2009 the Year in Music Welcome! You have just found one of the most exhaustive and well-considered lists of quality, new music available in 2009. We don't promise to have everything that's out there but what is comes in one easy-to-digest package ! Read on below: Ultimately, we consider this to be an A-Z shopping list (we have great confidence that any and all of these belong in your permanent collection) is a reflection of [...]
Known for their reverent online community and dedicated circulation of live shows , The Mother Hips are a band I grew up hearing whispers of their greatness. Indeed, the Hips are not new kids on the block of Americana and alt-country. If you're a first time listener as I was until earlier this year, I would recommend them to those that enjoy the early output of bands like Son Volt , Black Crowes , and Widespread Panic's eponymous album. The Mother Hips released a brand new album [...]
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows (Hardcover) ~ Neal Casal (Photographer), Ryan Adams (Introduction), Phil Lesh (Afterword) (via Amazon.com) Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows reveals an unprecedented, intimate look at Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals through the evocative photography of lead guitarist, Neal Casal. An intensely personal collection of 200 photographs, Casal has captured the exhilaration of the stage and studio while sometimes exposing the solitary aspects of the creative process and life on the road. With an introduction [...]
Chris Feinstein w/ the Cardinals @ Wellmont Theatre ( more by Tim Griffin ) Bassist Chris Feinstein has passed away. While details remain scant, it is believed he passed away at his Manhattan home in the early hours of Monday morning. He was 42. Feinstein was most recently known for his role in Ryan Adams & The Cardinals which he joined in 2006, replacing original bassist Catherine Popper. As a member of the Cardinals, Feinstein appeared on Adams' releases Easy Tiger , Follow the Lights and [...]
Chris Feinstein w/ the Cardinals @ Wellmont Theatre ( more by Tim Griffin ) Bassist Chris Feinstein has passed away. While details remain scant, it is believed he passed away at his Manhattan home in the early hours of Monday morning. He was 42. Feinstein was most recently known for his role in Ryan Adams & The Cardinals which he joined in 2006, replacing original bassist Catherine Popper. As a member of the Cardinals, Feinstein appeared on Adams' releases Easy Tiger , Follow the Lights and [...]
New Recordings 28/10/2009 David Ford - Rescue Rooms Nottingham 20/10/2009 AA Bondy - Academy 3 Manchester 17/10/2009 Richard Hawley - Philharmonic Hall Liverpool 11/10/2009 Richard Hawley - Albert Hall Nottingham 24/09/2009 Otis Gibbs - The Maze Nottingham 24/09/2009 Chuck Prophet - The Maze Nottingham 16/09/2009 Richmond Fontaine - Academy 3 Manchester 16/09/2009 Al James - Academy 3 Manchester 13/09/2009 Josh Ritter - Bridgewater Hall Manchester 12/09/2009 Ray Lamontagne - City Hall Sheffield 10/09/2009 Okkervil River - The Rescue Rooms Nottingham 07/09/2009 Josh Ritter - Brudenell Social Club Leeds 06/09/2009 The Low Anthem - The Deaf Institute Manchester 04/09/2009 [...]
TUNE IN Today For The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erasure, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Visqueen, New Order, Zero 7, The Jim Carroll Band, Neal Casal, Sad Day For Puppets, Wonderful Allstars, Julian Cope, Kinky, Flashguns, The Hold Steady, Arctic Monkeys and 111 more!
TUNE IN Today For Wire, School Of Seven Bells, Neal Casal, The Checks, Kasabian, Julian Casablancas, Detachments, Lissy Trullie, Camera Obscura, The Sounds, Visqueen, Howard Devoto, Bloc Party, The Monolators, Erin McKeown, Miracle Fortress, The Cribs and 109 more!
What Sin Replaces Love? Love is gone. There's a hole where it used to be. What is the quickest way to fill it? That's what Ryan Adams asks in one of his most epic songs. And he wants to know RIGHT fucking NOW. The answer he inevitably settles on seems to be murder. He wants to "kick love right in its gut; beat it and leave it for dead." It shouldn't come as a surprise that 'What Sin...' was never officially [...]
