Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle passed away last night after a three year battle with cancer. While she’s probably best known now for being the mother to Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Kate herself has been performing and releasing albums since the 1960s, largely with her sister Anna. Kate and Anna were appointed . . . → Read More: Kate McGarrigle, 1946-2010
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Owen Pallett mentioned to the packed house at Schubas that he wasn’t feeling well, apologizing for not being his usual “showgirl self”, but any side effects of a lingering illness were invisible on Saturday night. His performance was just as intense and impeccable as it was the last time I saw him, . . . → Read More: Concert Review: Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy), Sharon Van Etten, and Peter Wolf Crier, Schubas, 1/16/10 A bit of a late post today; not going in to work has made my day all sorts of screwy. This week has a lot of good local shows, with the Gapers Block sponsored show at Metro on Friday, and then the CD release party for The Felix Culpa on Saturday. I’m thinking of . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 1/18 – 1/24  Leave a comment  Upcoming Events  a lull, baby alright, brighton ma, buddy guy, buddy guy's legends, cavashawn, chris staples, davenport's, decibully, hideout, jane baxter miller, lincoln hall, metro, old town school of folk music, pet lions, post honeymoon, robin thicke, schubas, sons of the never wrong, the dirty diamonds, the felix culpa, the ike reilly assassination, the spares, the vic, the waco brothers, trio los primos, white mystery North Carolina-based band Bowerbirds is in town to play a sold-out show at Lincoln Hall tonight for the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, but they took some time out of their schedule to stop by Reckless Records in Lakeview for a free show. While I’m only somewhat familiar with their music, I decided to . . . → Read More: Mini-concert Review: Bowerbirds It’s slow at work, there’s nothing going on on the internet… I don’t know what to do with myself today. Of course, dominating the news (and rightly so) are the disaster relief efforts that are ongoing (and which will be going on for a long while) in Haiti. Google has . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 15 Handclaps! Creative percussion! Sweet male/female harmonies! Quirky words written on guitars! I like. Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos on Conan O’Brien from Marshall J. Baumgartner on Vimeo. No I can’t talk to you The way I’ve wanted to I’ve been tellin’ lies But I’ll tell you the truth Darlin’, I’m tired . . . → Read More: Wow, That’s a Good Song: Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, “As Tall as Cliffs” |
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