Just so that everyone knows, my iPod has officially given up the ghost, completely and utterly without warning. With most of my music on there, this is severely going to impact posting, and – quite frankly, more importantly – completely bums me out. Anyone want to start a “donate to help Matthew buy another iPod […]
Category: live songs
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ryan Adams has left us a parting gift. Unfortunately, I think this signals the end of his blog. But he’s left us a parting gift. And it’s a beautiful thing. The guy makes me ache. Goodbye Ryan. Goodbye Wilson. Goodbye Barnabus, and Foggy. (if you’ve been reading his blog, you’ll know what that’s about). It […]