New Recordings 24/09/2009 Chuck Prophet - The Maze Nottingham 16/09/2009 Richmond Fontaine - Academy 3 Manchester 16/09/2009 Al James - Academy 3 Manchester 13/09/2009 Josh Ritter - Bridgewater Hall Manchester 12/09/2009 Ray Lamontagne - City Hall Sheffield 10/09/2009 Okkervil River - The Rescue Rooms Nottingham 07/09/2009 Josh Ritter - Brudenell Social Club Leeds 06/09/2009 The Low Anthem - The Deaf Institute Manchester 04/09/2009 Okkervil River - Club Academy Manchester 23/07/2009 Hot Club Of Cowtown - Academy 3 Manchester 17/07/2009 Derek Trucks Band - Academy 2 Birmingham 23/06/2009 [...]
What's Old Is New Again - Ryan Adams and The Cardinals were very much still a band a year ago . This performance was recorded live on Late Night with David Letterman on November 29, 2008. Watch for co-vocals by RSL favorite artist Neal Casal, the backbone of the Cardinals who now has a brilliant 2009 solo album called, " Roots + Wings " Here we see Adams and Casal together - this time on the UK's Black Cab [...]
What's Old Is New Again - Ryan Adams and The Cardinals were very much still a band a year ago . This performance was recorded live on Late Night with David Letterman on November 29, 2008. Watch for co-vocals by RSL favorite artist Neal Casal, the backbone of the Cardinals who now has a brilliant 2009 solo album called, " Roots + Wings " Here we see Adams and Casal together - this time on the UK's Black Cab [...]
Recent Shows Hot Club of Cowtown @ Academy 3 Manchester 2009-07-23 Derek Trucks Band @ Academy 2 Birmingham 2009-07-17 Jason Isbell @ The Maze Nottingham 2009-06-23 Jerzey Street Band @ Academy 3 Manchester 2009-06-17 Past Shows Neal Casal @ Academy Manchester 2006-09-28 Jason Mraz @ Academy Manchester 2006-05-22 Ben Kweller @ Barfly Birmingham 2006-11-18 Ray Lamontagne @ Academy 2 Manchester 2005-05-04 Elvis Perkins In Dearland @ Rescue Rooms Nottingham 2007-05-12
Website Myspace By September 2006 Neal Casal had put his career as a solo artist on hold while he made up one-fifth of Ryan Adams backing group, The Cardinals. In various blogs Adams had talked about wanting to move out of the spotlight and form part of a songwriting team with Casal and his fellow Cardinals. Under commercial pressure from his record company, Lost Highway, this never came to fruition, and Casal became limited to leading 1 or 2 of his own compositions in [...]
I'll be putting up another Past shows later this coming week, Neal Casal in a support slot for Ryan Adams. I'll be seeing Lucinda Williams next week, however there seems to be some confusion over her taping policy, so i'll be holding back on posting until i can clarify. August is pretty quiet in the UK for gigs, except for the festival scene, so there will be a hiatus in posting new shows, however i'll keep the site ticking over with a few old shows. In September & October I have plenty of taper friendly shows lined up, [...]
Leeroy Stagger Everything Is Real Boompa Records [2009] Fire Note Says: Brand new band, Brand new record and a Brand new outlook on life = Stagger connects the dots to make it all work! Album Review: Canadian singer/songwriter Leeroy Stagger falls into that Springsteen/Petty/Adams type of roots rocker that has just a bit of twang, just a bit of a drawl and just enough rock. On his fourth record, [...]
BEST NEW ALBUMS FROM 2009 RSL Album Buyer's Guide - 2009 Volume I Welcome! You have just found one of the most exhaustive and well-considered lists of quality, new music available in 2009. We don't promise to have everything that's out there but what is comes in one easy-to-digest package ! Read on below: there's an mp3 or video from each of [...]
BEST NEW ALBUMS FROM 2009 The RSL Album Buyer's Guide - 2009 Volume I Welcome! You have just found one of the most exhaustive and well-considered lists of quality, new music available in 2009. We don't promise to have everything that's out there but what this is in one easy-to-digest package. Here's an mp3 or video from each of the best music projects RSL has come across in 2009. [...]
The Canadian label Boompa Records has released the latest record from Leeroy Stagger . His name itself conjures up southern fried rock, Dukes of Hazzard, and gumbo don't you think? His music though is pretty straight ahead roots rock. But it's solid stuff. His song "Petrified World" off the new record Everything Is Real is filled with plenty of clever lines about life on the road as a traveling indie musician. Everything Is Real features guest musicians and singers like Tim Easton, Neal Casal, and Evan Phillips (The [...]
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