Stories told, songs sung. It's simple this history of ours. Tales of murder, pain, love and loss are written daily and forgotten instantly, but the best are passed from generation to generation like currency, land or genes. In a time where the public is more consumed by those that find and hoard to fuel their own greed or sickness, folklorist Henry Svec - last heard around here under the anonymity of The CFL Sessions - spends his time unearthing stories and documenting melodies for the community. Folk Songs of Canada Now [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 50 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by The Five One, Times New Viking, Big Freedia, Rebirth Brass Band, Mother Mother, Gomez, Geoff Berner, Atari Teenage Riot and more! So much more! DATE: 04-07-11 WRITER: Don Loder Happy Fiftieth Junky! So we made it this far, an' none of us is dead'r busted, so's we mus' be doin' somethin' right, right? Good, good shit - I say, an'a hits jus' keep on comin' too - I managed ta boost [...]
Otra semana con discos chéveres. Y me entero de que Avril Lavigne sigue desperdiciando tiempo con esto de la música. Y eso que acabo de escribir seguramente traerá más visitas que el resto del contenido. Ya conocen como es la vaina: streams y mp3. Lo que me gustó: Grails: Deep Politics Grails: "I Led Three Lives" [...]
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from the week's music releases : Avril Lavigne: Goodbye Lullaby full album stream Beady Eye: Different Gear, Still Speeding full album stream [...]
Quiet Lights My in-box is overflowing you track you need to hear and videos you need to watch. Here's my Saturday morning gift to you: The Soulphonics & Ruby Velle - "Heartlite" Holy Ghost - "Do It Again" Blair - "Hearts" Mogwai - "San Pedro" Keith Canisius - "The Beach House" Quiet Lights - "No More Canyons" [...]
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Geoff Berner befreit den Klezmer mit einem Schuss Punk aus seiner musealen Starre. Und siehe da: Er lebt. „Ich will originelle Klezmermusik machen, betrunken, dreckig, politisch und leidenschaftlich. Als Jude osteuropäischer Abstammung sehe ich es als meine Pflicht, diese Musik lebendig zu machen, und sie nicht hinter Glas aufzubewahren wie in einem Museum" , sagt Geoff Berner über die Musik, die seine Stücke zwar prägt, aber nicht zur weltfremden Folklore erstarren lässt. Zwischen Beirut und A Hawk And A Hacksaw hat der Songwriter aus Vancouver [...]
So there are a TON of good releases coming out of the Great White North these days. Here are a few that have impressed me. Joey Wright's album "Hatch" came out last November. And when Sarah Harmer says: "Joey Wright doesn't need a bio. You just hear about him. A rumour, a sound. Musical charisma enveloping a career of cinematic guitars, slides of blues and bluegrass. An inspired force of beauty and bravado, danger and charm." I listen. Listen: Joey Wright ∞ Genius [...]
"lives and treasure" erscheint am 01. märz (ich aktualisiere die upcoming releases liste übrigens nicht mehr, deshalb wird sie auch sachte im nirvana dieses blogs verschwinden) und ist zeugnis der überbordenden brooklyn kultur, hier mal sehr soft: acrylics - nightwatch "live free & let loose" heißt die am 11. januar erscheinende split auf greyday records , bei der es zur vermengung des vieres aus bellingham und dem sonst unter monderstate und hier erstmals unter neuem moniker agierenden einzelgänger kommt, zehn tracks, freunde, zugreifen: sam humans [...]
We're still unwinding from a fun weekend at the Cotati Accordion Festival, but there's no time to rest. Not when the Monsters of Accordion are about to unleash their fury on the West Coast. The brainchild of accordion madman Jason Webley , this annual event showcases some of the best accordion-toting singer-songwriters around in a whirlwind, week-long tour. Joining Webley for this year's edition are Stevhen Iancu of the Dolomites , Eric Stern of Vagabond Opera , and Geoff Berner . At various stops [...]
Is it just me or is the pairing of Geoff Berner & Forest City Lovers , happening TOMORROW at The Artel is a strange mix? A wonderfully strange mix featuring two things which I adore but I just never would have guessed they would appear on the same bill. But there you go - I guess I just suffer from a lack of imagination. It is undoubtedly going to be a fantastic show featuring two great acts. The Forest City Lovers' latest record, Haunting Moon Sinking [...]
