Malo, Flaco and Earle
I love the Mavericks. Love the sound of lead singer Raul Malo’s voice. “All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down” rose out of my mp3 shuffle today. Tex-Mex superstar accordionist Flaco Jimenez adds his signature playing to the tune.…
Sunday with The Stands
I was watching the Isle of Wight Festival on INHD a few weeks ago, and stumbled upon a Liverpool-bred band that’s right up my alley: The Stands. Folky, Byrds – Beatles – Dylan influenced pop-rock. These guys are great live,…
See Marah Live
“It’s mind-boggling that here-today-gone-tomorrow bands with half as much talent have gone platinum, yet Marah’s crackers-for-dinner, starving-musician tale is still waiting for its happy ending. Radio success or not, the sold-out Iota crowd clearly knew what was up when the…
State of Independence, I have a dream
Former Pretenders drummer James Hood and Grant Showbiz (who later produced the Smiths and Billy Bragg) formed Moodswings in 1989. Moodswings is electronic, chill, semi-ambient, kick back and relax music. All the songs on their albums basically blend together and…
Blue Live
I posted the studio version of this song last summer, but given that the live version from Lucinda’s ‘Live @ the Fillmore’ album is far superior, in my opinion, I just had to share it with you all. If you’re…
Bababooey
It’s been an entertaining week as I’ve found myself sucked into Howard Stern’s debut on Sirius Satellite Radio. George Takei as the official show announcer? Brilliant! It’s great to hear Howard and his gang in their true element: relaxed, honest,…
Keen on Keane
There’s something to be said for a well-crafted, catchy pop song. This one came along and caught my attention recently. Keane formed in Battle, East Sussex, England in the late 90’s, and caught the attention of British record label Fierce…
Shake 4 Eddie Turner
Eddie Turner is a Colorado-based blues guitarist who I first heard & saw at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival last summer. I really enjoyed the whole vibe he, his band, and his music emitted. The whole set is available…
The ChronicWHATcles of Narnia
This is the funniest Saturday Night Live skit in a loooong time. If you haven’t seen this yet, check it out. Chris Parnell and new SNL featured player Andy Samberg wax poetic about their adventures on the way to see…
Chillin in the Love Lounge
(tina graham of love lounge) Love Lounge is a Minneapolis band formed by Mark Campbell and Tina Graham. Theyre working on getting their demo available to the masses, and should have a MySpace page up & running soon. In the…
