The passing of Chicago-born jazz/folk guitarist and songwriter Terry Callier on 27 October at the age of 67 left a hole in the soul of those whom his music touched. Continue Reading...
I can't sit down and relay to anyone the hours I've spent torturing myself as a songwriter struggling to deliver what so many colleagues and contemporaries of mine seem to deliver naturally. Continue Reading...
One of the two or three best acts I got to see at Bonnaroo 2011 was an early-in-the-day performance from the disarmingly wonderful and completely understated Sharon Van Etten. Continue Reading...
New York City is pretty much already the definition of sensory overload, all by itself, on a random Tuesday, in the middle of nothing, when half of the city calls in sick. So when it's time for the annual cluster-you-know-what known as the CMJ Music Marathon? If I were Johnny-Five, my circuits would have shorted. Lucky for you, I just eeked by in the "living to tell about it" category, so I here I am, living. And telling you about it! In no particular order, I present to you: my favorite finds from CMJ 2011.
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Last weekend, after weeks and months of ignoring some band I kept getting emails about from Lafayette, LA named GIVERS, I came face to face with them at the Hi-Tone in Memphis for the Grammy GPS showcase & panels. I had planned to hang out for Cities Aviv and then go home, but once they took to the stage, I became completely engaged with what was happening in front of me. Continue Reading...
It's like The Tallest Man on Earth, Mumford and Sons and The Avett Brothers had a blissed-out, stripped-down baby. And that baby was called Saintseneca. And the baby was good.
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Adding to the plethora of new music I've heard recently, I'm thrilled to have discovered one of Australia's seemingly best-kept secrets The Sea Thieves. Continue Reading...
The 2011 'Album of the Year' contest continues to heat up with Fleet Foxes' highly-anticipated, wistful song collection Helplessness Blues which is out May 3rd from Sub Pop. Continue Reading...
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