Time for another Live Music Friday! Following on from our Alex & Angela Dezen post here, and The National Black Sessions post here, today we’ll be following up with a Bob Schneider show from 2002. Bob Schneider, live at Antones, 2002 Bob Schneider… always an electrifying live show… Bob Schneider is, quite possibly, one of […]
Category: guitar
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
I’m off to Sydney for the rest of the week, and probably won’t manage to post until next week. I know, I’ll miss you too. But to help stave off withdrawal symptoms, here’s a short – extremely short – but sweet tune trio. Brett Young Brett Young has just released his self-titled EP Unbelievably, Brett […]