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Andrew Bird, Fourth Presbyterian Church; December 9, 2013
Hey, internet. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Â I’ve become a bit more of an occasional blogger than anything else, but there’s one very special time of year where I still have thoughts and feelings about music that I need to impart to you, and that’s during what I’ve previously dubbed Birdmas, that delightfully cozy […]
Forecastle, Day 2
Well, when there’s an outdoor festival, you’ve always got to expect the unexpected, and for a second year in a row, Forecastle got the unexpected shoved at it.  Thanks, weather.  But more on that later. The day started uneventfully enough as I went to see Sarah Jarosz perform.  There was quite a sizeable crowd for her, […]
Forecastle, Day 1
Hey there, internet. Â Long time no see! Here’s some brief recapping of my time at the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY, which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite festivals around. Â The park isn’t oversold, for one, so there is plenty of room to spread out and enjoy yourself, and you also can still have […]
Hooray for Covers! Scott Bradlee & The Postmodern Jukebox Band, “Thrift Shop”
For new faces around here, or those just checking in for the first time in a while, let me remind you about my love of quirky covers – ones that give a new spin to the original, where the covering artist takes it and makes it his/her own. Â New York singer-songwriter Scott Bradlee has been […]
Wow, That’s a Good Song: Ben Taylor, “Oh Brother”
Ben Taylor is an artist who I’ve kept tabs on over the years, albeit casually, so I missed the fact that he’d released a new album, Listening, in mid-2012.  I picked up a copy when I was traipsing about the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis (one of the best music stores I’ve been to in ages) and […]
11 Albums I Actually Listened to and Liked in 2012
So, as we’ve previously established, I am absolutely terrible at making Best Of Anything lists. Â The lists are either unwieldy or never get finished. Â But as I was sitting around trying to come up with some songs to play on my year-end CHIRP Radio show, I figured that I might as well make up a […]