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keith from ny

May 9 2008, 11:33 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ May 9 2008, 09:24 PM)

after the first pass, i'd say it's prob the best thing i've bought so far this year.

thanks much for bringing this up brian, stevie's pretty much been off my radar since "arc of a diver" (which is older than most people that post on this board) and i would've completely missed it. and i'm glad i didn't!

You missed Back in the High Life?? That was one of the few non-classical CDs I bought during the 80s.

Guess I'll have to check out the new one!

morninguy

May 10 2008, 04:22 PM

QUOTE

You missed Back in the High Life?? That was one of the few non-classical CDs I bought during the 80s.

A really good...great record all the way through with one of my alltime favorite songs, a collaboration w/ Joe Walsh called Split Decision

bivester

May 10 2008, 04:32 PM

QUOTE (keith from ny @ May 10 2008, 12:33 AM)

QUOTE (bivester @ May 9 2008, 09:24 PM)

after the first pass, i'd say it's prob the best thing i've bought so far this year.

thanks much for bringing this up brian, stevie's pretty much been off my radar since "arc of a diver" (which is older than most people that post on this board) and i would've completely missed it. and i'm glad i didn't!

You missed Back in the High Life?? That was one of the few non-classical CDs I bought during the 80s.

Guess I'll have to check out the new one!

see how much he's been off my radar? yes, i have that, i guess that's what i was thinking of. yeah, "arc" was his comeback, "high life" was the follow up and a better record, even tho the popularity of "higher love" (and his attempts to repeat it) are probably what turned me off to him.

the new on is great keith, very "traffic-ish."

morninguy

May 10 2008, 04:57 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ May 10 2008, 05:32 PM)

QUOTE (keith from ny @ May 10 2008, 12:33 AM)

QUOTE (bivester @ May 9 2008, 09:24 PM)

after the first pass, i'd say it's prob the best thing i've bought so far this year.

thanks much for bringing this up brian, stevie's pretty much been off my radar since "arc of a diver" (which is older than most people that post on this board) and i would've completely missed it. and i'm glad i didn't!

You missed Back in the High Life?? That was one of the few non-classical CDs I bought during the 80s.

Guess I'll have to check out the new one!

see how much he's ben off my radar? yes, i have that, i guess that's what i was thinking of. yeah, "arc" was his comeback, "high life" was the follow up.

the new on is great keith, very "traffic-ish."

There was at least 1(Talking Back To The Night) , maybe a couple between Arc & High Life

bivester

May 10 2008, 05:50 PM

QUOTE (morninguy @ May 10 2008, 05:57 PM)

There was at least 1(Talking Back To The Night) , maybe a couple between Arc & High Life

you are correct. i missed "talking back"

ROLL WITH IT
(1988)
Virgin V 2352
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CHRONICLES (Compilation)
(1987)
Island SSW 1
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BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE
(1986)
(US: WB 925448-1 and
UK: ISLAND ILPS 9844)
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TALKING BACK TO THE NIGHT
(1982)
Island ILPS 9777
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ARC OF A DIVER
(1980)
Island ILPS 9576
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STEVE WINWOOD
(1977)
Island ILPS 9494

legend has it that "john barleycorn must die" (one of my favorite records ever), back in 1970 was slated to be his first solo effort but he ended up bringing in capaldi and wood at the last minute and releasing it as a traffic album.

morninguy

May 14 2008, 08:38 PM

Bill, check out About Time from a few years ago

WalrusOct9

May 14 2008, 09:16 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ May 10 2008, 05:50 PM)

legend has it that "john barleycorn must die" (one of my favorite records ever), back in 1970 was slated to be his first solo effort but he ended up bringing in capaldi and wood at the last minute and releasing it as a traffic album.

I just got that on vinyl a couple weeks ago...haven't gotten around to listening to it yet though. I'm familiar with most of Traffic's well known stuff and their live LP, but haven't gotten much beyond that (yet).

bivester

May 14 2008, 09:33 PM

QUOTE (WalrusOct9 @ May 14 2008, 10:16 PM)

QUOTE (bivester @ May 10 2008, 05:50 PM)

legend has it that "john barleycorn must die" (one of my favorite records ever), back in 1970 was slated to be his first solo effort but he ended up bringing in capaldi and wood at the last minute and releasing it as a traffic album.

