T-Bone Burnett strikes (yet) again: http://tinyurl.com/34ajak2 Old age – is this what we’re coming to? http://tinyurl.com/36ude3v VG+ Aud of Sarah Borges 6/5/10: http://www.archive.org/details/sarahborges2010-06-05 Why statues are rock hard: http://failblog.org/2010/06/10/epic-fail-photos-statue-fail-7-2/ The new measure of toughness (I got a 24): http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/justin_bieber/go
Always a red letter day when Chris Cook come to play for us, Chris is the real deal, in all departments playing singing and songwriting. Hes the fore front of the Claw style of picking the guitar, a voice for […]
POKEY LAFARGE AND THE SOUTH CITY THREE MAKE THE PAST PRESENT WITH RIVERBOAT SOUL By Terry Roland Pokey LaFarge, like his new album title, is a Riverboat Soul. Not an old one at 26, certainly an enthusiastic one. It’s like […]
Americana/Country musician Jett Edwards, already a huge sensation in Japan, releases his new CD/EP in the US entitled “Music For Peace” and features on the EP, the legendary Wayne Henderson of the Jazz Crusaders. Jett’s previous 2009 release (“Revealed”) contained […]
That’s some hot “castanet” playing! Just heard that the Carolina Chocolate Drops got “featured” on Howard Stern’s radio show. By featured, we mean that he played a whole track and tried desperately to figure out what the hell they were […]
The debut solo album from Ólöf Arnalds is one of the most beautiful recordings of the year. Sung completely in her native Icelandic Við Og Við (2010) is minimalistic in instrumentation yet striking in sound. Her voice is gentle yet […]
JJ Grey & Mofro will release Georgia Warhorse on August 24 via Alligator Records. The album was recorded in a studio full of vintage equipment in Grey’s native Florida (near the Georgia line). Georgia Warhorse is named for a type […]
“Take what you have gathered from coincidence…” Bob Dylan, “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” Bob Dylan’s Love and Theft was released on the same day that an organized group of terrorists committed mass murder with hijacked airliners at the […]
Free sampler d/l’s: Sub Pop 2010 w/Wolf Parade, David Cross & Blitzen Trappen: http://tinyurl.com/2cof7tn Merge Records 2010 Digital Sampler w/Superchunk, The Clean & Lou Barlow: http://tinyurl.com/2a835z2 4AD Sampler w/Camera Obscura & The National: http://tinyurl.com/3ykcwxw CBGB Sampler w/Bad Brains, the Queers […]
Stone River Boys – Love on the Dial (Cow Island, 2010) Out of tragedy, new opportunities sometimes spring. With the passing of vocalist Chris Gaffney, the Hacienda Brothers were shuttered, and Gaffney’s partner, Dave Gonzalez, was left to seek a […]
