WEEKEND EVENTS CALENDAR 7/23-25

7/23 One Small Step at Skull Alley $5 8pm

7/23 Cougar Express, The Instruction, and Dangerbird, glassworks $7 21+ 8pm

7/23-25 hullabaLOU: Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Steve Miller Band, Jason Aldean, Al Green, 60 others. @ Churchill Downs. hundreds of dollars.

7/23 Woody's Roadhouse Anniversary show featuring Broken Spurs, Ladybirds and more, Vernon Lanes 9pm $5

if we've forgot anything, leave it in a comment. and as always... get out there and go nuts!

Removador Debuts Lydia Burrell

Yim Yames' record label, Removador Records and Solutions, released the debut album of producer Alexander Smith, under the moniker Lydia Burrel. I haven't heard the album but My Morning's Jacket's frontman is known for championing great music by under appreciated artists.

Here's some of what the press release said:

The album is a juxtaposition of richly detailed electronic production and his earnest voice. Aside from recording and production assistance from Yames and another friend, Ben Mundane, the collection of songs is a DIY affair, entirely the product of Smith's creation.

Smith had been writing and performing music since high school. His interests led him eventually to pursue a masters degree in music theory and composition from University of Louisville... He has spent the last eight years building, tuning, and maintaining church pipe organs. "It's stimulating to work with your hands and satisfying to play a part in how an enormous and complex instrument sounds," says Smith. "I think it's helped me to understand and appreciate the craftsmanship and process of building things."

You can download an mp3 and order the album here.

John Prine and Our Boy Jim do Letterman

In case you missed it last week or just want to watch it again, John Prine and Yim Yames (that's Jim James of My Morning Jacket) performed on the Late Show with David Letterman last Wednesday.

Jim and the boys take on "All the Best" on the upcoming tribute to John Prine, Dirty Hearts & Dirty Windows, which is due to drop on June 22nd.

tHE ROOTS cover Monsters of Folk (shout out to zombies, broccoli)

The Roots have a new album on Def Jam called "How I Got Over" with guest stars all over the place; Joanna Newsom, members of Dirty Projectors, John Legend, and our very own Yim Yames. but more than just guest spitting, the Roots covered The Monsters Of Folk hit "Dear God".
"Dear God 2.0" features Yames singing the song's Chorus, wile the Roots' Black Thought question God's motives in such horrors as War, Poverty, and folks eating more beef than broccoli..
Personally I'm waiting for a Kentucky super group consisting of My Morning Jacket & The Nappy Roots..
The Roots "How i Got Over" hits the shelves june 22 on Def Jam.
DEAR GOD 2.0

Photos from Yim Yames and Bootsie Anne V-Day show

Here are a few pictures from the wonderful Valentine's Day show last night at the Rathskeller in the basement of the Seelbach. Bootsie Anne and Jim James put on a killer show and my mind is still blown! Big thanks to John King for all he has done for our city over the past 10 years and what a way to end the Louisville is for Lovers series!
Thanks John, Yim and Bootsie!