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You can also download the single for free from the Bloodshot website:
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/hrbsingle
If you get a chance to see JTE perform solo I highly recommend it. I have seen him solo at McCabe's in Santa Monica and a couple other…
I find it hard to believe the whole not-knowing-how-to-cook thing is not trending the other way, at least for now. Though maybe I cannot speak for the lower income sector. But the proliferation of cooking and info info in the media (online, tv, prin…
Since it is relevant here, and also timely since his passing, aka dying, the other day, here is Harvey Pekar's delightful scathing review of Ken Burn's PBS documentarty Jazz. I tried to make the point earlier that good criticism is often fun to read…
Ed, was it the Alejandro Escovedo CD that disappointed you?
Good criticism, especially of music, is one of the things I most enjoy reading just for fun. (No coincidence that ND magazine was my favorite. Wish we had more from those writers in this N…
[Only 5 months etc]
So far I have found it to be a a weak follow-up to a great 2010 in terms of album releases. Some of the ones I was anticipating have turned out to be disappointing.
Records that might end up on my year-end list:
Carolina Choco…
Thanks for doing the work of collecting and tabulating the results for this list. For some reason I love the year-end best album lists.
Say what you will about the state of the music biz-- 2009 was a pretty strong in the Americana/roots areas no? I…
Best of 2009
1.) Townes - Steve Earle
2.) Bright Mississippi - Allen Toussaint
3.) Midnight at the Movies - Justin Townes Earle
4.) Potato Hole - Booker T. Jones & Drive-By Truckers
5.) Willie and the Wheel - Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel
6.)…
I'll add another vote for REK: the Rose Hotel. It was unexpectedly good and I have to remember to play it more. But I think I'll be checking out Black Joe Lewis now after learning of him.
>>>>> The usual odd and inappropriate choices...
Amen.
One reason I treasured my subscription to the ol' No Depression magazine was that it seemed like it was from a whole different planet than the one the RIAA and Grammys paid attention to. I thi…
"Bluesiana Triangle" is a colaboration of Dr. John with the great jazz drummer Art Blakey and Sax Dave "Fathead" Newman. So it's a bit jazzier than the bulk of Dr. John's stuff and he keeps up nicely. The album has kind of slipped off the radar scre…
* Live at Mechanic's Hall, 1963, Bill Monroe
* Live Duet Recordings, Bill Monroe and Doc Watson
In the late 50's and early 60's Bill Monroe did not get into the studio much even though he had some strong band members, e.g. banjo picker Bill Heath &…
Great story. But now I am very curious about what he's holding in his left hand on the back cover of the first Daredevils album. And I haven't even seen the album. I wish you could've asked him.
I may have to give that one a spin myself. Just saw Dave Alvin and the guilty women put on a great free set out on the Santa Monica pier last night. I've seen him a few times and that was by far my favorite set.
It really is a great CD - one of my faves. Love "Six Nights A Week," "Artesia," "King of the Blues" - all of 'em outstanding songs.
When I saw Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women a couple of weeks ago his first encore was "Man of Somebody's Dreams." He v…
PS I hope somebody puts together an equally wonderful Duane Jarvis tribute.
Love it. I'm especially taken with Dave's version of "Artesia" (killer intro) and Alejandro Escovedo's version of "1968" (which is based on combining the quite different Alvin and Gaffney versions) ... and Jimmy Lauderdale's "Glass House" and John D…
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