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Andrew Bird – Gezelligheid 2013 – Historical Lagniappe
There is a thing that Andrew Bird does, and it is a thing that Andrew Bird has done for a long time, and that thing is covering songs that in their original form might sound strange to our ears. While it’s the kind of thing I could (and have) rambled on about until the fun’s […]
Levon Helm, 1940-2012
You’re going to hear a lot of talk about musical legacies, with Levon Helm. With good reason. “The Weight” is also about legacies. It’s about connections. It’s about forming communities. It’s about generosity and shared responsibility. And every time I see and hear my favorite artists play it, I’m grateful for Levon Helm. I’m having […]
Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, 3/19/12
[Previously, on Southern Roadtrips with How’s My Living?: Andrew Bird at the Tabernacle.] Today we got to visit with some ghosts. We got to Nashville around the middle of this afternoon, and we did a little: went to Grimey’s, walked down Broadway (so many places to buy cowboy boots, so little time), looked out at […]
Hooray For Covers! Emmett and the Black Mountain Scorpion Bluegrass Experience Gang, “Get Low”
You know, I’ve wanted to post this for a couple of weeks, and I spent all this time trying to do mental gymnastics explaining why it’s cool for me to like this despite the rampant objectification and the buckets of profanity. But this week is spring break for yours truly, I’ve spent it inside with […]
Dr. Ralph Stanley Gets A Birthday Post
Today is the 85th birthday of Dr. Ralph Stanley, who loomed large and mythological over my childhood. In honor of his birthday, here’s something I wrote when I went to go see him in Boulder last July — about three months after I knew I was leaving Colorado to return to the South, and one […]
A Tribe Called Red, “A Tribe Called Red”
By Mel on March 31, 2012
This week we lost Earl Scruggs, Adrienne Rich, and Harry Crews. I’ve been feeling pretty low. But the best thing to happen to me this week was seeing this post over at Native Appropriations about A Tribe Called Red, a DJ collective out of Ottawa. Here’s how they describe themselves: In 2008, DJ’s NDN and […]
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