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It's year-end list/reader poll time - What's your Top 10 of 2011?

Dec 7, 2011
Kevin Lynch shared No Depression's blog post on Facebook

It's year-end list/reader poll time - What's your Top 10 of 2011?

Dec 7, 2011
Kevin Lynch commented on No Depression's blog post 'It's year-end list/reader poll time - What's your Top 10 of 2011?'
Comment on December 6, 2011 at 6:59 p.m.   Diana Jones still flies under the radar, despite her translucently haunted alto and often-riveting writing. Friedlander, ostensibly a jazz cellist, plucks with a mountain-valley bluegrass flair.…
Dec 7, 2011
Kevin Lynch commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces'
Yes Marybeth, when I heard "R&C" I thought, what a gifted storyteller, with some of dad's good genes but with his own tough yet tender poetics.
Oct 9, 2011
Marybeth D'Amico commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces'
Ruby and Carlos is such a moving and lovingly illustrated song, it blows me away every time.  Would love to catch him live!
Oct 9, 2011
Kevin Lynch commented on No Depression's blog post 'Your interview with T Bone Burnett'
Now we know why just about everything T-Bone touches turns to life-tarnished gold. Thanks to all.
Oct 8, 2011
Steve Lindner left a comment for Kevin Lynch
I just want to let you know that Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis will be performing at the Central Performin Arts Center in DeWitt, IA, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 15.  Tickets are available at www.midwestix.com.  This is the second…
Sep 23, 2011
Kevin Lynch commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces'
Well Carl, You have the "Live in Europe" album and DVD to savor. You never know. Start a lobbying campaign.
Jan 21, 2011
Carl Parker commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces'
It sounds great, but it's unlikely he'll be coming over to Europe to perform. Grrr. Envious. I'm surprised to see that he's reinstated Can't Make It Here because the last time he was here in the London he refused to play it…
Jan 21, 2011
Kevin Lynch commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces'
Aye, Chris, glad you noticed. For McMurtry the scenes he describes seem as vivid as yesterday -- so close to the bone, and the heart -- that you almost feel like you're eavesdropping on the guy as he rummages through his baggage, but with…
Jan 21, 2011
chris sweeney commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces'
"James appeared uncommonly focused in performance" Kevin, that was my impression too at a recent McMurtry solo show. That is a nice way to see McMurtry - just him and his songs. 
Jan 20, 2011

McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces

Friends, Thursday at Shank Hall in Brew Town James McMurtry was dealin’, alone, with nothin' but a 12-string guitar, which surprisingly stacked the deck for a show that turned four aces, period. He’s so skilled fingerstyle -- playing bass accompaniment to his typically deft configurations -- that I never missed his band. The Heartless Bastards. No wonder they didn’t show for this frigid tour. At times, the 12 string's shining harmonic resonances at a fast-chugging tempo sounded like a…See More
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McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces

Friends, Thursday at Shank Hall in Brew Town James McMurtry was dealin’, alone, with nothin' but a 12-string guitar, which surprisingly stacked the deck for a show that turned four aces, period. He’s so skilled fingerstyle -- playing bass accompaniment to his typically deft configurations -- that I never missed his band. The Heartless Bastards. No wonder they didn’t show for this frigid tour. At times, the 12 string's shining harmonic resonances at a fast-chugging tempo sounded like a…See More
Blog post by Kevin Lynch Jan 18, 2011
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Lowell commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'My top 20 for 2010'
Nice list....We share the same tastes in "americana"   REALLY nice to see Jeffrey Foucault and the Gang getting some pub....My next purchase is going to be "Live at the Carpe", and I'm really looking forward to it.
Dec 13, 2010
David Haskin commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'My top 20 for 2010'
It is astounding how many excellent artists come from our part of the world, Kevin.  Many of them, though, seem to have migrated to Boston, where there's been a lot of wonderful cross-pollination and why, for instance, Patty Larkin (a…
Dec 13, 2010

My top 20 for 2010

No time to comment on each as I’d normally do. The jazz interlopers (Allen, Waldorf & Frisell) illuminate the time-honored American process of roots mutating into art, as does any great roots album that retains the folkloric scruff. Mulvey, Foucault & Camplin are part of a Midwest songwriters mafia in their prime who’ve borne loaded-for-bear sons (and perhaps stylistic kin like Nor’easter Erelli – hear the murder ballads w Foucault - and Iowan Pieta Brown).Mild-mannered they seem, but…See More
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McMurtry Alone, Dealing Aces

Friends, Thursday at Shank Hall in Brew Town James McMurtry was dealin’, alone, with nothin' but a 12-string guitar, which surprisingly stacked the deck for a show that turned four aces, period. He’s so skilled fingerstyle -- playing bass accompaniment to his typically deft configurations -- that I never missed his band. The Heartless Bastards. No wonder they didn’t show for this frigid tour.

