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.
Monday, May 31, 2010
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.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
37 Flood gets props!
People must be paying attention to our little news grinder. in this week's Leo, the article "We Are This Beat" looks at the last 2 decades of music powerhouses in Louisville. in the section 'blogospehre" 37 Flood gets props as being a long standing podium for local music news and information.
other mentions include the runaway train that is My Morning Jacket, as well as Will Oldham, Slint, and Kinghorse. they also list notable local music catalysts such as Forecastle, and louisville labels like Louisville Lip, Noise Pollution, and Label X.
Personally i was a little disappointed that Louisville Is For Lovers wasn't mentioned. not that i want to toot my own horn, but having been around for more than 10 years, many great folks have put in a lot of sweat and tears helping to release many albums, producing annual events, and working with over a hundred local bands, and that's no small feat... but that's my cross to bare..
anyway, Thank you all for reading all these years, and many thanks to Kory, who started this blog, and gave us a chance to join in!
Read the Leo article here.
Not this week's Leo cover, but a man can dream... a man can dream.
other mentions include the runaway train that is My Morning Jacket, as well as Will Oldham, Slint, and Kinghorse. they also list notable local music catalysts such as Forecastle, and louisville labels like Louisville Lip, Noise Pollution, and Label X.
Personally i was a little disappointed that Louisville Is For Lovers wasn't mentioned. not that i want to toot my own horn, but having been around for more than 10 years, many great folks have put in a lot of sweat and tears helping to release many albums, producing annual events, and working with over a hundred local bands, and that's no small feat... but that's my cross to bare..
anyway, Thank you all for reading all these years, and many thanks to Kory, who started this blog, and gave us a chance to join in!
Read the Leo article here.
Not this week's Leo cover, but a man can dream... a man can dream.
Three Chances to See Cheyenne
Anytime you get a chance to bear witness to beauty that is Cheyenne Marie Mize, you gotta try to find a way to be there. Cheyenne has three shows in the next seven days around town as part of her solo project. Cheyenne has collaborated with just about every great Louisville musician you can name and is stepping out on her own more these days. I caught her at the Monkey Wrench with Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore, and Yim Yames last weekend. She also performed that night with two of her other bands, Thomas A. Minor and the Picket Line and Maiden Radio. Other past collaborations include Arnett Hollow, The Fervor, Wax Fang, and the list goes on. Here's this week's shows:
TONIGHT - Cheyenne opens for Vic Wooten at Headliners Music Hall; $18
WEDNESDAY - in-store performance at Ear Xtacy @ 7 pm; free
FRIDAY - Cheyenne and Joan Shelley perform on the Roof of the Glassworks. Tickets are $6 at the door. Cash bar. The Glassworks website is billing this as a Double CD Release show. I'm not sure if this is a belated party for Cheyenne's wonderful EP, Before Lately, but I'm holding out hope it'll be new material from Cheyenne!
Review of The Swell Season at The brown 5/29
THE SWELL SEASON & JOE MANNING 5/29 - REVIEWED BY MARY KING (JOHN'S MOM)
First, John missed an incredible show. he was supposed to go, but is also working on some work for an art show in a few weeks, and ran out of money, so i let him use the ticket money on supplies. but he still missed a good show; Joe played well, Normal Joe sound. he is a nice guy, a friend of my Son's. i first heard his music when he did "i know you rider" for louisville is For lovers 5. i loved that song.
Glen Hansard was like a jack rabbit hopping around all over the stage! It was like he had music going on in his head all the time.
He is a real proud pleaser, and has a following from about 20 year old-to my age (which i won't say exactly). the ladies love him, but there was equal parts men and women in the audience. but, it also doesn't hurt that he is super cute.
