Summertime Bruce [R.I.P. Tim Russert]
I can’t add anything too insightful about Tim Russert that hasn’t already been said or written over the last 24 hours, but I wanted to give my 2 cents. I’ve always been an NBC guy. One of my earliest memories…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: June 13, 2008
Very often there is not much in the way of “Rock” in our “Indie Rock” but Saskatoon’s Junior Pantherz must have missed the memo. Pete beat me to the punch in posting a review of their latest record Rejoice, Remain…
New Tunes: My Morning Jacket’s Evil Urges
Like a good consumer, I waited patiently for the release date of My Morning Jacket’s latest (June 10), and was pleasantly surprised that eMusic had it available on Day One [For the uninitiated, eMusic is a monthly subscription site that…
New Tunes: Alejandro Escovedo’s Real Animal
I’m new to Alejandro Escovedo’s music, but I’ve been familiar with him for years, as a much-respected roots rock singer/songwriter with a huge underground following. Not to mention he’s Sheila E.’s uncle (Sheila’s dad, Pete, is his brother). But I’ve…
Mellencamp and T-Bone Burnett Hook Up
My opinion: if you throw T-Bone Burnett into a project, you’re going to get favorable results. Look at some of the production credits in his resumé: Los Lobos – How WIll the Wolf Survive?Wallflowers – Bringing Down the HorseCounting Crows…
By the Truckload!
Joining in the celebration of the 50th year of our favorite pasta maven, Coverville just released episode 471: The Prince Cover Story III featuring 46 minutes of funk from the likes of Living Colour, Stina Nordenstam and Kid Creole. You…
Jon Regen: Live!
Maestro (and all around nice guy) Jon Regen checked in from the road with an outstanding live recording of his single “Let It Go” from the record of the same name (which you may recall got a good bit of…
New Tunes: Sergio Mendes – Encanto
I can’t claim to know much about Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes, beside the fact that I love this song from his 1992 album Brasileiro… Mendes has been active in the music industry since 1961, when he formed the Sexteto…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: June 6, 2008
I’m Late, I’m Late for a very important date, No time to say hello, goodbye, I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!! They say the best laid plans, right? I took the afternoon off of work, had a small project and…
Dreaming about…C.W.?
While we wait for Michael – King of the Friday Five – to post his latest (Michael – you okay??), I pose one question to you all… Why did I have a vivid dream about “Convoy” singer C.W. McCall the…
