tinyurl.com/2v3yxlq Drive-By Truckers – Your Woman Is A Living Thing […]
Meet Leo Rondeau. He’s a Northerner who, with a learned Southern drawl, flirts with disaster. Mixing lulling three-piece melodies with a simple hi-hat and snare, Rondeau sets the scene with foreboding storytelling, almost as if he’s inherited that born-and-bred old-timey […]
Canadian fiddle sensation Ashley MacIsaac has a new preferred sideman in Quinn Bachand. After noticing Quinn and his sister Qristina on Youtube, the Cape Breton fiddler became a mentor to the young duo who were nominated for a Canadian Folk […]
In the shadows of memory I remain convinced that once I saw the Backsliders, of Raleigh, North Carolina, perform. This is probably not true, because generally I associate such things with specific venues and other oddments. In my memory, they […]
Wild Bill Days in Deadwood, SD last weekend was SWEET! I had so much fun playing my songs for all of you that came out to see me and all of you that never heard of me and you were […]
Here are a couple great downloads for you! First up is Long Monday off Prine’s recent release, In Person & On Stage. Long_Monday.mp3 Next up is a download of My Morning Jacket’s version of “All the Best” from Broken Hearts […]
The usual chatter of the St. Louis folk will mostly center around our beloved Cardinals baseball team. Matt Holliday not pulling his weight is one of the current laments. Not to say that there was a lack of Redbird talk, […]
Bonnaroo download page: http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2010/06/2010_bonnaroo_d.html Brazil’s new dance craze – Butt Fighting (Slightly NSFW): http://gawker.com/5557607/ Tim Easton performs at the Daytrotter Studios: http://tinyurl.com/2cfkpag News on an upcoming Bobby Bare Jr. disc: http://tinyurl.com/2b793bp Speaking of him….video w/Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, Tim Carroll […]
On Saturday 6-19-10 the begining of what I hope will be a yearly event took place.I will be looking forward to many more Country Throwdown Festivals in Irvine California. There was a fantastic lineup of some of the top names […]
FRESH TRACK: Matt Andersen – “Magnolia”Check it out
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