This is perhaps my favorite playlist this year. I added two bonus tracks for the holidays. Songs with thumbnails indicate albums new to my playlists. Enjoy! Playlist also available on iTunes. These Tears, Reckless Kelly (from the album Wicked Twisted Road) Mustang, Mike McClure (from the album Camelot Falling) Former Great Divide front man rockin’ […]
John Mayer Trio… Live Concert (Archived)
Don’t miss this opportunity to see the best of John Mayer’s new band. Listen to archived version of the 11/23/05 Bowery Ballroom performance. — Source: AOL Music Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find a stream of the full concert, but you can listen to it song by song (and of course experience the advertising overkill).
Album Review: Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham
“Then Scrappy said, well, we’ll have a benefit. And I said no. I said a bunch of stuff about self-sufficiency and those-more-in-need and so on. Scrappy said, okay, then asked how many benefits did I think I had played in the last 25 years.†If you buy one album this year, consider Big Sweet Life […]
Album Review: Marah, If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry
If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry Marah release date 10/18/2005 Yep Roc Records Twangville Rating: 4.0 stars out of five “Folk-punk”, that’s the way Marah describes their new album. Two seemingly diametrically opposed terms to describe music, though somehow it seems to work. These Philly-based rockers must have had a fun time creating this album […]
Download Paul Weller’s “Come On / Let’s Go”
Download “Come On / Let’s Go” from Paul Weller’s forthcoming album, As Is Now (due: 10/11/2005). “As Is Now” finds Paul Weller plugging in and turning up the volume louder than he has in years. As the voice of punk legends The Jam, Weller influenced virtually every U.K. band that followed. The Jam’s popularity is […]