Because Songs Matter
————————————————————————————————– I first posted this back in May. Since then there has not been a single week pass where someone has not emailed me looking for the songs again. So, I decided to make a repost and include a little more information: The Old Crow Medicine Show version of this song is available on their … Continue reading “REPOST: Learn something new everyday: A Dylan/Old Crow co-write?”
When I started typing this post I had no idea but today is Bob Dylan’s 66th Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB. This morning I was sitting here listening to the new cd, Two Bottles Of Wine by Jason Webley and Reverend Peyton. At the end of the cd is a cover song that I instantly recognized … Continue reading “Learn something new everyday: A Dylan/Old Crow co-write?”
Perhaps you remember the name Tyler Keith from my review two years ago of Black Highway by Tyler Keith and The Apostles, perhaps you remember the late-90’s garage rock band The Neckbones. On his latest release Alias Kid Twist, Tyler records solo and strips his classic surliness down to just his guitar, piano and voice. … Continue reading “Tyler Keith – Alias Kid Twist”
Upsetlists are EP-length transmissions, upsetting set-lists, malfunctioning time machines, flashes of divine recombination. A coupla-song podcast. This one is for all the whales in captivity: Bob Neuwirth – “Kiss Money” – Bob Neuwirth (1974): Bob Dylan’s old buddy, Neuwirth’s recorded output resembles more outlaw country kind of stuff. He wrote one of my favorite Kristofferson songs, “Rock & … Continue reading “UPSETLISTS #4”
Oscar Peterson Trio “This Could Be The Start Of Something” from Affinity Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Henry Lee” from Murder Ballads Districts “peaches” from Flourish & a Spoil Booker T. Jones with Lou Reed “The Bronx” from The Road From Memphis Sleater-Kinney “Surface Envy” from No Cities To Love The Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother” from Horehound Diamond Rugs “Voodoo Doll” from Cosmetics Kinks “Dead End … Continue reading “Ajax Diner Book Club – 2/16/15 KRFC Ft. Collins CO”
I had a shit load of fun putting together this week’s episode. It’s as close as I’ve come to capturing what I wanted to accomplish when I started the Ajax Diner Book Club. Because I’m really happy with this set of songs I’ve extended the podcast length. If you appreciate the longer show please share … Continue reading “Podcast – Ajax Diner Book Club 11/10/14 KRFC Ft. Collins CO”
Maggie Bjorklund “Dark Side Of The Heart” from Shaken J Mascis “Every Morning” from Tied To a Star Billy Bragg “No One Knows Nothing Anymore” from Tooth & Nail Jon Dee Graham “God’s Gonna Give You What You Need” from Not As Bad As It Looks Amanda Shires “Bulletproof” from Down Fell the Doves Lightnin’ Hopkins “Mistreated Blues” from On Stage Kierston White “Alcohol” from Don’t Write Love Songs … Continue reading “Podcast – Ajax Diner Book Club, 10/20/14 KRFC Ft. Collins CO”
said you’d love me for a week or more that’s a week I cannot afford There’s a high-profile release coming down the pipes wherein a bunch of pale dudes take unrecorded Basement-Tapes-era Dylan lyrics and make new songs out of them the way Bragg & Wilco did with Guthrie. The Basement Tapes (and the entire Band … Continue reading “DONNY DINERO – GATES ON GATES”
If I was going to describe Otis Gibbs’ discography I would call it solid and steady. I own the previous four records, as well as the brand new Souvenirs Of A Misspent Youth, and there isn’t a misstep to be found. Gibbs clearly knows who he is as an artist and he has taken the … Continue reading “OTIS GIBBS – SOUVENIRS OF A MISSPENT YOUTH”
I am not clued-in to the minute developments in Ferguson right now. Nor to our aggression in Iraq, what’s happening or not happening in Israel, water shortages, ice buckets, the Tsarnaev trial. I feel like I am failing because of my distance from all of that, but failing on these specific terms: I am keeping … Continue reading “WITNESSES pt. III – BILLY BRAGG”