Video: Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing

I was super super vibed to find out that Ray LaMontagne was performing on Saturday Night Live tonight. So vibed in fact that I am delaying my trip to the pub to watch his first performance. The American folk artist has been one of my favorites since I heard his ridiculously cool/inspiring background story. It is reported that LaMontagne was working in a shoe factory in Lewinston, Maine when he was awoken one morning by the Stephen Stills ' song Treetop Flyer. After purchasing the album, LaMontagne decided to quit his job and pursue a career in [...]

Ray LaMontagne reached new sales highs this week with his much lauded album 'Gossip In The Grain' debuting at #3 on Billboard Charts selling 60,476 albums. LaMontagne's previous best came on the his last album 'Until The Sun Turns Black' with a #28 ranking and 28,000 copies sold this represents an increase of over 115%. Gossip In The Grain on amazon.com Gossip in the Grain on amazon.co.uk The album was the [...]

It's an excellent week for the singer/songwriter type... Yeah, you already are thinking about the new Ray LaMontagne aren't ya? Those horns almost sounded....happy?!? Say it ain't so! Let's hit the jump to talk about this new release and more... Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain Ray's "Jolene" from his debut album remains one of my all-time favorite sad songs - there aren't many better opening lines than "cocaine flame in my bloodstream" [...]

It would maybe be unfair to Ray LaMontagne if the last image you had of the man was making vaguely embarrassing pickup lines in Meg White's general direction (to recap: "Baby you're the bomb. Oh Jack is great, don't get me wrong. But this is your song,"), so why not take a listen to Lewiston Maine's answer to Jack Johnson in a more " Crazy ," horn-y, and "soulful" mode via "You Are The Best Thing." The songs's from Gossip In The Grain . That title has nothing to do with Beth Ditto.

Ray LaMontagne returns with his third release Gossip in the Grain next month, and it sounds like another solid piece of R&B with his first single, "You Are the Best Thing." Horns, and his killer voice are all over this...

Ray… I missed you