Important observations. Thank you very much. As for Johnny Horton subject, frankly, I also like Chris Frame's style much more. Horton's improvisations sometimes take songs in another direction. Maybe I'm one of those people who thinks songs should be played just like on album with all the smallest d...
With each new album tour, some old tracks are left off the setlist. This is normal and understandable... On the other hand, there are some songs that have been consistently played in every concert for a long time... kind of indispensable ones... So enjoying these Electro Melodier days, what are the ...
Son Volt's Jay Farrar on Electro Melodier, Longevity and Lockdown https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/son-volt/son-volt-electro-melodier-jay-farrar-interview/ "...And I’m primarily Irish and English myself, with all sorts of other stuff thrown in the mix. But I’ve had a bouzouki for a while, and th...
Very compact, very solid album. Thank you Son Volt. Includes best parts of Notes of Blue/Union. Lyrics are very expressive. It encourages you to think and ask deeper questions about society, individual and systemic problems of daily life. Well-founded skilled songwriting is one of Jay's most importa...
Probably the first time in Croatia (Brela). Balkans are cool region for music festivals. Here is "Tear Stained Eye" with beautiful solo acoustic performance. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4OzbUDlQQQ And local news for the 4. Sakan Festival https://trecisvijet.com/goran-bare-majke-vojko-v-jay-farrar...
https://i.hizliresim.com/JZv6Rn.jpg Mr. Parker made the announcement. Here comes the Gob Iron again... https://open.spotify.com/album/2KpVqRWkwvFMQ9Fphd55Y7?si=5X6K4GAFS6yHBWlXvfvrdg This is out today. Jay Farrar and I made an album 13 years ago called Death Songs for the Living under the name Gob ...
It's a strong folk/americana album with all its political lyrics and beautiful tunes. There are some songs reminds me good old stuffs. For example WRB is quite Medicine Hatish, Union reminds me San Francisco from One Fast Move album. And Reality Winner includes some Meth substances. This doesn't mea...