Newport Folk Festival: July 30 – August 1

You can tell that summer is rapidly approaching, given the number of festival line-ups that are tumbling in. The Newport Folk Festival, in (where else) Newport, Rhode Island, has announced its lineup for its 2010 festival. . . . → Read More: Newport Folk Festival: July 30 – August 1

Wow, That’s a Good Song: The Avett Brothers, “Murder in the City”

In honor of tonight’s Avett Brothers’ show that I’m not going to be at. A song about being murdered shouldn’t be so pretty.

If I get murdered in the city
Don’t go revenging in my name
One person dead from such is plenty
No need to go get locked away
When I leave your arms
The things I think of
No need . . . → Read More: Wow, That’s a Good Song: The Avett Brothers, “Murder in the City”

This Week in Great Music: 3/1 – 3/7

March is getting off to a bit of a slow start. I think the month of March knows that I will be spending most of April skulking about in various venues for an absurd number of shows. March is telling me that I need to get my sleep, I think. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 3/1 – 3/7

2009 Favorites: Part Two

Here’s the second of four installments of what should really be called “stuff I listened to a bunch this year” but more concisely referred to as “favorites”.  In case you missed the first post, you can find it here.  I’ll be back next week with the last two installments.

Alec Ounsworth, Mo Beauty.

This . . . → Read More: 2009 Favorites: Part Two

Music Memoirs: Looking Back on 2009

Today’s Music Memoirs post asks you to look back on 2009.  Feel free to play along.

The albums that you love the most
While I’m still working on getting my Best of 2009 list up and running, I’ll give you a sneak peak at it now, I suppose. Fortunately for all of us, I wrote my list out . . . → Read More: Music Memoirs: Looking Back on 2009