Coldplay have just released their new single, Violet Hill as a free download

This is a very short post… more a heads up really… but if there are any Coldplay fans amongst my readers, the band yesterday released their new single, “Violet Hill”, from their upcoming album “Viva La Vida or Death and All His […]

Romantica
Knowing my passion for Ryan Adams, a post featuring these guys shouldn’t come as a surprise. After Romantica’s “America” album was featured on Paste Magazine’s “Top 100 Albums of 2007″, comparisons began popping up between Romantica’s singer/songwriter Ben Kyle, and both Ryan Adams and Jeff Tweedy just about everywhere… heady company indeed.
When I first heard […]

Monkey Swallows The Universe

This will be a micro-blog today, but I just wanted to drop a quick line regarding a band that was just recently brought to my attention (full props for that go to the Makak Man - that’s his stumbleupon page… thanks mate), Monkey Swallows The Universe.

Monkey Swallows The Universe (henceforth known on […]

Billy Bragg recently performed a live set on PRI’s “Fair Game”

Billy Bragg, the “working class hero”, recently performed a set on one of my favourite shows, PRI’s “Fair Game“. And it was stunning.

I truly feel that Bragg has been responsible for some of the best protest songs that we’ve heard in the last 30 years… […]

Wow. That week went fast. I can’t believe it’s time for another Live Music Friday. Following on from our Alex & Angela Dezen/Damnwells post here, I thought that today we’d feature a show from The National.

The National Black Sessions

The National (image credit: David Greenwald)
Aah, those Frenchmen. I swear, whether it’s my favourite La Blogotheque videos […]

This is just a short note to let everyone know (not that you haven’t noticed already), that Burgo’s Blog now has an all-new look… the snazzy theme you’re looking at right now.
Last night, over the course of a very few frustrating hours, I decided that it was time to shake things up on the blog […]

Read this. Now.
‘Nuff said.
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Edit: Well, I see that Ryan has since deleted that post, for whatever reason. So it’s a good thing that - knowing his fickle blogging ways, and his tendency to delete things I reference - that I made a record of it. So read on, for your pleasure below, Ryan’s now-deleted post…
“Never […]

Chris Bathgate (image credit: Quite Scientific)
A product of the Ann Arbor folk-scene, Chris Bathgate is enjoying some serious spins on my playlist lately; which really isn’t all that surprising, when you consider that Chris counts Will Oldham and Jeff Tweedy amongst his many admirers… after all, two of my favourite artists can’t be wrong.
Last […]

Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a large collection of live shows of my favourite artists… thank god for all those tapers out there who share their wealth with those of us who can’t make it to the show! When I was living in South Africa, those tapers pretty much managed to get through the […]

After almost a week off from the blogosphere, there are a few songs that I haven’t told you about… so we’ll just jump right in…

Matthew Ryan - American Dirt & Gone For Good

Matthew Ryan… don’t call it a comeback!
Matthew Ryan has - for the most part - flown under the mainstream radar, even though he’s […]