I love eastmountainsouth! Epic CD. I just wish they were still together.

Nice new "gets" everyone!
J

I Don't Think There's No Need To Bring Nothin' - Linford !!!!!

Until - Swan Dive

The Sugar Tree - Amy Rigby

I was just given an advanced copy of the new Kelly Clarkson album... gotta say its good.. but it took more than one listen to get me there.. definitely a very raw emotional album for her......

she does have a strong voice, and as "pop" hits go, that one song she had a year or so was pretty good.

but, fair or not, i don't know if i could ever get over the fact that she was the girl that won that music game show.

speaking of 'pop' and hip-pop....

this is my brother-in-law... most of his stuff I simply cant get into..though I had to grudgingly admit the track he has called 'My Show' (as in... how silly it is to have gameshows to generate music...') is, if nothing else, sonic entertainment. The stream I suppose doesnt help it much, it sounds cruddy.

http://www.myspace.com/jaysinnow

I know the feeling.. I didnt' get into her until last year for that very same reason.. then I gave her cd a shot and liked what i heard... the new cd is more rock influenced.. and a far cry from either of her last two cds....

Well, she actually wrote (or co-wrote, at least...you can read into that any way you want) most of her new CD...so we'll see how it does vs. the Max Martin generated stuff she did a couple years ago. She had a couple of good pop songs, but those songs didn't really have anything to do with her beyond her lead vocal. The fall of pop stars seems to happen when they start trying to take over creatively, so we'll see if she does any better.

Well, apparently Kelly's tour is now canceled, before the album has even dropped.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003599110


Clarkson may have made a "raw, emotional album" that may take a few listens to "get," but I have a feeling the majority of her audience isn't the type that will bother with repeated listens of a "challenging" album. She can compare her album to Nebraska all she wants (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20038840_20038841_20038857_4,00.html) but Springsteen's pre-Born In The USA audience is a lot different than Clarkson's manufactured popularity.

I feel kind of bad for her, I think this whole idea of trying to be taken seriously and take control of her music is going to backfire...but on the other hand, she's trying to create the kind of musical credibility in one album that one only gets through long-term artistic growth and paying your dues by playing bars and clubs and honing your writing for several years before you get your "break." I feel bad for her, but at the same time, really kind of think she has it coming, for being someone who used a crappy TV show to skip the years and years of hard work real musicians have to do to "make it."

Tunng - Comments of the inner Chorus. "folktronica'.. for lack of a better term...
Im finding it very cool, so I ordered 'Mothers Daughter' too.
reminds me a little of Psapp, sorta. Laid back, smart... interesting.


Amy Rigby 'Little Fugitive'. Think Mary Prankster meets Liz Phair.


Kris Delmhorst 'Five Stories'. I loved Strange conversation, so looking forward to this...

Amy Rigby @#$%-ing rocks!

Yeah... shes funny. But "Needy Men", "Girls Got it Bad"... "The Trouble with Jeanie"... its a little heavy on the lilith fair chick rock thing.

I must admit though... "I dont want to Talk about Love No More", "Dancing with Joey Ramone" and a couple other tracks are great.... Im definitely going to try some of her other CDs.... suggestions?

ammunition - tim easton

"ammunition - tim easton"

I've been digging this myself. Not a bad CD.

Well ... that's a little hard to answer because we have all of hers, but if you want a really good overview of her first three cds, pick up 18 again which is a compilation of songs from them with a fantastic bonus track called "Keep It To Yourself." Her third cd, The Sugar Tree, was produced in Nashville and is more country than the others (BTW, this was produced by Brad Jones and Mickey Grimm plays on it). On Til the Wheels Fall Off, she sings the title track with Todd Snider, as well as "Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex, Again?" You can't really go too wrong with any of them.

bought this last night. first listen. whoa. it's good. very good.

Got Xavier Rudds new cd White Moth yesterday. Rudd fans will enjoy this.



also - Update on Delmhorsts 'Five Stories'... its good. After just one listen, I think I like it better than 'Strange Conversation'. (Well once you get past that one hoedown banjo laden track... shudder....)

Good Grief. How is it that a guy like this has completely evaded my notice... a dozen+ albums spanning 30+ years... known for songwriting and 'supurb' guitar playing.

(shaking head)...... so much music....... so little time.....

-Steve


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*LAUGH*

OK....the first sample I hear of this guy sounds like Gordon Lightfoot singing a cover of Britney Spears 'Oops I did it again'. I'll have to give this guy a more serious review after I change my pants. I think I pee'd myself laughing. Dont get defensive there folks.... that was just too funny.

Icky Thump - White Stripes ... This rawks!!!!!

you might wanna know the back story on that (and a "1000 years of popular music") before you get all judgmental. then listen to his (w/fairport convention, former wife linda, solo and with band) body of work.

