A lot to live up to – he is the son of Steve Earle and named after the late great Townes Van Zandt – Justin Townes Earle is a breath of fresh air. His music is both old-timey country and relevant to our times. Check out the insightful interview and performance below.
Ryan Bingham is now on his second album and boy what a treat. His first album, Mescalito, wasn’t a bad effort, it just seemed to drag on. Each song had a minute intro or build up.
On his second album, Bingham, has tidied things up. The songs are more concise and a fair bit more interesting. I the album recently for only $7.99 – definitely worth the price.
The Avett Brothers do a cover of the Townes Van Zandt song ‘Greensboro Woman’ and its a beaut.
A reminder, their new album I and Love and You, is now being released on September 29.
They also did a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR recently, which can be found here.
In my world there are two moons – Pink Moon and Blue Moon. Recently I combined the two.
Blue Moon is a wheat ale beer with an orange peel flavor I have recently fallen in love with and Pink Moon is the third album by deceased British folk singer, Nick Drake, that I have been in love with for years. It may be one of the most beautifully depressing albums of all time by one of the most beautifully depressed songwriters of all time. (He overdosed on anti-depressants)
Roughly 30 minutes long, Pink Moon is short and sweet. The use of only a guitar and his voice on ten of the eleven tracks gives the album a very stark and bare atmosphere, a perfect accompaniment to the robust and rich flavor of Blue Moon.
Consume a pint (or two) of Blue Moon while listening to Pink Moon and you’ll have your self a very, very pleasant time.
Neil Krug is a photographer based out of Lawrence, Kansas. His up coming book Pulp, collects a series of psychedelic photos he recently shot.
If anyone knows how to achieve this look please tell me!
Find more from Krug here.
Seems like the best place to find great music these days is at the Pangea House. On my last visit to the Pangea I was lucky enough to see my friends the Simple Infant Men. They are Micah Scott on vocals and guitar, Cal Davies on Banjo, and ‘bluegrass’ Joe Andrus on the stand up bass.
Check them out.
This is my favorite album of the year so far. On Changing Horses, Ben Kweller changes his approach, taking his signature indie-pop to a more countrified, pedal steel laden, Gram Parsons inspired sound. Ben’s voice is well suited to this new sound.
The songs on the album are great. My favorite is ‘Fight’. “Some days are aces, some days are faces, some days are two’s and three’s.” What a beautiful line. The album has a nice variety of songs. Half are up beat barn burners and half are slower ballads.
All in all, Changing Horses is a great album that can and should be listened to repeatedly.
Ben Kweller performing ‘Fight’ on David Letterman
Always the trend setter, Kanye West debutted his A.C. Slater inspired mullet at the Grammys.
It’s about time we bring back the mullet!
And you thought you could never have fun again?.?. and to your suprise. . .came. . the most magnificent and lovely..feeling….ever…..behold. The Morning Red. lifes answer to love and happiness. themorningred
2008 is nearing the end. It’s been a great year for music. Here is my top 5 albums of 2008.