As this so-called winter fades to spring, and it warms up in places, other than here - that need warming up, hippies everywhere start making road trip plans. Because from March thru August, outdoor music festivals are happening across the country from Newport to Galveston, Austin to Wilkesboro, Manchester to the Everglades. i'm not gonna try to act like i've been to any of these outside of Texas, but i will in due time. Here's a little info on some of the festivals that i wish i could go to: [...]
One of my favorite artists that i often forget about - maybe cuz he's pretty selective when it comes to puttin' records together. Hayes Carll's patience, however, pays off. 2005's Little Rock remains one of the best albums in my collection. A perfect mix of grungy, country rock tunes and slower, seething ballads. His debut, Flowers and Liquor (2002) , is groovy, sometimes pretty funny, folk-rock. From the small amount of info i've heard about his 2008 release ( due out April 8th ), he could only have [...]
It's hard to always keep an eye out for new music when my library is filled with tons of songs i haven't really given a listen. But in order to try (and per John's request), i'm gonna start a weekly, New Music Roundup . It may not always be newly released stuff, just new to me. i'll try to post it on or around friday, so you can have some new tunes to get you through the weekend...... so here's some newish songs i've been diggin' this week: [...]
So late last year, i invested in the biggest (160 gigs) iPod you can buy to store all my musical goodness. And to keep my computer running clean, i only kept about 1000 or so of the most essential mp3's on my hard drive - the rest was on my ipod, which i basically used as an external drive. Then one fateful day about a month ago, iTunes froze up on me. Instead of being patient - which i have a hard time doing - i ejected the iPod by right clicking on the [...]
Ever realized that sometimes the blues can make you feel, well..... not blue? There's some kinda uplifiting quality that comes through when you hear a loud, vibrant guitar set to a a groovy melody - and maybe a harp thrown in, too. Sure, there are plenty of bluesy songs that are down right heartwrenching, but if the artists set out to write a blues tune cuz they're feeling down, then it just seems natural that a hopeful song might emerge. So on this cool, sunny day, i'm in the mood for some groovy blues...... [...]
Radio Sucks! But you already now that, that's why you're here. So in this age of crappy, mainstream radio and low record sales, artists are finding new ways to get their music out to the people. Only a select few of us have the privilege of knowing about the world of music blogs (judging from my number of page hits, i've got about 3 loyal readers out of those select few). Many of these relatively smaller artists are using TV commercial spots as a gateway. Here are some of my favorite songs used in recent commercials: [...]
So for this post, which will hopefully become a recurring topic, i will compare and contrast a well-done cover song with the original. and to get things started, i'll give you two installments..... Too Long In The Wasteland (James McMurtry) James McMurtry, the son of novelist Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) , is almost as good a storyteller as his dad. He's had a very successful musical career spanning almost 20 years. [...]
For a little relaxation and foot-tappin', here's a selection of some good instrumental bluegrass ditties.... mp3: Unlce Tupelo - Sandusky ~ from March 16-20, 1992 (Amazon.com) mp3: Abigail Washburn - Backstep Cindy/Purple Bamboo ~ from Songs of the Traveling [...]
The Wood Brothers was one of the first bands outside of 'Texas Music' that i really enjoyed hearing. They are Oliver and Chris Wood, two brothers that bring together two different styles to create some of the most soulful blues/folk music. They grew up in Boulder, CO but split ways to follow their own musical tastes. Oliver took his jazzy guitar to Atlanta and helped form King Johnson, a relatively successful southern rock band. Chris headed north to Manhattan playing stand-up bass in Medeski Martin & [...]
and a light shines on my land i no longer look for heaven in your deathly, distant land i do not want your pearly gates don't want your streets of gold This mornin' i was born again and a light shines on my soul This mornin' i was born again, i was born again complete i stood up above my troubles and i stand on my two feet My hand it feels unlimited, my body feels like the sky i feel at home in the universe where yonder planets fly This mornin' i was born again, [...]
As i mentioned in a previous post, i use the Hype Machine ( http://www.hypem.com/ ) to find, and listen to, a lot of music. It's an amazing site, but you can't find everything on there. It seems that a few a my favorite artists cannot be found in the blog world. But now that i have my own blog, i can change all that. And maybe in the process - turn some people on to some great musicians they may not know about. First order [...]
Here is the second post from my myspace blog. ------------------------------ ----------------------- originally posted on January 13th, 2008 @ 3:42pm Top 10 Songs of 2007 we will continue without too much rambling..... you'll notice a lot of these songs of the year come from my albums of the year, but i planned it so i wouldn't duplicate any of the songs........you're welcome for the free music - but do yourself (and the artists) a favor and go out and pick em up. [...]
Ok, so first post....... i started blogging on my myspace page to try it out. i made a couple of 'Best Of 2007' posts and really enjoyed it, so i decided to move it over to this site. Here are the original posts. ______________________________ ____________________ -originally posted on January 12th, 2008 @ 11:57pm so i've been thinkin a lot lately about starting a music blog since i spend about 90 percent of my time on the internet reading them. for those that may not know these are blogs where [...]
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