If you don't mind dropping some serious money to investigate Richard, you couldn't find a better overview of his work than this: RT: The Live and Music of Richard Thompson. The sound quality can vary, but what a treasure!

also, besides his more serious work, thompson is known for his wit, both in his live performances and in a few of his songs. "i agree with pat matheney" (and "dear janet jackson" too) is a great example, it's written about kenny g deciding to dub himself into a duet w/one of RT's heroes, louis armstrong. and it's hilarious...

"before you get all judgmental"

judgemental? oh puh-lease. Lighten up. You need to re-read (slowly) my comment that said dont get all defensive.... I figured you would be the one to stand up and get all righteously indignant... sheesh.

later,

S

love the selective quoting; "you might wanna know the back story on that (and a "1000 years of popular music") before you get all judgmental" is very different than saying "before you get all judgmental."

"righteously indignant"* indeed. :::sheesh::: but, whatever.

*just returning the selective quoting

<flame suit>

Richard Thompson is amazing.

People who make fun of his voice are the same types that would ridicule Dylan, methinks.

</flame suit>


i just bought KT: I Feel Like A Fading Light with the summer t-shirt dealio.

hoo!

People dont talk to me no more.

hey now... lets leave Dylan out of this. Thats "Mr. Dylan" to you there buckaroo..

phffft.

I'm sure I'm the only one here who cares, but....




5 Genesis albums from 1976-1982 newly remixed and remastered, plus 5.1 mixes and a 6th disc of all the non-album tracks from the era. Kind of pricey on Amazon, but BestBuy's website had a sale for $49.99, and at that point I couldn't resist.

The new stereo mixes are amazing, I'm hearing things I never heard before, and on my favorite Genesis album, A Trick Of The Tail, the vocals are much more prominent than they were on the original mix, making it sound much stronger. There's a lot of other little nuances I'm noticing now, even though I've heard these albums hundreds of times. Good stuff.

Unfortunately I still have nothing to play the 5.1 stuff on...hopefully someday. I'm amassing a pretty good collection of SACD's and DVD-A's that I can't yet play...Dylan, Genesis, early Elton, Derek & The Dominoes, NIN...I wish the labels were actually interested in hi-res audio, even if it's just a cult thing.

I don't know about caring, but I love Genesis' recordings from From Genesis To Revelation through The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (probably explains why I own all of Peter Gabriel's recordings).

Dude, you've only just begun... Richard Thompson is stellar, but while your in the neighborhood, you need to stop by and listen to some of these guys as well:

John Martyn, Bruce Cockburn, Martin Sexton, Joseph Martyn (Folk Rock Jazz Blues Acoustic great music)

Tommy Immanuel, Norman Brown, Paul Brown, Peter White, Pat Metheny (Jazz Acoustic)

Peter Mulvey, John Gorka, David Wilcox, Greg Brown, Dave Alvin (Folk)

Mark Heard, Phil Keaggy (Christian Acoustic)

Kelly Joe Phelps, Keb' Mo' (Blues Acoustic)

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Beatin' the Heat
Subdudes - Behind the Levee

Not to mention the traditional fare...Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffett, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, Ry Cooder, Acoustic Alchemy, etc, etc.

Just purchased Megan Mullally (and the Supreme Music Program) cds Big as a Berry and The Sweetheart Break-In.... both are pretty amazing....

for anyone considering and/or looking forward to this tomorrow today!

ear x-tacy is offering this and according to "lost highway records" it will be available in limited quantities at participating independent record stores:

Ryan Adams
Easy Tiger
FREE Exclusive Live DVD or a Limited Edition Ryan Adams poster with purchase! While supplies last.


1 Goodnight Rose
2 Two
3 Everybody Knows
4 Halloween Head
5 Two Hearts
6 Tears Of Gold
7 Sun Also Sets, The
8 Off Broadway
9 Rip Off
10 Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
11 Pearls On A String
12 These Girls
13 I Taught Myself How To Grow Old

yeah yeah yeah... I know you like to rattle off 25 names just to get me rolling...

Cockburn - just got Dancing in the Dragons Jaws, which includes one of my hands down favorite songs of all time... Wondering where the Lions are. I've only sampled his stuff though and I have never really gotten into him. If I had a Rocket Launcher? meh. no real interest. I'll give this CD my first honest listen to Bruce though... we will see... his music *should* be right up my alley.

Keaggy - Im not into the christian rock thing, but I have his instrumental CD Roundabout which is fantastic, I love it. Keb Mo I have a few singles from, but have yet to listem to him too.

Van Morrison, Buffett... always favorites.

The others... sheesh. I dunno. I've purchased and have listened to about 150 CD's in the last year... and for me - Im about maxed out at that rate. I'm getting that burned out feeling so I think I need to ease up and just enjoy some of it for a couple of months... Thanks for the leads.... Once a name has been thrown at me, Im usually unable to stop myself from testing...