He is a real pro, he even extended the concert by 45 minutes during the encore. you could tell he really enjoys coming to louisville. he talked about how the first time he was here he past the Brown Theater and thought "one day... and now this is the second time we've played here."
he talked all about coming to louisville for the first time and meeting lots of interesting people, and 'crazy musicians' which i'm sure one of those is my son. John told me about meeting him and hanging out with him years ago when The frames played at headliners. his friend Rachel Grimes introduced them. The Fiddle player even said hello to her on stage, and she hollered back! so, John, i wasn't the loudest person there. ha.
the fiddle player, i think his name is Collin, did a solo on a 300 year old folk song, and got a standing ovation, it was awesome. you could tell all of the musicians love what they do.
Glen played all of the songs of his i love, and even covered my favorite Willie nelson song, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, from "Red Headed Stranger" he really won me over with that. and he did it perfectly, he didn't change a thing. i love that song.
he even improvised a song at the end, and the band did a fabulous job keeping up with him. at first they looked at him, like "what is this? but then they jumped in and Marketa joined in on the Piano, and it came together nicely. it seemed he was having so much fun, and didn't want the night to end.
his asking the audience to join in on songs, and teaching them songs, it was so much fun.
they ended with an old irish song about a man at the end of his life, just wanting his friends to share and drink and not be sad about him dying, it was very touching.
-and now i have something to say about Marketa Irglova: she never interacted with the band, she stood very still, unlike Glen, but her beautiful voice is full of pain, and maybe that's why she wasn't overly energetic.
She has a lovely voice, but she is very timid, and appears very shy on stage. their recent break-up shows. she sings with pain in her Heart. she must still love him. everyone i overheard in the lobby said the same thing. if she put out an album of torch songs it would be great. the songs she sang that she wrote were sad and beautiful. Glen helped her with "The Crossroads". they were all good songs, but that one is really a beautiful song.
one of my friends that was there, said it hasn't been that long since they were last together. i think He Broke up with her. Marketa said on stage, that it was sad that the tour was ending, it's obvious that she is still in love with him, and stays on tour just to be near him.
John says she's too young for him, but she doesn't look like she's too young. i hope that they don't break up the music group because of their personal history, because the group as it is, is perfect. as far as their own story, i don't know. what i saw on screen was the perfect love story, but so was 'sleepless in Seattle', but Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan only had two scenes together in that movie! and in 'officer and and a gentlemen', Richard Grear and Debra Winger hated each other off screen, but were great Lovers in the movie, so you never can tell what is or could be.
First, John missed an incredible show. he was supposed to go, but is also working on some work for an art show in a few weeks, and ran out of money, so i let him use the ticket money on supplies. but he still missed a good show; Joe played well, Normal Joe sound. he is a nice guy, a friend of my Son's. i first heard his music when he did "i know you rider" for louisville is For lovers 5. i loved that song.
Glen Hansard was like a jack rabbit hopping around all over the stage! It was like he had music going on in his head all the time.
He is a real proud pleaser, and has a following from about 20 year old-to my age (which i won't say exactly). the ladies love him, but there was equal parts men and women in the audience. but, it also doesn't hurt that he is super cute.
He is a real pro, he even extended the concert by 45 minutes during the encore. you could tell he really enjoys coming to louisville. he talked about how the first time he was here he past the Brown Theater and thought "one day... and now this is the second time we've played here."
he talked all about coming to louisville for the first time and meeting lots of interesting people, and 'crazy musicians' which i'm sure one of those is my son. John told me about meeting him and hanging out with him years ago when The frames played at headliners. his friend Rachel Grimes introduced them. The Fiddle player even said hello to her on stage, and she hollered back! so, John, i wasn't the loudest person there. ha.
the fiddle player, i think his name is Collin, did a solo on a 300 year old folk song, and got a standing ovation, it was awesome. you could tell all of the musicians love what they do.