I just got that on vinyl a couple weeks ago...haven't gotten around to listening to it yet though. I'm familiar with most of Traffic's well known stuff and their live LP, but haven't gotten much beyond that (yet).

do listen. amazing record.

coldteablues

May 17 2008, 08:31 PM

First #1 album for Diamond. He's also the OLDEST artist to reach #1 at 67 edging out Dylan. Dylan was around 63 when his last album went to #1 (his one and only #1 as well I do believe).

Cher

paintedturtlegirl

May 18 2008, 06:50 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ May 14 2008, 10:33 PM)

QUOTE (WalrusOct9 @ May 14 2008, 10:16 PM)

QUOTE (bivester @ May 10 2008, 05:50 PM)

legend has it that "john barleycorn must die" (one of my favorite records ever), back in 1970 was slated to be his first solo effort but he ended up bringing in capaldi and wood at the last minute and releasing it as a traffic album.

I just got that on vinyl a couple weeks ago...haven't gotten around to listening to it yet though. I'm familiar with most of Traffic's well known stuff and their live LP, but haven't gotten much beyond that (yet).

do listen. amazing record.

Ah, yes, I have a vinyl John Barleycorn Must Die and have to agree it remains a favorite in my collection. Can't believe I forgot to pick up Steve's new one today when I was over at the CD shop in town. I did, however, purchase Elvis Costello and the Imposter's new CD, Momofuku. Listened to the first few songs and am liking it so far.

GhostWriter

May 18 2008, 08:34 PM

QUOTE (coldteablues @ May 17 2008, 09:31 PM)

First #1 album for Diamond. He's also the OLDEST artist to reach #1 at 67 edging out Dylan. Dylan was around 63 when his last album went to #1 (his one and only #1 as well I do believe).

Cher

Looking forward to hearing this Cher. A great cover article on Neil in this month's Performing Songwriter.

bornagain

May 26 2008, 12:15 AM

QUOTE (keith from ny @ May 9 2008, 11:27 PM)

This is one very sweet record!

Unfortunately it's only available as an import, at least for now.

I am thrilled to hear that Kasey is returning to her country roots. After Wayward Angel, I didn't even bother picking up Carnival. I loved her first two albums!

bornagain

May 26 2008, 12:27 AM

came thru nashvegas today on the way back from KY and picked up the following on our way thru town:

Hollywood Town Hall - the Jayhawks ... thanks jayhawks fans! this is great!

just us kids - James McMurtry ... haven't got to listen to this, yet, but heard Cheney's Toy on his myspace page and thought, 'i think we've got a winner, here.'

Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon ... made it thru most of this, this evenng - wow!

i see things upside down - Derek Webb ... excellent, as always (and paul moak plays on it, too)

morninguy

May 26 2008, 06:27 AM

QUOTE (coldteablues @ May 17 2008, 09:31 PM)

First #1 album for Diamond. He's also the OLDEST artist to reach #1 at 67 edging out Dylan. Dylan was around 63 when his last album went to #1 (his one and only #1 as well I do believe).

Cher

Dylan's had several # 1 albums (Planet Waves, Blood On The Tracks, Desire) but Modern Times is the first of his to debut at # 1

ahiva80

Jun 2 2008, 09:47 PM

the weepies......hideaway.love it!!

coldteablues

Jun 5 2008, 07:47 PM

The Raconteurs - Consolers Of the Lonely

Cher

bivester

Jun 12 2008, 05:11 PM

this releases june 24th, but last night he said i've got about 20 on the bus, so i'm gonna sell 'em. i got one.

it's a brilliant folk-tinged alt-country punk pop rock 'n roll record.

and

just a beautiful record. this kid (from louisville) is amazing. simply an amazing artist/talent.

