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Comment by Chuck McCutcheon on July 26, 2009 at 8:02am

Saw Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women last night at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. The opening act was Eilen Jewell, who was terrific. She reminded my friends and me of a younger Lucinda Williams, and we promptly bought her CD. Dave & The Women were wonderful -- I've long been a Christy McWilson fan and it was great to see her sing a few numbers. She even cried a little singing the sad "Potter's Field." They rocked out on stretched-out tunes like "Haley's Comet" and "Ashgrove" and just looked like they were having a blast. At the start of the show, Dave -- dressed in a cowboy hat and green Western shirt -- had a woman in the audience call out that he looked "natty," and he kept amusedly referring to it throughout the evening.

Comment by Steve McCormick on July 26, 2009 at 7:12am

I've been listening to Portico Quartet, Fiona Apple, Jarvis Cocker and Ray Charles.

Comment by Stovall on July 26, 2009 at 5:52am

Been listening to the Old 97's this weekend because we are going to see them tonight in Atlanta!

Yardwork has been a theme this weekend too.........

Comment by the Good Intentions on July 26, 2009 at 4:53am

would we be able to imediately able to identify each other by our jukebox choices and our drinks???
think you deserve a really nice today if you were working hard in the yard yesterday......... yesterday I went out and bought an autoharp - spent several hours tuning it...................
will have to put the Carter Family on the CD, now

Comment by Linda Ray on July 26, 2009 at 1:46am

You know, if all 91 of us nodepressionaltcountry members were hanging out in a bar, tonight, I bet we'd find something to say to each other. What music have you seen or listened to this weekend? So far, my weekend's a bust. I never made it out to Girl in a Coma last night b/c I was too beat from doing yard work. Then the band I went out to see tonight cancelled. I still have The Album Leaf to look forward to on Monday, at least!

Comment by Mike McAfee on July 24, 2009 at 6:51am

check out this new richmond fontaine video made by film maker, brad beenders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36gt8t2Mxw

Comment by RICHARD SUMMERSCALES on July 22, 2009 at 3:01pm

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the new Son Volt album but alas me and Wilco seem to have have grown apart over the last few years. This possibly coincides with the time when Jay Bennett left the band.

Comment by Mike McAfee on July 14, 2009 at 10:33am

I love the new Son Volt. It's a great time for new music -- Son Volt, Dino Jr., Patterson Hood and Wilco are dominating my iPod. But the new one from Richmond Fontaine (We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River) is the masterpiece of the year. Willy Vlautin is an amazing artist. His new novel (#3), Lean On Pete, will be out soon.

Comment by Linda Ray on July 8, 2009 at 12:23pm

Further details of the Rialto's status in the wake of the City Council meeting yesterday are here.

Comment by Linda Ray on July 7, 2009 at 8:30pm

Here's an update on the Rialto Theatre, cross-posted from my blog:

UPDATE: The City Council met today and didn't solve a thing, despite all your efforts, for which all of us music fans thank you very, very much. Here's the summary from Curtis McCrary, who manages and books the Rialto:

"The Rialto remains in crisis. The City Council voted to take three months to negotiate an agreement with all interested parties at the table, and have an appraisal done, during which time we'd pay DTDC $4500 in rent/month for the spaces. (The Council also voted that the Rialto would have to pay $7500 for the appraisal that would have to be done so that the City could consider whether and how it might pay the owners a fair market rate for the disputed space. That's how condemnation works under eminent domain.) We now understand that DTDC (the owners/developers of the Rialto block) is proceeding with eviction anyway, so barring some other intervention, we're out on our asses come Monday."

Curtis goes on to clarify that the City will still own the theatre proper, but the Rialto Foundation will have some difficulty operating it without the disputed space. He says "We're out of the back building (green room, our office, and storage) and our concessions storage space in 316 E. Congress that we intend to ultimately use for new bathrooms. It will make it very hard for us to operate. We will press on. We're just stunned at the level of bad faith."

There is no indication, yet, from the Rialto, whether bookings after the July 13 eviction date will be affected. These include Los Lonely Boys 8/17, Steve Earle 8/18, and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers 8/29. For the complete schedule of upcoming shows at the Rialto, click here. You'll see that it's a pretty remarkable mix, with something for nearly every popular music fan.

By the way, The Rialto under its current management has been ranked one of the top 100 venues in the U. S.

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