Video: Ryan Adams - Dirty Rain (In Studio Acoustic Version)

Album #24: Watch The Throne by Jay-Z & Kanye West This record is BIG beyond belief and it's totally out of step with the reality of 2011. In fact, it kind of reminds me of Oasis's cocaine-overblown Be Here Now . However, Jay-Z and Kanye know how to cleverly manipulate samples and create giant hooks making Watch The Throne the musical fun park of 2011. And when your opening track contains a groove as darkly infectious as No Church In The Wild you go a long way in convincing [...]

One thing that sets 1146 apart from other music blogs is the personal nature of many posts. We love writing about how we connect to the songs we're sharing, and in fact, that's why I'm here right now.  The tour I'm about to go on is bringing me to a few old haunts, and until I heard this Ryan Adams song this morning, it hadn't occurred to me how I might react when I'm back. "Last time I was hear I was raining, it ain't raining anymore." I left a lot of things behind in [...]

Someone wise once told me that most great country singers are really just soul singers. I'm not sure whether Ryan Adams even counts as a country singer anymore; he's spent the past decade or so slip-sliding into the L.A. rock-pro universe. But he's definitely a soul singer, especially on his new one Ashes & Fire . His singing voice, as strong and confident as it's ever been, stands as the number-one reasons why Ashes & Fire is worth your time. It's a gorgeous instrument, hushed and intimate even when it's projecting with full-on back-of-the-room power. [...]

After months of being teased with in-studio performances of new tracks from his forthcoming thirteenth studio album, Ryan Adams has delighted fans by announcing a full streaming of the record online. Ashes and Fire , due to drop on 10th October, is Adams' most soulful and sparse album yet. Brimming with beautiful melodies, hushed tones and utterly gorgeous lyrics, this stripped back affair is a truly lush addition to the singer-songwriter's extensive back catalogue and was well worth waiting for. [...]

October 11th marks the day that Ryan Adams will release his long awaited album Ashes & Fire . He has just released four tracks for preview video stream and video and, although The Cardinals are not with him this go 'round, I think it's safe to say this album will be a great one. Judge for yourself. The videos are acoustic studio versions and the soundcloud streams are album cuts. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire Ryan Adams - Dirty Rain Ryan Adams - Lucky Now [...]

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Preview Ryan Adams' forthcoming LP Ashes & Fire .

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Watch 'Dirty Rain' below. Ryan Adams recently performed on WNYC. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Ryan Adams - Thank You Louise (Live)