"a few honest words" & his cover of "a change is gonna come" alone are worth the price of the disc.

you can hear a stream of it @ http://bensollee.com/, do yourself a favor and have a listen.

keith from ny

Jun 12 2008, 06:20 PM

QUOTE (bornagain @ May 26 2008, 01:15 AM)

I am thrilled to hear that Kasey is returning to her country roots. After Wayward Angel, I didn't even bother picking up Carnival. I loved her first two albums!

I would consider Wayward Angel just as country as her first two CDs myself. You might want to give that one another chance, IMO it's really a beautiful album. Carnival was definitely a big departure, I like most of it but I know a lot of Kasey fans who don't.

bornagain

Jun 15 2008, 08:09 PM

received for father's day:

The Good Life - Justin Townes Earle ... this is really good (though brief)!

Delta Momma Blues - Townes Van Zandt ... as is this.

kent

Jun 17 2008, 11:20 AM

after not getting any new music for a month (seriously), i got around the getting these the past few weeks

Ben Sollee- Learning to Bend
a rather nice album, as I went into this one without having heard anything
by him before, but went on recommendations here

Aimee Mann- @#%&*! Smilers
Typical Aimee fare, which I like a lot. There are no electric guitars on the album or in concert,
but lots of keyboards. An album I like but really isn't much different than her previous works.
And don't buy the limited edition, as its just the same as the regular edition, just with more packaging inside.

Rachael Sage- Chandelier
Bought this when we saw her at a Cafe here last month. Piano based pop rock from this NYC artist.

Emmylou Harris- All I Intended to Be
I've only gotten to listen to this once so far, its Emmylou music for sure

Haley Bonar- Big Star
A popular local Twin Cities singer by the way of South Dakota and Duluth, this is a nice new album by her.
Although she doesn't look very happy on the cover of the CD.

Martha Wainwright- i know you're married but i've got feeling too
This new one may take a while to get used to, not as likeable as her earlier stuff, it just isn't
clicking with me right now.

bivester

Jun 17 2008, 11:46 AM

QUOTE (kent @ Jun 17 2008, 12:20 PM)

after not getting any new music for a month (seriously), i got around the getting these the past few weeks

Ben Sollee- Learning to Bend
a rather nice album, as I went into this one without having heard anything
by him before, but went on recommendations here

and it gets better w/every listen.

a few honest words, it's not impossible, prettiest tree on the mountain, panning for gold and a change is gonna come, are the real highlights, but i love the whole record.

you didn't buy any music for a month? how many record stores up there went out of business due to this phenomenon?

paintedturtlegirl

Jun 17 2008, 11:58 AM

My older son picked this LP up for me a few days ago after becoming familiar with him at the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, et. al show we'd seen this month at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The LP is in new condition, and after hearing it today, I'm loving it. Recorded in 1983, it still sounds fresh to me, 25 years later! T-Bone was clearly thinking outside of the box long before the Plant/Krauss project, as evidenced by some of the musicians he rounded up for this album. Here are a few of the musicians on this: Ry Cooder, Richard Thompson, Pete Thompson. Can't believe it's taken me so long to start becoming familiar with his music.

T-Bone Burnett - Proof Through the Night

morninguy

Jun 17 2008, 12:03 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ Jun 17 2008, 12:46 PM)

QUOTE (kent @ Jun 17 2008, 12:20 PM)

after not getting any new music for a month (seriously), i got around the getting these the past few weeks

Ben Sollee- Learning to Bend
a rather nice album, as I went into this one without having heard anything
by him before, but went on recommendations here

and it gets better w/every listen.

a few honest words, it's not impossible, prettiest tree on the mountain, panning for gold and a change is gonna come, are the real highlights, but i love the whole record.

you didn't buy any music for a month? how many record stores up there went out of business due to this phenomenon?

Bury me w/ My Car gets it goin', too

bivester

Jun 17 2008, 01:04 PM

QUOTE (morninguy @ Jun 17 2008, 01:03 PM)

Bury me w/ My Car gets it goin', too

yeah, that's great too, funny as hell. can't believe i left it off the list. it's getting a lot of airplay on WFPK here. are you playin' it up there too?

