Tonight, we're presenting what should be an amazing evening with Emily Jane White , Tom Brosseau , Eliza Rickman , and Lia Rose at pehrspace. We must give most of the credit for this gathering to White and Rickman for letting us host the L.A. stop on their brief excursion to these parts. Both released fantastic records last year (White with her dark and delicate balladry in Ode to Sentience and Rickman with her wicked, baroque pop in O, You Sinners ) and we're [...]
Sean Watkins has been kicking around the music biz for many years now. As perhaps the least-heralded member of the now-dormant roots group Nickel Creek, he shared the stage with his sister, Sara, ... Continue reading "Sean Watkins of Fiction Family Shuffles His iPod For Us" >
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After an epic weekend of ATP gold, our photographer dragged himself down to Cargo on Monday night to catch Damien Jurado and full band rocking out to his excellent new Maraqopa LP, with what was quite possibly the best ever sound quality heard coming out of Cargo! Support came from the ever brilliant troubadour - Tom Brosseau. Photography by Tim Ferguson Damien Jurado [...]
John C. Reilly will perform a special record release show at Largo tomorrow, Thursday, December 15, with Becky Stark, Tom Brosseau and very special guests. Reps from Third Man Records will be on hand to sell Tri-Color copies of John's singles "Becky & John: I'll Be There If You Ever Want" and "John & Tom: Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar," copies of the White Stripes Tri-Colors for "The Big Three Killed My Baby” and “Lord, Send Me An Angel”, as well as an assortment of regular Third Man releases and merchandise. [...]
Chest Rockwell is releasing a couple of singles on Third Man . Considering that Third Man label boss had a quick cameo as Elvis in Walk Hard , it's not too huge of a surprise that the Walk Hard star, longtime Hollywood character actor, and general funny motherfucker John C. Reilly has linked with him to release some music. But it's still pretty notable how seriously everybody's taking this thing. Read More...
Jack White's label, Third Man Records, announced a whole bunch of exciting releases yesterday.
L.A. Record + The New L.A. Folk Fest + Grand Ole Echo are co-hosting The Return Of Murder Ballads tonight at the Echoplex. Here's the lineup of musicians performing songs about killing times! For more info, go to the folk fest website . Get a little appetizer by listening to the bands or watching some videos .
I entered the studio at about 9:35pm, meeting up with Stuarto, who has the time slot before mine. A quick interview about 15 minutes before my show, another few songs, and I was up. It was requested that I attempt a transition, and as indie music is my theme, and world music is his, I figured I'd kick things off with an oldie, but goodie: "The Gulag Orkestar" by Beirut. The theme of the evening, loosely, centered around folk. Indie folk, folk pop, folk rock, orchestral folk, experimental folk... [...]
Thundercat Thundercat, Mia Doi Todd, Hanni El Khatib, Swahili Blonde, Tom Brosseau, the Club Pacific Band, and DJs Dan Collins, Tom Child, and Andres Renteria at the L.A. RECORD x dublab stage at Abbot Kinney Festival on September 24, 2011. Photos by Lainna Fader. [View with PicLens]
Tweet Given that's he's backed by Fat Cat you'd imagine their powers of persuasion would have propelled Tom Brosseau beyond his current ripples. Especially given the simple yet powerful shimmy of songs like 'Big Time'. This will creep up on you, always playful but only driving its stake through your heart as the momentum gathers pace. It is taken from the cleverly titled (yet factually untrue) 'Posthumous Success' which has been superseded by 20102s 'Les Shelleys'. Brosseau is quite prolific and each [...]
In 2008, Matt Bauer released The Island Moved In The Storm , one of our favorite records of that year that has continued to hold its weight in rotation since. Earlier this year Bauer released The Jessamine County Book Of The Living , a continuation of greatness which demonstrates Bauer's a firm grasp on the songwriting craft. If you live in Austin be sure to catch Matt Bauer at Waterloo Records at 5pm this Wednesday and later that night at the Mohawk . Both [...]
Wimberley Bluegrass Band Read Tiff Reldon's review of the show after checking out these photos by Kate Rentz. The photo gallery begins with Emily Lacy, then Fort King, Olentangy John, Stone Darling, I See Hawks In L.A., Wimberley Bluegrass Band, The Chapin Sisters, The Driftwood Singers, Jenny O, Tom Brosseau + John C Reilly, RT N' The 442s, and a little bit more Stone Darling. [View with PicLens] [...]
Tom Brosseau and John C. Reilly photo by Kate Rentz The New L.A. Folk Festival put together a cozy Louvin Brothers tribute show at HM157 featuring covers of Louvin classics by an array of L.A. folk-inspired bands. Fort King started the night off a little rocky by cutting a song in the middle when singer Ryan Fuller could not hear his guitar, but the crowd would have preferred he just play through to keep the vibe magical and not stall. When you're only playing two songs, it seems like you gotta be a trooper and keep [...]
Today is the birthday of Ira Louvin, one half of the great country music pioneering Louvin Brothers. He was the dark half of the cookie and God bless him and the wife that shot him. Celebrate tonight at HM157 with The New L.A. Folk Fest and a dozen bands performing Louvin covers. Want to know what songs will be performed tonight by the likes of Tom Brosseau, John C Reilly, Stone Darling, Chapin Sisters, Emily Lacy, Wimberley Bluegrass Band, RT N' The 442s, Olentangy John, Fort King, The Damn Sons, Jenny O and Driftwood Singers? ...We [...]
I was meaning to write about how Rick Rubin is behind the Avett Brothers new album when this song by Tom Brosseau came on this blog's player . It's plain yet enchanting, or as he himself would say it's like " freshly washed relics on the patio for drying in the sun ." Tom Brosseau: Here Comes The Water Now.mp3
live on A Prairie Home Companion Tom Brosseau is like an angel...alien from North Dakota...definitely something celestial, a force of good, nice things. Listen to him play on A Prairie Home Companion then pop over to Hotel Cafe tonight where he'll be performing with WPA, that's Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek, The Watkins Family) and Glen Phillips. And stare at the word "prairie" for a while. How weird is that word? —Daiana Feuer
To the uninitiated, San Francisco's Sketchfest is probably the most overwhelming 2 1/2 weeks out of the entire year, in terms of live entertainment booking. Its closest cousin is probably Austin's SXSW festival, where you have a wide array of up-and-coming talent mixed with veterans, all playing some very intimate spots. As a person that [...]
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