It seems as though the concerts this week are all clumped together, meaning music fans have some choices to make. Here's what I would pick: Lykke Li, Sound Academy, Nov 15 Not only are her album hypnotic, but Swedish indie dance pop darling Lykke Li put on a pretty intense live show as well. This time around she has fellow Swedes First Aid Kit in tow. Dar Williams, Hugh's Room, Nov 17 [...]
While we certainly don't pretend to be experts on the world of hip-hop around these part, we undoubtedly had to sit up and take notice when two of the biggest names in the genre decided to not only team up to put out an album, but to also hit the road together. On August 8, the dynamic duo of Jay-Z and Kanye West , will release their long in the works debut album Watch The Throne . The pair, who have dubbed themselves The Throne, have lined up a 24-date fall tour, that kicks [...]
For photos (and audio + video) of local artists performing at this year's XPoNential Music Festival—including Clap Your Hands Say Yeah , Jukebox The Ghost , Sun Airway , Matt Duke , Kuf Knotz , Nicos Gun , and more—take a look at our Local Spotlight posts .
Dar Williams Dar Williams, Citizen Cope and Gary Clark Jr. have been added to the lineup for the 2011 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. You can get the full details regarding the festival here . "WXPN, the nationally-recognized leader in Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) music and a noncommercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced that tickets for the XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru are now on sale to the general public. More than 30+ bands will play the [...]
Pow Wow! at Cake Shop (10/22/09) Photo : Jon Klemm The summer concert announcements are coming at a fast and furious pace these days, tomorrow should bring us the full 2011 Summerstage schedule, but in the mean time, we've got the music highlights from River To River NYC today. The Seaport showcases the world's top indie music stars with Sean Lennon 's new band, Ghost of the Sabre-Tooth Tiger (June 24), Lower Dens and Dirty Beaches [...]
This week's Mixtape of Yore was selected over the weekend by my best friend from high school who remembers the songs that showed up on multiple mixtapes almost as well as I do. She picked from the gigantic case and selected "Hmmm..." from January 6th, 2003. It is one of those I was happy to post at first seeing Wilco and Belle & Sebastian on the mix because I thought I would finally be able to prove I listened to cool music in high school...but then there are some head scratchers in there. [...]
BKLYN ♥ Japan (04/05 and 04/15 at The Bell House) In the wake of the devastating Japanese earthquake, the NYC music and arts community has come together to put on a number of benefit concerts with proceeds going to earthquake relief. Here's a roundup of the benefit shows I know about so far: Upcoming Japan Benefit Concerts and Events 03/31 Bridge to Japan ft. Rachael Yamagata, Tift Merritt, Marshall Crenshaw, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Nicole Atkins, [...]
Dar Williams + Ani DiFranco: [ Comfortably Numb ]
The 2011 Cayamo Cruise took place last week and seems to have been an amazing experience for all involved... just one big, week long, floating concert. I didn't make it this year, but maybe one year soon. I'd love to spend a week in February on a boat in the South Atlantic with Buddy Miller, Brandi Carlile, John Prine, Scott Miller, The Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin, Richard Thompson, etc.... People who were there this year got to see all of this... Shawn Mullins & Dar Williams singing "Beatiful Wreck" [...]
I've seen Ani DiFranco live in concert twice - once in a packed concert hall, and once outdoors, at a folk festival - and in both settings, she provided an amazing show, full of passion and pain. But my memories of those two shows are easy to differentiate, and not just because the vast difference in space and time framed her work differently. In the first, which I attended as a chaperone for a busload of high school students, I remember bright lights and stagecraft, an electrified performer with [...]
Dar Williams : February [ purchase ] When a singer-songwriter describes one of her songs as a favourite you know you're on to a good thing. So it is with "February" from Dar Williams' 1996 Mortal City album, possibly her best (if one disregards her contribution to the solitary and wonderful album by Cry Cry Cry). February's sadness — the song is about a relationship going cold and dead — is underscored by Erik [...]
And this will be the final New York mix. There are still plenty of songs that I have not used, but 92 New York-related tracks should suffice. In fact, I'll add on eight tracks to round the number up to 100. The timeline on this mix spans 116 years, which surely is quite unusual as far as mixes go. So we have the U.S. Marine Band from 1894 and two songs from outstanding 2010 albums, by the wonderful Caitlin Rose and Ray Lamontagne. I owe the Ben Sidran track to reader Marivic (thank you). [...]
++ The Hotcakes will play Arlene's Grocery in New York on December 11th , and are not to be mistaken for these Hotcakes . I can hear this song being played on Gossip Girl , perhaps as a rebellious new character or outfit is being introduced. From the inbox: ++Singer-songer [...]
[Birthday wishes go out today to Karen O ...] Top 3 shows/events for your divergent musical interests: ► New Zealand quintet the Naked and Famous (taken from a Tricky lyric and not the Presidents of the United States of America song) seem to have taken MGMT's ball and run with it. Well, the part of MGMT that made the radio darlings, that is. TNAF's debut "Passive Me, Aggressive You" [ stream it here ] is packed with day-glo synth-pop that'll stick [...]
Two weeks ago, I stayed overnight in the home of Bob Weiser , an old folkfest friend, community organizer, and long-time community radio mainstay with regular shows in two Massachusetts communities. As both a music publisher / distributer of sorts and an old radiohand myself - see below for more on that - it was inevitable that the conversation turn to radio, and we stayed up late chatting about the changes which digitalization has brought to both radio signal distribution and playlist management, not to mention the potential transformation of form, function, and fandom which the streamable [...]
Love Dar Williams ? We have something special for you. Here is an acoustic version of 'If I Wrote You' that Williams did with Gary Louris of the Jayhawks. Simply beautiful. MP3 : Dar Williams feat. Gary Louris - If I Wrote You [See post to listen to audio] TGTF is running a competition to win tickets for Dar Williams's show at London's Union Chapel - details here , contest closes on 24 November at 5 PM [...]
We have a pair of tickets to give away to see the lovely Dar Williams in concert at London's Union Chapel Sunday, the 5th of December. Her tour of the UK begins 30 November at Chester Telfords Warehouse. Simply answer the question below correctly to be entered in the drawing for the tickets. Having trouble with the question? This MP3 of the Day last month might jog your memory. Entries must be submitted before Wednesday, the 24th of November at 5 PM [...]
Today's song is "As Cool As I Am" by Dar Williams. This song is off her eight studio album Many Great Companions . Disc 1 is an acoustic collection of her classics with musician friends like Sean and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Larkin, Motherlode, and Gary Louris of the Jayhawks, who also produced the album. The bonus disc, Best of Dar Williams, is a musical journey through Dar¹s career, following Dar as she transforms from a folk singer just starting out to the seasoned musician she is today. Listen to the [...]
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