Geoff Berner 's latest album, Klezmer Mongrels released October 24 on the 9pm label in Europe, and will be released in January in Canada. This album is the third of Geoff Berner's trilogy of "Whiskey Rabbi." Berner is a Vancouver singer-songwriter and accordion player. Geoff Berner - Luck In Exile Geoff took the time to answer our questions in regards to his picks for best music of 2008. Raised on Indie: What is your favorite album released in 2008 and what makes it stand out to you [...]
If I'm going to be honest, I'm going to have to admit that I would have put in a good word for Geoff Berner 's latest, Klezmer Mongrels , just to mention the cover art. I KNOW I recognize that artist, but even if I didn't, c'mon. A topless dog in people clothes breast feeding a puppy whilst some kind of Beetlejuice tentacles sway in the background? Um, yes, please, I'll have some. Fortunately, I'm also a fan of Mr. Berner's unique brand of klezmer music. This is the third in his "Whiskey Rabbi" trilogy. The [...]
Photo by Jessica Eaton So much to catch up on after a week away... starting with some giveaways! Vancouver's Geoff Berner is coming to town with his accordian, a foul mouth and a fistful of klezmer songs from his latest album The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride and a probably not as official as he claims theme song for the 2010 Olympics, "The Dead Children Were Worth It" . And when he arrives on Saturday, March 22 for a date at the Tranzac, he'll be greeted by Toronto's Phonemes [...]
I've got a great friend who in neck-deep in law books, studying for the bar . I have decided to throw together a few songs about studying and lawyers. Ani DiFranco ~ Studying Stones Boat ~ The Bar Is Too Low To Fail Geoff Berner ~ My Dad's A Lawyer Mojo Nixon ~ Destroy All Lawyers Oxford Collapse ~ Lady Lawyers Paul Edelman [...]
As promised here is more Geoff Berner . With the Be Goods covering one of his songs. And there is still more Geoff to come. Geoff Berner ~ Light Enough To Travel The Be Good Tanyas ~ Light Enough To Travel Which version do you prefer? or did I leave about your favorite? Leave a hullabaloo. More: Compare & Contrast-s Some of these bands may have songs over at eMusic . Contest [...]
There seems to have been many ways to discover the music of Geoff Berner ; while he's been mentioned on a few semi-prominent blogs (which is where I discovered him), he's also got a song on a compilation entitled Funky Jewish Sounds From Around The World . That compilation's even got my favorite song of his on there, Lucky Goddamn Jew . As he sings ever-so-awesomely, " I'm a lucky goddamn Jew, lucky goddamn Jew! Got some food, got some booze, women who will sleep with me! " After that, you've got Good Luck Now , [...]
B(oot)log has now been existence for one year. It was my birthday and none of you sent presents or even e-cards. Jerks. Ah, that's ok. I forgive you - I sorta forgot about it too. Wow. One year. Isn't that like 7 in blog years? Who knew I'd stick with it this long? Anyway for my birthday/anniversary I am going to take a weekend off, sort of, and post the work done by someone else. As the b(oot)log faithful know, I go out of my way trying to bring you awesome stuff week after week. Awesomeness just [...]
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird can be added to the vast number of Eastern European, klezmer, gypsey folk bands I've written about here on Songs:Illinois. It's virtually impossible to find music to share with you that hasn't already been discovered and written about ad nauseum but on the whole I'm usually pretty safe presenting something like this. Meanwhile this music has more life in it (and is more radical) than all the super-hip indie bands combined. The band is made up of a Detroit Jew (Daniel Kahn) and an American expat on bass (Michael [...]
Time for a brand new feauture for Sweet Static. Back a few years ago I used to do a 'zine called These Are Rotten Apples. The main feature was called "6 Questions With..." where I would ask six stupid/weird/unusual questions. The reason would be so that the artist would have something different to answer instead of the usual stuff. Also it's way easier to write down the answers to these types of questions since they are usually short and that's good especially when you're normally in a bar. Anyways I [...]
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