+ ben is a really great guy too, nice to see him getting some national recognition (not to mention being a member of bela fleck & abigail washburn's "sparrow quartet").

morninguy

Jun 17 2008, 01:08 PM

are you playin' it up there too?

Yup

kent

Jun 17 2008, 03:05 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ Jun 17 2008, 01:04 PM)

abigail washburn's "sparrow quartet"

has anyone heard anything off this one yet.
it sounds interesting enough what with ben sollee, bela fleck and casey driessen in the quartet.

bivester

Jun 17 2008, 03:14 PM

QUOTE (kent @ Jun 17 2008, 04:05 PM)

QUOTE (bivester @ Jun 17 2008, 01:04 PM)

abigail washburn's "sparrow quartet"

has anyone heard anything off this one yet.
it sounds interesting enough what with ben sollee, bela fleck and casey driessen in the quartet.

there are 3 songs HERE and it sounds pretty sweet.

bivester

Jun 18 2008, 06:52 PM

found this used @ ear x-tacy

Song List 1. Finest Worksong - (Other mix) 2. Driver 8 - (live) 3. Gardening At Night - (Different Vocal mix) 4. Swan Swan H - (from "Athens, GA-Inside Out") 5. Disturbance At The Heron House - (live) 6. Maps And Legends - (live) 7. Tired Of Singing Trouble - (B-side) 8. Just A Touch - (live, in the studio) 9. Toys In The Attic - (B-side) 10. Dream (All I Have To Do Is) - (from "Athens, GA-Inside Out") 11. One I Love, The - (live) 12. Crazy - (B-side) 13. Can't Get There From Here - (Radio edit) 14. Last Date - (TRUE instrumental, B-side) 15. Time After Time, Etc.: Time After Time/ Red Rain/ So. Central Rain - (live)

looking forward to listening to it. (keith, you can borrow it if you want.

)

and

i'm loving it, a lot more upbeat than "upfront and down low" (but what isn't). really nice record.

BlondeDynamite

Jun 18 2008, 07:27 PM

Watershed by Opeth. Less metal, more funk, more other stuff.

bivester

Jun 24 2008, 09:35 PM

not a cd, but i just got a copy of this...

i remember it as being the best "music film" i'd ever seen, next to "the last waltz." i haven't seen it in years, i'm hoping it holds up to my memories, gonna have to pop it in the player in a night or two and see how it looks..

bornagain

Jun 25 2008, 10:06 PM

Chinese Boxes - Kim Richey ... Kim told the funniest stories at the in-the-round, last night, at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Swan Dive enchanted everyone, and Will Kimbrough rocked the %$#@-ing house!

Big Blue Ball ... i am not typically a big world music listener, but Peter Gabriel hosted this project and it's really cool.

theaterboi01

Jul 1 2008, 08:49 AM

Well recently I went into heavenly shock mode. I aquired the Alanis Morrissette LP (that's right vinyl) Jagged Little Pill as well as her double vinyl LP Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, to keep the momentum flowing I also got two Bettye LaVette LPs "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise" and "Scene of the Crime".

Then I preordered the "Fan Deluxe Edition" of the next Sugarland Album (Double LP!!!!!) "Love On The Inside"

My latest CD purchase is the new Blackmore's Night album "Secret Voyage" and AMAZING album from start to finish. Richie Blackmore is undeniable one of the world's greatest guitarists and Candice Night is the only other singer I've ever said I'd like to hear duet with Karin.

And last but not least I bought the Aimée Duffy 3 track Welsh EP (Aimée Duffy a.k.a. Rock, Roll, and Soul EP)

WalrusOct9

Jul 1 2008, 11:30 AM

Wow....i didn't even know they made Infatuation Junkie on vinyl. I'd love to get a copy of that. Nice find.

