I’ve learned all too well that the Holiday Shopping season has commenced. Borders has been packed with people buying gifts left and right, and in that spirit, I wanted to make sure you all got the heads up on Josh Ritter’s new live CD/DVD combo, “In The Dark”. It won’t be released until November 24th […]
Music City Florida
Indulge me, I beg of you. Music City Florida is a local Tampa radio show that bills itself as “the largest chunk of radio airtime dedicated to Florida music in the whole world.” Florida’s music scene has got plenty of bragging to do, and these guys are on top of it. All genres, signed and […]
Jamie Cullum & Josh Ritter live in Florida
Let me begin by saying that the talent on this tour is immense. Even the roadies play classical piano and jump in here and there when the band members are busy trading off on other instruments (it seems they all play at least 2 or 3 professionally). Add to that the fact that the frontmen, […]
Ben Kweller
I come bearing gifts! While, like Tom, I wasn’t able to track down a full-album stream of Ben Kweller’s new self-titled CD, I did manage to dig up a few tracks, and trust me when I say that they are outstanding. I’m not even going to try to tell you how enchanted I am, just […]
All’s Fair In G. Love & War
Man oh man, if there is one live show to see this month it’s G. Love. He played two nights in a row down here in lovely St. Petersburg, and I was lucky enough to catch the second night. I must admit, I was coming from work and missed the first song, but hearing “Can’t […]
The Beach Boys – Rehearsals 1967
I don’t know if there’s any band that embodies a sense of carefree Americana more than The Beach Boys. If you’re as much of a geek for their music as I am, you absolutely MUST go on over to An Aquarium Drunkard today and get your hands on this recording as soon as humanly possible. […]
G. Love’s Lemonade Is Still Tres Saucy
Okay, so this one is begging for bad puns, but that’s as close as I can come to saying anything negative about this album. Garrett Dutton’s (G. Love) new record is the perfect refreshment in a summer that was (both musically and physically) starting to drag a bit for me. Maybe it’s just because there was […]
WeakSauce CD Release Party
I know I’ve been woefully short on the posting lately, and I apologize. Work and school have been doing their best to monopolize my time. Also, there has been another side project that has been taking up what little time I had left, and that was helping out with the WeakSauce CD release party. If you live in […]
Marc Broussard at House of Blues
Last night could not have gone any better if I had planned it. I got to Orlando much earlier than I intended to, and while I was sitting outside the House of Blues store, killing time, Marc came out of the stage door and sat down with myself and two other people. We chatted for ten or fifteen […]
Prairie Home and Summer Tours
First things first, as you might well know, the movie “A Prairie Home Companion” is officially out in theaters. Make no excuses on this one, kids, it’s a must-see. The soundtrack is stellar, but I won’t get into it here because it deseves it’s own post. Now for the summer tours.  You’re going to have to […]