We're fully immersed in the holiday season over here at Veritas Lux Mea, and still recovering from the turkey cornucopia that was Thanksgiving. Have you started your holiday shopping? The wife got her big Christmas present early this year, a new desktop computer and SPORE, which interestingly enough leaves me with a laptop and wireless access all to myself. Will that mean more frequent blogging? We're hoping. But then again, there's plenty of other worthy things to do with our free time as well...right? Do I look like a Melinda [...]
It feels great to utter this next sentence. Auld Lang Syne may very well be the next Felice Brothers. Who would have thought that the Felice Brothers would get to the level where we are describing other bands as up and coming rivals? Part of the reason it feels so great to say is that bands like the Felice Brothers are the true blog bands. These are bands that the blogs discovered and promoted and built up to the point that they can be signed by major indie labels and have successful careers [...]
On the eve of the biggest election since Marcia and Greg ran against each other for class president, what this nervous populous needs right now is some good old down home Americana music, a mix of folk, roots rock, indie rock, blues, and country. And we've got that by a trio known as Auld Lang Syne. From Rochester, New York, Auld Lang Syne is three long-time friends sharing the songwriting, the sound and the stories. Timothy Dick was joined by Timmy Gallogly and Jonathan Miller and they began to write songs, featuring slightly haunting-yet-reassuring baritones, vibratos and harmonies. Timothy's wife [...]
Auld Lang Syne can be a bit of a raucous band for the Slowcoustic regulars, but sometimes some of the best toned down music comes from more up tempo artists, simply at 3/4 speed. If you think of the classic Auld Lang Syne (the New Year's eve song after which they are named), they would actually be that song's down on it's luck step brother who kept to the whiskey instead of the champagne toasts at midnight - if I had to say. This is the case of the great live performers Auld Lang Syne [...]
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