In addition, don't forget:

Ben Harper (pick a genre, he can play it)
Will Kimbrough (great all-around "Americana" guitarist that can play any style you can think of)
Anything with Mike Campbell (Tom Petty's lead guitarist) playing on it

Jeffery Foucault (a buddy of Peter Mulvey in Redbird)
Buddy Miller (hard country of the best kind)
Joni Mitchell (holy mackerel!)
Gurf Morlix (Lucinda's guitarist up thru Car Wheels)
Doug Pettibone (Lucinda's guitarist starting with World Without Tears)
Pierce Pettis (folk ... plays with metal fingerpicks like a banjo player ... fantastic)
Tony Rice (the Eddie Van Halen of bluegrass)
Jason Wilber (John Prine's guitarist for the last ten years and a great songwriter in his own right)

I just started listening to Cockburn in earnest, a couple years back, and, as a guitarist, he blows me away every bit as much as Richard does. I have found that you do have to be a little choosy about his catalog, though. My favorites that I've picked up, so far, include The Charity of Night, Breakfast In New Orleans Dinner In Timbuktu, You've Never Seen Everything, and Life Short Call Now.

what? no mention of jorma kaukonen?

or david bromberg?

"jorma kaukonen"

hey. The name alone is worth looking into I would say...

here are some of my gets today, a couple in the mail, one at the store


Kendel Carson- Rearview Mirror Tears
slow to mid tempo country rock, most songs written by Chip Taylor, who plays and
also sings background vocals along with Carrie Rodriguez throughout.
And Kendel is a fiddle player.


Amy Raasch- Love and Inertia


Suzy Callahan- Freedom Party for the Insects

the new wilco, sky blue sky. it's ok. shoulda picked up feist or ryan adams.

Ugh...I've tried to get through it 3 or 4 different times, and it's soooo boring. Individually there's a few good songs on it, but it's the musical equivalent of a bottle of ambien. Jeff Tweedy needs to a) stop being a pretentious indie rock guy and b) drink a case of red bull before going into the studio again.


Becky turned me on to Feist. I quite like her new album...have to get around to listening to some of her old stuff though.

Went to Nashville yesterday to see Jonell Mosser at the Bluebird, last night (our fifth show and counting - fantastic show!), as well as the Chinese art exhibit at the Frist, and picked up the following at Grimey's and The Great Escape:

High Winds Night Sky - Bruce Cockburn

Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell ... have started listening to this.

Dead Letter Office - REM ... had a cassette of this for years that I eventually got rid of. glad to have it back. worth it just for the Pylon and Velvet Underground covers.

Viva Satellite - Todd Snider ... this really is the album Tom Petty never made (with Todd's own lyrical bent, intact)!

June - Swan Dive ... can't wait to hear this! 'love Until.

Miles Away - Gina Villalobos ... remember when folks kept getting tagged as the new Dylan? this gal IS the new Lucinda!

The Ringing Bell - Derek Webb

Just got my SACD-remastered version of Bob Dylan's Street Legal...not his best album (although not his worst) but as with the other hybrid-SACD remasters, the remastered sound is immaculate. Sadly I don't think they're going to give the rest of his catalog the same treatment beyond the 15 discs that were reissued in 2003.

I just bought Sara Bareilles new CD Little Voice... and let me tell you.. it is NOT little... this girl is incredible!!!! and her live shows are amazing.... I think she could def be an opening act for OtR and blend in perfectly with the magic she brings with her music.



http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=15637801

...she doesnt sound 1/2 bad actually... kinda poppy, but nice.

got these in the mail yesterday


rather karin-like vocals, piano based, not bad


rootsy, a very nice album, sounds like Be Good Tanyas/ Jolie Holland/even Gillian Welch.
this is her first full length


Eilen Jewell's newest one- has a more full band sound than her first one.
There's a one page article on her in the latest issue of No Depression magazine.

check out her website... more of a jazzy acoustic sound from her live shows... incredible stuff.....

Eilen Jewell is soooo good... she reminds me of a peppy -big band Norah Jones

Found these 2 LP's for 60 cents each at the little Catholic thrift shop, which has a very small selection of LP's:

Leonard Cohen
- Songs from a Room (1969)

John McCormack
- Sings Irish Songs (1958*) Long Playing record, RCA Camden, NJ
* 14 recordings from 1911 - 1927. Most of these songs are from what is considered his "acoustic era", the pre-1925 period.
Here is a biography of this great Irish tenor, who was born in Athlone, Ireland on June 14, 1884. After winning a song contest in 1905, he went to Italy, studied under maestro Sabbatini, and made his debut in Savona in 1906. He made his debut at the Manhattan Opera House in NYC in Traviata in 1909. The greater part of his career was made as a concert singer and story teller through his singing of Irish songs.

John McCormack - read more

got this dvd in the mail last week, its very good. An Evening with Ellery.
it was recorded in Covington, KY in March at the Carnegie Performing Arts Center



you can order it HERE

plus got the new CD single from Iron and Wine- Boy With a Coin
which has one song from the new album coming in late September and 2 b-sides


and this one from The Ladybug Transistor

from Amazon:

Psychedelia Vols I & II........cool anthology of the coolest new psyc bands out there....