I’ll have to say, the debut album from Middle Brother was one of my most anticipated albums for 2011, and it has not disappointed. All three of the songwriters bring their won flavor to the mix.
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Joshua Gagne’s Bloody Guitar
Dig It: Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon – Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Five Books For Summer Reading
There is nothing I like to do in the summer as much as relaxing under a tree and reading a book(I lied, i’d rather sing and play guitar). The following are five books worth reading this summer.
Beck’s Record Club
I recently stumbled upon Beck’s website. What a find!
Probably the coolest thing about Beck’s website is his Record Club. The idea of the Record Club is for Beck and Co. to record a classic album in it’s entirety, all in one day!
Up until now they have only completed the Velvet Underground’s ‘Velvet Underground and Nico’ You can find the videos for each song off the first album here.
Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico ‘Waiting for My Man’ from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
Dig It – Deer Tick
Wowzers. Despite the unappealing name, Deer Tick kicks some serious ass.
Keith Richards
Devendra Signs With Warner Brothers
Previously, Banhart was signed to the small indie label XL, which put out 2007’s critically-acclaimed Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. The title of the new LP, his seventh album since 2002, is actually styled thusly:
What
Will We
Be
Now that the intensely individualistic Banhart has sold out to the “man,” so to speak, to get his freak on in the most public way possible, it will be interesting to see what happens next.
Banhart recorded the album with A Band of Bees’ Paul Butler, and his backing band consists of plenty of folks Banhart has worked with before: Megapuss buddy Greg Rogove, Little Joy’s Rodrigo Amarante, Luckey Remington, and Noah Georgeson. Andy Cabic also contributed to the album.
Track-Listing:
01 – Can’t Help
02 – Angelika
03 – Baby
04 – Goin’ Back To The Place
05 – First Song For B
06 – Last Song For B
07 – Chin Chin & Muck Muck
08 – 16th & Valencia
09 – Rats
10 – Maria Leonza
11 – Brindo
12 – Meet Me At The Lookout
13 – Wiliamdzi
14 – Foolin’
Dig It – Josh Ritter in Fargo
Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie
I’m proud to say I share my birthday with the Greatest American Folk Singer Ever, Woody Guthrie. I was born July 14th, 1982 – exactly 70 years after Woody and to commemorate Woody’s (and my) birthday here is one of the two surviving film clips of Woody Guthrie performing. Long live Woody Guthrie!