CD Pick of the Week: Isobell Campbell and Mark Lanegen - Sunday at Devil Dirt
I spoke of this album earlier and gave it high praise, and now its time to give it the official seal of approval. The mp3 links appear to be down on that earlier bit, but I can tell you the songs are good. Mixing a deep, scraggly voice with a sugary sweet one […]
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Radio Free MP3: Chris Pureka, Comanchero, Emily Elbert, Jen Murzda, Syd, , Jenn Adams, and The Sleeping Horses
Since I’ve been doing these MP3 giveaways I’ve started a folder on my desktop. The folder is a quick place to drop songs/albums that I like and want to write about. Basically I check my e-mail, slowly sift through the junk and find songs that I think are interesting. Those songs I download and fling […]
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Dreamin’ Songs: “Like a Prayer” by Madonna
“Like a Prayer” is the first song from Madonna’s album of the same name. It was a huge international hit, selling some five million copies, but also a very controversial one. The controversy stemmed over the video which included a great deal of Catholic iconography including burning crosses, Madonna with stigmata and Madonna making love […]
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Bootleg Bonanza: Mark Knopfler - 7/23/08
Knopfler is a guy who I find more and more interesting as I keep listening to him. He’s a guitar hero who doesn’t have to show off. A great songwriter who isn’t afraid of subtlety. I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing him live myself, but I have a couple of bootlegs which prove to […]
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The Listening Room: Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You, Johnny Cash - American III, and Joel Harrison - Free Country
Amazing, I’m writing this piece for the second day in a row. I may be a writer yet. Today I didn’t get in as many albums as yesterday mainly due to listening to an audio book and a couple of episodes of NPRs Fresh Air. What I did listen to though, was certainly interesting.
Obviously as […]
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The Listening Room: Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan, Bill Frisell - Have a Little Faith, Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things, and Foxboro Hottubs - Stop, Drop and Roll!!!
Ok, so I have this new idea. I want to talk about the albums I listen to during the day. I’ve gone on and on about how I listen to lots of music while I’m working but I haven’t done much talking about the actual music. Now I know regular readers are rolling their eyes […]
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CD Pick of the Week: The Flaming Lips - Christmas On Mars
I wish I had a decent excuse for not writing this article like the excuse I have for not writing the Weekly Playlist, but I don’t think my wife being out of town flies in terms of what’s coming out each week. I’m pretty sure they kept right on releasing CDs even if she was […]
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The Weekly Playlist - Emmylou Harris, Camera Obscura, Neko Case, Ryan Adams, and Bon Iver
Since my wife had the old iPod during the last few weeks my mp3 listening was pretty minimal. I couldn’t listen to music at work. In the car I listened to CDs, as well as at home. A few times I threw on iTunes while messing around on the computer, but not enough to make […]
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Lucinda Williams Streaming New EP Lu in ‘08
Right on the heels of her new full length album, Little Honey, Lucinda Williams has just released a four song EP entitled Lu in ‘08. Obviously a response to the political madness going on before the election the EP consists of three cover songs and one original. It is a digital only EP that you […]
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