 

At times, the 12 string's shining harmonic resonances at a…

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Posted on January 17, 2011 at 5:30pm — 6 Comments

Kevin Lynch

My top 20 for 2010

No time to comment on each as I’d normally do. The jazz interlopers (Allen, Waldorf & Frisell) illuminate the time-honored American process of roots mutating into art, as does any great roots album that retains the folkloric scruff. Mulvey, Foucault & Camplin are part of a Midwest songwriters mafia in their prime who’ve borne loaded-for-bear sons (and perhaps stylistic kin like Nor’easter Erelli – hear the murder ballads…

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Posted on December 12, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Kevin Lynch

Mellencamp's Depression (or NO)?

First, excellent review Nick. Reflective, nuanced and I love the Hugo quote.

How do we take Mellencamp's seeming wallowing in all life's darkest corners? He still makes songs out of them, life worn and weary at times, facing the grim reaper and not flinching though he admits his deep and raw humanity with gulps of shaking courage.



I sensed the courage in his wonderful Farm Aid 25 performance in Milwaukee. He still gave us defiant energy and "Check It Out" rang again as a… Continue

Posted on November 21, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Kevin Lynch

WHY LES WAS MORE: How Two Electric Guitarists (and One Songwriter) from the Midwest Saw to the Changin’ Times.

(Les Paul live at The Iridium. Photo by Thomas Faivre-Duboz, Creative Commons

By Kevin Lynch

c 2010

On the New York Times production layout desk, it may have been too late to pull the tiny ad for the Friday Arts section.

“Subbing for Les Paul who will be back soon, Bucky Pizzarelli, with the Les Paul Trio”

Comfort for the worry warts. How strange and ghostly, in truth. Les Paul had died Thursday, August… Continue

Posted on December 22, 2009 at 9:00am — 19 Comments

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At 8:28am on September 23, 2011, Steve LindnerSteve Lindner said…
I just want to let you know that Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis will be performing at the Central Performin Arts Center in DeWitt, IA, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 15.  Tickets are available at www.midwestix.com.  This is the second show in a brand new facility.  Check Bruce at www.brucerobison.com and Kelly at www.kellywillis.com.  The link to the CPAC is at www.centralperformingartscenter.org.  Come join the fun.
At 11:12pm on March 1, 2010, mississippi livemississippi live said…
kevin

thanks for the words man. much appreciated. yep, mississippi'e in canada now. i dig it here... as for more tunes, you can preview the whole album at CD or at iTunes... hope life's treating you well on your end. i'm new to all of this, seems there's so much to do getting music out there. once again, thanks. hope this finds you well man... talk soon.

peace
connely
At 7:00pm on February 11, 2010, Kevin LynchKevin Lynch said…
Corey:
Thanks man. Your opinion counts for plenty. Can't wait to hear the music. Let's do a beer. They have a great selection at Brassiere on Monroe. Could even do that at lunchtime say on a Monday or Wednesday or Friday. I teach other days.
Superbowl halftime made me think of your killer "Kashmir," I bet Bettye Lavette was impressed. Summer is always littered with bright moments that quickly disappear, but for no good reason. Memory matters.
Let me know,
K
At 6:33am on February 9, 2010, Corey HartCorey Hart said…
Hey Kevin. How have you been? I really dug the Les Paul article. I have a cd of the stuff I recorded in NC (Wooden Houses). I mail one out to you, or we could grab some coffee or beer sometime.
At 12:37pm on December 23, 2009, Howard MandelHoward Mandel said…
I'm not as dissolute as Bloomfield and just young enough to have missed him in the Chicago neighborhoods we had in common -- I wrote about him for Goldmine several years ago, too -- but you've done a rangy, evocative and balladic approach, weaving in the great Les Paul, who I've long admired and was able to interview, too. Thanks for this article, Kevin -- the writing rings my Butterfield Blues Band bells.
At 10:40am on December 23, 2009, No DepressionNo Depression said…
Hi Kevin - Welcome to the No Depression community! We hope you're finding everything okay. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback (here are some FAQs in case anything's confusing). Thanks for joining. Cheers!
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At 1:41pm on December 22, 2009, Tim YoungTim Young said…
Kevin,
The Les is More article is first class. Detailed research and thought provoking opinion. Thanks. I think it may also go to show the old adage that a photograph is worth a thousand words. Easily, in this case. The way Dylan and Bloomfield are seeing each other is the stuff of legends.
 
 
 

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