Jeanne

Jul 4 2008, 03:37 PM

It's been a while since I've answered on this thread, but I was at this year's CityFolk Festival last night and ended up entranced by Ruthie Foster. So I bought these while I was there:

The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster

Un Cuento by Tropicoso

bornagain

Jul 5 2008, 11:28 PM

QUOTE (bornagain @ May 9 2008, 11:07 PM)

QUOTE (Skoegahom @ May 9 2008, 12:14 AM)

QUOTE (kent @ May 8 2008, 08:38 PM)

QUOTE (bornagain @ May 8 2008, 08:12 PM)

April - Sun Kil Moon ... my first foray into Sun Kil Moon. wow! i didn't know rock (?) music could sound so gorgeous.

Sun Kil Moon is the brainchild of Mark Kozelek. There are 2 previous Sun Kil Moon albums, the one before April is Tiny Cities, which is all
Modest Mouse covers, and is a gem. He also has a couple of solo albums out, including last years Little Drummer Boy- Live, which is a 2CDer,
which includes work from Sun Kil Moon, solo stuff, and the awesome band Red House Painters. If you like SKM at all, you need to backtrack into the Red House Painters sometime. An incredible band for sure, one of my personal all-time favorites. I get to see Mark up here on 6/6 in Minneapolis.

I strongly suggest Songs for a Blue Guitar by the Red House Painters. He does an 11 minute version of Paul McCartney's Silly Love Songs, but if you didn't know it was there, you may not recognize it at all. Make Like Paper is a favorite of mine on this CD, but it's all good IMO.

Have You Forgotten 6:13
Song For A Blue Guitar 5:59
Make Like Paper 12:03
Priest Alley Song 4:34
Trailways 6:41
I Feel The Rain Fall 2:35
Long Distance Runaround 4:41
All Mixed Up 5:50
Revelation Big Sur 5:48
Silly Love Songs 11:11
Another Song For A Blue Guitar 5:07

I just bought the new SKM also, but haven't found time to take the wrapper off of it yet. Kozolek is an interesting guy. Sun Kil Moon was the name of a boxer or something like that...

I definitely suggest first timers to listen to some sound bytes before jumping...he can be an acquired taste...

Amazon.com
At first glance, Songs for a Blue Guitar appears much like previous Red House Painters albums, meandering and largely self-indulgent. Eight of the album's 11 songs stray over the five-minute mark (with two more than twice that length), and there are the covers of Yes's "Long Distance Runaround," Ric Ocasek's "All Mixed Up," and Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs." Kozelek may have strange taste when it comes to picking out covers ("Silly Love Songs"?), but on this album he's also showing a commitment and sense of deliberate purpose that I've not heard from him before. Even in the album's centerpiece, the more than 12-minute long "Make Like Paper" that contains a guitar solo that supposedly is responsible for 4AD dropping them, there's not a false move. The song unfolds gently, revealing more facets of itself than the spare instrumentation would seem to allow. The guitar's absolutely delicious Neil Young/Robert Quine/Richard Lloyd crunch doesn't hurt, either. That crunch shows up again in "Long Distance Runaround" and "Silly Love Songs," but the rest of the album is built around a gently arresting acoustic guitar that mirrors the soft-voiced Kozelek. --Randy Silver

I'd heard about the "Long Distance Runaround" cover, but not the McCartney or Cars. Verrry interesting. I really like April! I just got it, yesterday, and I've probably listened to it three or four times, by now (and it's about 80 minutes, long).

I love this:

I go into this Vertical House Records store I just learned about that's in Huntsville, today, and I'm going through this small cabinet of cds and I come across copies of the 'rollercoaster' cd and 'old ramon', but there's no price on either of them.

So ... I walk up to the owner at the counter and ask him what the prices are for them and he asks me where I found them. When I point out the cabinet, he says, "Oh, those aren't for sale. Those are cds of mine." Then, we get talking about the band and how I've recently discovered them via Sun Kil Moon and really like them. After a few minutes of this, he says, "Well, I'd consider selling this one," referring to the 'rollercoaster' cd, "but this other one is my favorite." So I ask him how much he wants for it and he says, "Seven dollars."

So I have the 'rollercoaster' cd now, too!

