So, I'm new around here. I'll make this brief as I'm sure over the course of my contributions, it will become pretty clear what I do and don't dig. (Such as alliteration, evidently.) I believe there's no better record than Mule Variations , no better film than Unforgiven (except maybe Bottle Rocket ), and no better piece of literature than The Master and Margarita . Under no circumstances will I listen to the Grateful Dead or any band reminiscent of the Grateful Dead. That about covers it. Yes, I write tunes [...]
Been to the Ashes at Edgbaston, arrived a whole day early for a meeting at the other end of the country, run Focus Groups, dragged a 93 year old man through a hotel on an armchair, been to Belfast and back, and looking forward to a trip to Sunderland tomorrow for a few days off.Here's a couple of Friday tunes to keep you going. A fantastic, but probably long-forgotten, stomping floor filler from
Going offline for two weeks means returning to an inbox in the triple digits, and though my brain is swimming a bit from trying to cut it down to size in one afternoon, sifting through the backlog of sound is made easier by the presence of a few true gems, and a few others with moments of greatness they just cry out to be heard in spite of any rough edges. I'll have video, audio, and commentary from the newest and best from my annual pilgrimage through the New England folk scene anon, probably early [...]
2009 is turning out to be a really great year for new music. It is also turning out to be the year of the covers/tribute albums. Already we have heard covers/tribute releases from Phosphorescent ( To Willie ), The Sadies and John Doe ( Country Club ), Steve Earle ( Townes ), and the upcoming Yim Yames (Jim James of My Morning Jacket) Tribute To George Harrison (Aug. 4). For me, all three of former releases don't do much that the original songs can't do on their [...]
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Hello everyone. Sorry about yesterday's silence. It was a case of an insane weekend turning into a long night which resulted in comatose AIV yesterday. I've got a few more guest posts for y'all this week while I recover from Deep Blues Fest. This one come's from Kasey Anderson . I first saw it on AltCountryTab.ca and I am very happy that he agreed to repost it on ninebullets. Hope y'all like it. You've seen Blake Miller's face. Eyes to sun-strained [...]
A few years back, I was a constant reader and infrequent poster on the message boards at AltCountryTab ... a site dedicated to the discussion of alternative country music (...and a lot of drooling over Paul Westerberg). Several of the posters were musicians themselves and would occasionally post some of their original works and a few cover tracks. Most of them were just doing it for fun or as some sort of virtual jam session with others on the boards. I never really paid much attention to the music that was posted and mainly just focused on the discussions. [...]
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An old memory: I recall grabbing coffee at Stewarts in Bellingham one summer long ago while visiting a friend. There on a rack tucked into a corner was a face I recognized. It was Kasey Anderson ; the release was Harold St. Blues and I soon had "Boulevard" on repeat. Since then Anderson has released Dead Roses (2004) and The Reckoning (2007). It's now 2009 and so far this year, Kasey Anderson has been a busy man. Already he has dropped two EPs, both [...]
Americana has taken quite the beating over the past couple of years. The genre appears to be the custom choice for overplayed car commercials and embarrassing NFL promos, giving the namesake for rootsy American folk a bad reputation for the younger crowd in the process. It is a shame too, as many youths who are unexposed to quality music may brush off quality artists like Uncle Tupelo, Will Oldham, and The Jawhawks without even giving them a chance. Those three artists are just commonly used examples too; the genre actually remains quite flexible in its classification. Popular artists like Bob [...]
Kasey Anderson ( Terra Soul Records ) has just turned up on my radar despite having released a critically acclaimed debut in 2004, touring with the likes of Steve Earle, Tift Merritt, and Peter Case, and being produced by one of my favorites Eric "Roscoe" Ambel (the Del Lords, Joan Jett). His new record, Reckoning , sounds a bit like you'd suspect based on the producer and the names mentioned above. But of course even something that sounds derivative, lives and dies on it's own merit according to the quality of the execution [...]
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