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Brendan Cooke replied to T Hanssen's discussion 'What is your favorite album this week?'

just got the new Chuck Prophet-wow!!

Feb 9

Brendan Cooke left a comment for Leslie Krafka

Thanks for the add Leslie! Will give your songs a listen.

Feb 8

Brendan Cooke commented on Gillian Turnbull's blog post 'What is Wrong with the Junos?'

still it's nice to see Lindi Ortega nominated for an award or two at the Junos

Feb 8

Brendan Cooke replied to russ's discussion 'What's your blues name?'

Buddy Back Hopkins...I can live with that!

Feb 8

Brendan Cooke commented on Tincanman2010's blog post 'Hello Cruel World, Hello Gretchen Peters. Nashville writer gives first 'twinterview''

thanks for that-really good read....think the album is great! Brilliant songwriter and genuine person too by all accounts!

Feb 7

Brendan Cooke replied to Brian Morris's discussion 'Gretchen Peters - her new album "Hello Cruel World" drops this week'

new album is in the UK top 100 albums this week!

Feb 7

Brendan Cooke replied to T Hanssen's discussion 'What is your favorite album this week?'

still listening to the excellent Gretchen Peters-Hello Cruel World which is at No.70 in the UK album charts this week! also re-discovering Vigilantes Of Love-Audible Sigh from 1999, and in anticipation of a new release by Shawn Colvin(May 15th…

Feb 7

Brendan Cooke replied to T Hanssen's discussion 'What is your favorite album this week?'

very underrated songwriter as were Vigilantes of Love as a band....going to dig some out now and play em....thanks for the reminder!

Feb 7

Brendan Cooke commented on Jela Webb's blog post 'Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers - Prince Albert (Brighton, UK 1/30/12)'

Thanks for the review-I saw Zoe perform in Kendal a few nights earlier and it seems like she did a completely different set which I think speaks volumes for her and the band. In the past couple of weeks I have had the privelige of seeing two major…

Feb 4

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Brendan Cooke replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

and of course "Perfectly Good Guitar"-John Hiatt

Feb 4

Brendan Cooke replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

cheers Randy-I have a volume 2 to be revealed later!

Feb 4

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How I got in to Americana...

I suppose the recent passing of Richie Hayward of Little Feat got me thinking about my past and particularly the 1970s and how I got into this style of music in the first place. Naturally I got to thinking about the records that introduced me and got me hooked. Not necessarily the best records made in the genre (though some of them probably are) but those that provided me with an introduction into that wide musical territory we sometimes call Americana(whatever that is!). I was going to do this… Continue

Posted on August 30, 2010 at 6:43am

Richmond Fontaine 28February Bury

Never seen a bad show by Willy and the boys and this was better than most. Richmond Fontaine ,thankfully , are frequent visitors to our shores(UK) and have built up an enthusiastic and loyal following. They toured to promote "We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River" only last Autumn and though still obviously promoting this their set wasn't over reliant on the new stuff, excellent though it is.

Sunday's gig at Bury Met was all the better for the presence of Paul Brainard,… Continue

Posted on March 2, 2010 at 7:23am — 2 Comments

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At 3:53pm on December 1, 2011, Hal Bogerd said…: Glad to be your overrated (or is it underrated) pal.

Hal

At 4:12am on May 17, 2011, John Henry Rigley said…: Hi Brendan ,it was great to see you again at the rhythm roots festival ,sorry i left so fast near the end of Doug Paisley set ,i was already late for Sam Amidon - my highlights were Kort , Frontier Ruskus ,Mary Gauthier and Drive by Truckers - did you enjoy John Grant - my rhythm roots pictures are on facebook - John Rigley

At 1:38pm on January 16, 2011, Elvis Fontenot said…: Cheers for the Add Brendan - Declan said you were off to see Elizabeth Cook? Enjoy!

At 12:23am on November 5, 2010, Sue Abel said…: Hey.. I just LOVE my picture of me and Big P!!
Everytime I look at it, I grin like a loon.. it was a big deal for me! :-)

At 2:15pm on November 4, 2010, Sue Abel said…: Hey Brendan!

Thanks for pointing me over here... great stuff!
I keep having sneaky peeks at your page, just so I can get the gist of all that goes on.
I keep meaning to add some stuff, but then I get lost in reading through the archive instead haha!

At 11:38am on September 28, 2010, RP N10 said…: Thanks for the add.

At 8:39am on September 27, 2010, RP N10 said…: You mentioned the singer songwriter show Friday. here's the scoop on the series of 4:

Coming up next week, songwriters' circle series. I had a ticket to the Lovevtt,Hiatt,Ely show and it was excellent. I was at the last one too but less impressed ; more like 3 solo sets in turn.

Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega and Loudon Wainwright, BBC Four, 10pm, 1st October.

Boo Hewerdine, Chris Difford and Justin Corrie, BBC Four, 10pm, 8th October.

Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt and Joe Ely, BBC Four, 10pm, 15th October

David Gray, KT Tunstall and Ray LeMontagne, BBC Four, 10pm 22nd October

Before each show there will be a 'Singer-Songwriters' at the BBC' compilation, BBC Four, 9pm. This four part-long archive compilation digs deep into the BBC vaults to explore the burgeoning singer-songwriter genre that exploded at the dawn of the '70s and became one of the defining styles of that decade. Programme sources include Old Grey Whistle Test, In concert, Top of the Pops, Sounds for Saturday.

At 11:55pm on June 20, 2010, Chris Harkness said…: Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment on my wall… I have been so busy lately that some of these replies are slow in coming and I apologize to anyone that I did not reply to in a timely manner… I am really enjoying No Depression and will try to respond quickly to questions and comments in the future… Thanks again and I welcome feedback regarding Honky Tonk Happy Hour…

At 8:47pm on March 2, 2010, James C. Clemetson said…: "Don't look and it won't hurt" is one of my favorite headlines!
JC

At 3:37pm on February 25, 2010, Kirsten DeHaan said…: Hey Brendan,
so sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I dont use this profile as often as some of my other ones...

You can buy a CD from Amazon for MP3s from various retailers. Feel free to stay in touch via my site kirstendehaan.com or at http://twitter.com/SirLadyExp

Thanks again for the support !