I figure, after a little bit, I'll go back and ask him if he's ready to sell 'old ramon' to me, too.

PatrickLongest

Jul 7 2008, 11:46 PM

katie herzig - Apple Tree

Great evening/late-night driving music.

pico de gallo

Jul 8 2008, 12:00 AM

QUOTE (bivester @ Jun 12 2008, 03:11 PM)

this releases june 24th, but last night he said i've got about 20 on the bus, so i'm gonna sell 'em. i got one.

it's a brilliant folk-tinged alt-country punk pop rock 'n roll record.

This is not my favorite recording as of yet by Alex, but it's reminding me a LOT of the self-titled album by The 77's. A great rock album with some very poignant lyrics.

PatrickLongest

Jul 8 2008, 12:15 AM

QUOTE (pico de gallo @ Jul 8 2008, 01:00 AM)

QUOTE (bivester @ Jun 12 2008, 03:11 PM)

this releases june 24th, but last night he said i've got about 20 on the bus, so i'm gonna sell 'em. i got one.

it's a brilliant folk-tinged alt-country punk pop rock 'n roll record.

This is not my favorite recording as of yet by Alex, but it's reminding me a LOT of the self-titled album by The 77's. A great rock album with some very poignant lyrics.

Pico - incidentally, just saw Mike Roe (77s) with The Lost Dogs Sunday night. They did a backyard house show at an acquaintances near Louisville. They're starting an across country Route 66 show this fall.

bivester

Jul 8 2008, 07:15 AM

QUOTE (pico de gallo @ Jul 8 2008, 01:00 AM)

This is not my favorite recording as of yet by Alex, but it's reminding me a LOT of the self-titled album by The 77's. A great rock album with some very poignant lyrics.

keep listening, it'll get you. i liked it @ first listen, but i had just heard most of it live too. like you said, it's brilliant lyrically, musically it's a little more "poppy" but it works (imho).

pico de gallo

Jul 8 2008, 08:36 AM

QUOTE (bivester @ Jul 8 2008, 05:15 AM)

QUOTE (pico de gallo @ Jul 8 2008, 01:00 AM)

This is not my favorite recording as of yet by Alex, but it's reminding me a LOT of the self-titled album by The 77's. A great rock album with some very poignant lyrics.

keep listening, it'll get you. i liked it @ first listen, but i had just heard most of it live too. like you said, it's brilliant lyrically, musically it's a little more "poppy" but it works (imho).

I have no doubt it will work its way, which is why I wrote "as of yet." I think the man has a brilliant yet very subtle sound, and I have been favoring more A Man Under the Influence and The Boxing Mirror.

theaterboi01

Jul 8 2008, 09:25 AM

QUOTE (WalrusOct9 @ Jul 1 2008, 10:30 AM)

Wow....i didn't even know they made Infatuation Junkie on vinyl. I'd love to get a copy of that. Nice find.

Ebay has a few at about $25 so snatch them while they don't know what they have!!

WalrusOct9

Jul 8 2008, 01:31 PM

Eh, there's a few hundred albums I'd pay that much for on vinyl before that, but if I saw it in a store I'd probably just grab it on impulse.

Although between unemployment and $4 gas, I may have to phase vinyl out of my life along with the CD's I already expunged.

DaLe

Jul 8 2008, 03:14 PM

77s ~ Holy Ghost Building

coldteablues

Jul 10 2008, 10:22 PM

QUOTE (bivester @ Jun 18 2008, 06:52 PM)

found this used @ ear x-tacy

Song List 1. Finest Worksong - (Other mix) 2. Driver 8 - (live) 3. Gardening At Night - (Different Vocal mix) 4. Swan Swan H - (from "Athens, GA-Inside Out") 5. Disturbance At The Heron House - (live) 6. Maps And Legends - (live) 7. Tired Of Singing Trouble - (B-side) 8. Just A Touch - (live, in the studio) 9. Toys In The Attic - (B-side) 10. Dream (All I Have To Do Is) - (from "Athens, GA-Inside Out") 11. One I Love, The - (live) 12. Crazy - (B-side) 13. Can't Get There From Here - (Radio edit) 14. Last Date - (TRUE instrumental, B-side) 15. Time After Time, Etc.: Time After Time/ Red Rain/ So. Central Rain - (live)

looking forward to listening to it. (keith, you can borrow it if you want.