Glen played all of the songs of his i love, and even covered my favorite Willie nelson song, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, from "Red Headed Stranger" he really won me over with that. and he did it perfectly, he didn't change a thing. i love that song.
he even improvised a song at the end, and the band did a fabulous job keeping up with him. at first they looked at him, like "what is this? but then they jumped in and Marketa joined in on the Piano, and it came together nicely. it seemed he was having so much fun, and didn't want the night to end.
his asking the audience to join in on songs, and teaching them songs, it was so much fun.
they ended with an old irish song about a man at the end of his life, just wanting his friends to share and drink and not be sad about him dying, it was very touching.
-and now i have something to say about Marketa Irglova: she never interacted with the band, she stood very still, unlike Glen, but her beautiful voice is full of pain, and maybe that's why she wasn't overly energetic.
She has a lovely voice, but she is very timid, and appears very shy on stage. their recent break-up shows. she sings with pain in her Heart. she must still love him. everyone i overheard in the lobby said the same thing. if she put out an album of torch songs it would be great. the songs she sang that she wrote were sad and beautiful. Glen helped her with "The Crossroads". they were all good songs, but that one is really a beautiful song.
one of my friends that was there, said it hasn't been that long since they were last together. i think He Broke up with her. Marketa said on stage, that it was sad that the tour was ending, it's obvious that she is still in love with him, and stays on tour just to be near him.
John says she's too young for him, but she doesn't look like she's too young. i hope that they don't break up the music group because of their personal history, because the group as it is, is perfect. as far as their own story, i don't know. what i saw on screen was the perfect love story, but so was 'sleepless in Seattle', but Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan only had two scenes together in that movie! and in 'officer and and a gentlemen', Richard Grear and Debra Winger hated each other off screen, but were great Lovers in the movie, so you never can tell what is or could be.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Dennis Hopper/Gary Coleman: Dead
Dennis Hopper Died on Saturday of Prostrate Cancer. Hopper is most known as his Dick Cheney-esque character, Kaufman, in Land of The Dead (or maybe it's Biker Billy from Easy Rider- I guess i'm already getting excited for Zombie Attack). He also took a turn on an especially enthralling 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone. Hopper was 74.
Gary Coleman passed away around 2 pm Friday, after his life support was taken off of him. several days ago he suffered an inter-cranial hemorrhage. He always seemed to be in good spirits, even when his chips were down. we'll miss him.
in other Celeb news, Alicia Keys is pregnant, and unwed, but her cover of Prince's 'How Come U don't Call me Anymore' was so good, God isn't even pissed about the out of wedlock fornication.(of corse i talk about the first one, not the Justin Timberlake remake abomination. Justin, you were a mouseketeer for God's sake, know your limits son).
Gary Coleman passed away around 2 pm Friday, after his life support was taken off of him. several days ago he suffered an inter-cranial hemorrhage. He always seemed to be in good spirits, even when his chips were down. we'll miss him.
in other Celeb news, Alicia Keys is pregnant, and unwed, but her cover of Prince's 'How Come U don't Call me Anymore' was so good, God isn't even pissed about the out of wedlock fornication.(of corse i talk about the first one, not the Justin Timberlake remake abomination. Justin, you were a mouseketeer for God's sake, know your limits son).
WEEKEND EVENTS CALENDAR
Weekend roundup for 5/28-30:
May 28th :
Ear x-tacy instore: J. GLENN (former drummer for My Morning Jacket) 7pm FREE
Holy Muckle at Monkey Wrench 9 pm FREE (advertised as special guest surprises)
May 29th :
Ear x-tacy instore: CABIN (CD release show) 2 pm FREE
The Swell Season and Joe Manning @ Brown Theater 7pm $35
G Love and Special Sauce @ Headliners w/The Jamie McLean Band 7 pm $20
get out there and go nuts.
