It was late on September 14, 2010. I was at one of my favorite neighborhood bars in St. Louis, celebrating a buddy’s birthday, when whaddya know... one of my favorite musicians, Justin Townes Earle, walks in and takes a seat just a couple of barstools away from me. After debating inside my head whet...
Interesting No Depression piece out today: http://nodepression.com/article/son-volt-honors-blues-nick-drake-and-st-louis-latest-record I take it this tidbit will be just enough to fuel speculation/chatter of an Uncle Tupelo renunion among all the dreamers, optimists, and Hoping Machines out there? W...
For those of you might not be aware, Gary Hunt's son Andrew is the frontman of a very talented Country-Western band based out of Nashville called Johnny Appleseed. And their debut EP is now available to stream and download (free of charge) on Noisetrade. You can find it here: http://noisetrade.com/j...
(Gary on electric) 1. DOWN TO THE WIRE 2. THE PICTURE 3. HARD TIMES 4. CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR 5. BAKERSFIELD (Gary on steel) 6. WILD SIDE 7. BRICK WALLS (Gary on fiddle) 8. SEAWALL 9. STRENGTH AND DOUBT (Gary on mandolin) 10. BARSTOW 11. HIGHWAYS AND CIGARETTES (Gary on electric) 12. HOPING MACHINE (Gar...
By the way, has anyone else had trouble posting in this forum lately? For a moment there, I couldn't view the second half of my post in the thread after submitting it (and several editing attempts proved futile). All of a sudden though, it seems to be working again. Weird.
I've listened to this album twice through now...and my initial reaction is just, "Wow!" Son Volt and Americana fans everywhere - particularly those who lean more 'country' than 'alt' - are in for no better treat this year. From start to finish, Honky Tonk is achingly beautiful. (Appropriately titled...
Who wants to preview another killer tune from Honky Tonk? Go to this website: http://archive.wdet.org/rss/ Under the WDET Program Archives section, first select “Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music” (as the show) and then “Saturday 2-2-13” (as the date). Then click “Listen To Show” and open the file. "Te...
I just captured the streaming audio from this New Multitudes performance on BBC Radio Scotland and converted it to MP3 format: https://rapidshare.com/files/2447257894/New_Multitudes_-_Live_on_BBC_Radio_Scotland.zip Enjoy! Also, as a side not,, Amazon has released the track names for the Deluxe Versi...
Here is "Chorine" by Will Johnson (another New Multitudes track preview): http://youtu.be/joxF5TxG-u8 Shot this one on my phone at Will's living room show in St. Louis last May. Figured I'd go ahead and upload it to YouTube for your all's enjoyment with this new music thread we have going here. Bett...
Can't get the megaupload file to load and the yousendit file says my email address was not verified by the sender (though I do have a yousendit account). Any tips? Chomping at the bait here... Tim in Chapel Hill This might be why you couldn't get the Megaupload file to load: http://www.foxnews.com/...