)

and

i'm loving it, a lot more upbeat than "upfront and down low" (but what isn't). really nice record.

Bill - my copy of TT looks nothing like yours:

Yours is way cooler looking BTW (unless that's a liner notes photo - which I haven't had the chance to read yet). Anyway, I'm digging it too.

Here's a couple more that I recently picked up:

Sollee's really cool. I heard him on NPR this past weekend. Love what he does with the cello!

Haven't had the chance to listen to Beck's yet.

Cher

bivester

Jul 10 2008, 10:27 PM

QUOTE (coldteablues @ Jul 10 2008, 11:22 PM)

Bill - my copy of TT looks nothing like yours:

mine looks the same as yours, the cover i posted was a file pic from amazon.

i think it may be my favorite of the year so far.

ben sollee is great, that's really a very good cd too.

michelle

Jul 12 2008, 09:33 PM

I *love* this.

I like this one quite a bit as well.

Loved his first one (Through Toledo) - haven't listened to this one yet.

Very nice work, Mr. Mayer.

bivester

Jul 13 2008, 06:53 PM

anyone who knows me knows that i am a huge ryan adams fan, i discovered him not long after his brilliant, first solo album "heartbreaker" was released.

i've followed his career closely since, seen him several times live and also became a fan of his former bandmate caitlin cary and her band "tres chicas." which makes the fact that i've never backtracked and explored "whiskeytown," the original band of these two kind of unexplainable. well, issue resolved.

yesterday @ ear x-tacy i stumbled upon a used copy of what is generally considered to be their classic piece of work "strangers almanac." and it is excellent. it is very "ryan centric" and you can definitely get a feel for the genius brewing in ryan's words and voice. i will be backtracking further into whiskeytown's catalog...

theaterboi01

Jul 14 2008, 02:19 PM

QUOTE (michelle @ Jul 12 2008, 08:33 PM)

I *love* this.

I actually found Adele's album to be a bit bland.. the songs seemed to run together, taken one song at a time though the girl does have some talent peeking through. I've been really addicted to Duffy's Rockferry album lately (and the B-sides are just so incredible as well).

bornagain

Jul 18 2008, 11:11 PM

Passed thru Nashville, last Friday, on the way to visit my Dad and other family in Ky, as well as stayed the night Sunday on the way back to Alabama. Made two different visits to Grimeys and one to Great Escape and came home with the following:

Trouble in Mind - Hayes Carll ... this cd is really fun and Hayes reminds me of Todd Snider (if he was more country). also, features my main man, Will Kimbrough, playing some kicking guitars, etc.

Childish Things - James McMurtry ... listen up y'all: maybe McMurtry plays pretty long for an opening act, but he may be the best topical songwriter around, today. check this out and Just Us Kids and see what you think!

march forth - KaiserCartel ... this is very minimalist folk from a duo that's a little more indie than pop. really good!

Stop Drop and Roll!!! - Foxboro Hot Tubs ... hey, gang! in case you haven't heard (and i was late to the party, too), this is Green Day playing some seriously retro rock. fun stuff!

songs for a blue guitar - Red House Painters ... you weren't kidding, kent. this is great!

Old Ramon - Red House Painters ... so is this.

May Day - Matthew Ryan ... if you haven't discovered Matthew Ryan, you're seriously missing out. the guy has been compared to Leonard Cohen, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Drake, and Tom Waits. why wouldn't you check him out, after hearing that?

Regret over the Wires - Matthew Ryan ... ditto

My wife was participating in an art show, last night, and Huntsville's Broadway Theater League's office was right down the street. I played a game and won the following:

Spamalot (original broadway cast recording) ... what a hoot!

jnhashmi

Aug 3 2008, 01:34 AM

Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over Kortedala