May 28th :
Ear x-tacy instore: J. GLENN (former drummer for My Morning Jacket) 7pm FREE
Holy Muckle at Monkey Wrench 9 pm FREE (advertised as special guest surprises)
May 29th :
Ear x-tacy instore: CABIN (CD release show) 2 pm FREE
The Swell Season and Joe Manning @ Brown Theater 7pm $35
G Love and Special Sauce @ Headliners w/The Jamie McLean Band 7 pm $20
get out there and go nuts.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Swell Season & Mr. Joe Manning 5/29
My Mother Loved "Once". She frequently recites the whole romance between the two main actors Glen Hansard (from the Irish band, The Frames) and Marketa Irglova (classically trained Czech pianist and vocalist) and how it mirrored the movie storyline except that in reality they broke up. and she doesn't even think it's gross that he is sooo much older than her (that's an 18 year difference folks, no joke). Mom reminds me that their first album (self titled) are of love songs written by each other, about each other while they were in LOVE, and that's how the best love songs are written.
i have never seen the movie, or heard anything They have done, but i have met Glen a long time ago, and he was very cordial. and i once had a crush on an Irish girl who loved The Frames. but that's about it. but i'll be there on Saturday at the Brown Theater with my mom, and she'll be the loudest member in the Audience.
Joe manning will be opening. you know him, you love him. imagine that luscious voice in that velvety room....
i have never seen the movie, or heard anything They have done, but i have met Glen a long time ago, and he was very cordial. and i once had a crush on an Irish girl who loved The Frames. but that's about it. but i'll be there on Saturday at the Brown Theater with my mom, and she'll be the loudest member in the Audience.
Joe manning will be opening. you know him, you love him. imagine that luscious voice in that velvety room....
SAREDREN WELLS Live Video from 5/14
Our Good Buddies at Backseat Sandbar have just put up some nice Videos and Photos from The Mack & Saredren Wells Album release show at the Glassworks rooftop. It was a great evening, and it's nice to have some Memories from it. Thanks BSS!
Saredren Wells and The Mack albums are available through Louisville is for Lovers.
Saredren Wells and The Mack albums are available through Louisville is for Lovers.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
ear x-tacy is moving.. one mile.
we just got a press release from Ear x-Tacy stating they will be moving one mile down to the Douglas Loop, where Kinko's used to be (note:their current location is where kinko's used to be before it moved to it's current former location). the new location is about 4,500 square feet, about half of their current location. Owner, John Timmons in the press release states ""I'm looking forward to a re-invention of the store, more available parking, and a rent amount that will make it possible for ear X-tacy to continue to supply music fans with what they want for many years to come."
the new location will have a raised stage for in-stores, and a mountain of parking. they will be celebrating their 25 anniversary throughout the entire month of August at the Loop location, with sales and events..
Douglas Loop Station
the new location will have a raised stage for in-stores, and a mountain of parking. they will be celebrating their 25 anniversary throughout the entire month of August at the Loop location, with sales and events..
Douglas Loop Station
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - New Song New Video
First a word about Bonnie Billy's Performance at last Saturday's Jason Noble Benefit: WOW! Bonnie and the Cairo Gang played the Bomhard completely unplugged which made an intimate event even more so. Bonnie walked around the stage, uninhibited by microphones, singing, yelping, jumping, get on his knees, and leaving the audience hanging on every lyric, every note. It was a magical performance to say the least.Bonnie "Prince" Billy seems to get better and better with each new release. I love the work he's doing with Emmett Kelly and the Cairo Gang, but like the "Prince" has always done, he presses forward with new releases in new directions.
You can download a new track from him and Matt Sweeny here. The song, Love in the Hot Afternoon, is a cover of 1975 country song by O.G. Gene Watson.
Also, last week Billy premiered a new video for a cover of Graham Nash's Simple Man. The unpredictable Billy chose to do a spanish version of the song entitled, Hombre Sencillo. The song will be on a tribute album to Graham Nash, Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners, released today on Grass Roots Records.
If that weren't enough Billy also has a new session available for download at Daytrotter. If you haven't registered there yet, do so and look through their impressive archives for some great sessions. Happy listening!
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