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Friday, July 16, 2010
10-in-10 CD Reviews / News 10-in-10 CD reviews
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:55 AM
Each Friday, we review 10 recently released CDs in 10 words each:
Chatham County Line Wildwood — North Carolina band’s solid Americana, bluegrass complete with soothing harmonies.
Various Artists Tribute to a Reggae Legend — Putumayo releases global homage to Bob Marley’s legendary reggae music.
Ashers Kill Your Master — Metal, punk merge for something I’d call “post punk-core.”
Hell Within God Grant Me Vengeance — You can guess how it sounds from the band’s name.
Tim Chad and Sherry Baby We Can Work It Out —Silver Jews, Lambchop team up — none named Tim, Chad, Sherry. (At the Evening Muse on July 28.)
D.O.B. Busy Signal — Reggae singer — not to be confused with hit rapper B.O.B.
Ernie Smith The Best of — 17-song collection from one of reggae’s first international successes.
Various Artists The Definitive Collection of Federal Records — Disc one covers 1964 – 1972, disc two covers 1973 – 1982.
Stephanie Bettman, Luke Halpin It All Comes Back to Love — Duo’s country-bluegrass music would fit right in at MerleFest.
The Lincoln Bedroom Broken Record — Southern California band’s music balances elements of Beatles, Green Day.
News / Giveaway Calexico releases free live album
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Calexico is out on tour and you can get an idea of their sound with a new free download of "Live in Nuremberg."
Photos / Live Reviews / setlist / News Live photos: Patty Griffin Tribute
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Patty Griffin Tribute
Evening Muse
July 14, 2010
On July 14, 2010, the inaugural Patty Griffin Tribute Night was held at the Evening Muse. A good number of Charlotte-area musicians gathered to pay tribute to the singer-songwriter in front of a packed house.
Among those performing were Reeve Coobs, Miranda Reger, Andrea McGhee, Amissville, Donna Duncan, Etta Lea, Eva Gael, Wavy Space, Jess Mitchell and a bunch more. A house band, dubbed the Silver Bells, included John Tosco, Arrie Bozeman and Joe Kuhlman.
With singalongs and good participation from the crowd and artists, organizer Lea Kuhlmann hinted that they just might do this again next year.
Setlist
Love Throws a Line - Reeve Coobs & The Silver Bells
Long Ride Home - Jeremy Mohr
Be Careful - Miranda Reger
Rain - Amissville
Up to the Mountain - Donna Duncan & The Silver Bells
Moses - Singalong
Let Him Fly - Leslie Cook
Every Little Bit - Reeve Coobs
Time Will Do the Talking - Sleep Til Noon
Mad Mission - Singalong
Poor Man's House - Etta Lea
Forgiveness - Wavy Space
You Never Get What You Want - Sleep Til Noon
Sweet Lorraine - Singalong
Not Alone - Etta Lea
Trapeze - Andrea McGhee
Goodbye - Shana Blake
Tony - Eva Gael
Nobody's Crying - Jess Mitchell
No Bad News - Arrie Bozeman
Mary - Amissville
Kite Song - Jeremy Mohr
One Big Love - Wavy Space
Making Pies - Miranda Reger
Useless Desires - The Near Misses
When It Don't Come Easy - John Dungan & The Silver Bells
Top of the World - Shana Blake
Heavenly Day - Donna Duncan & The Silver Bells
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Concert Announcement / News Concert announcement: Tea Leaf Green, Perpetual Groove, Zach Deputy
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:58 PM
A handful of concerts have been announced for the Neighborhood Theatre.
- Tea Leaf Green will perform on Aug. 29. Tickets go on sale on July 21.
- Perpetual Groove will perform on Oct. 16. Tickets go on sale on July 16.
- Zach Deputy with Josh Phillips Folk Festival will perform on Oct. 29. Tickets go on sale on Aug. 3.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
News / New Releases Avett Brothers to release Live CD/DVD
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:01 PM
The Avett Brothers have announced that they will release Live, Volume 3 on Oct. 5, 2010. The CD and DVD were recorded on Aug. 8, 2009, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte for their homecoming/CD release concert.
The DVD will have songs from the performance, shot in HD, and include some documentary-style episodes with interviews with the band and fans in attendance.
News / On TV / Awards The return of Beavis and Butthead
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:03 PM
Beavis and Butthead are set to return to MTV — which is a little odd, since MTV doesn't even play videos anymore...
The Mike Judge-created duo hit it big in the early '90s by ranting and raving about music videos and spending time being generally stupid. No word if their friend Stuart (with his Winger t-shirt) will return, but they're saying the boys won't have aged a day.
Should be interesting to hear the duo take on Lady Gaga — will they like what they see, or call her a man?
Videos / News Undercover Jewel sings karaoke
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Funny or Die sent Jewel out in costume to a karaoke bar and had her sing some of her own songs... Hilarious.
On TV / Awards / Videos / News M.I.A. on Letterman last night
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:25 AM
M.I.A. was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night for an interesting performance of "Born Free" that included a clan of clones... and it sounded like most of them couldn't sing. M.I.A. would have been better with a choral effect on the microphone instead of having a bunch of women around her. ... of course, that says nothing about the industrial music mess going on behind her.
Horrible song? Maybe not. However, I expect this more from a garage band performing at The Milestone or Snug Harbor on a Tuesday night as they try to "discover themselves" and not from some major-label artist that people rave about. I'm guessing her new album won't quite match the sales of the last one.
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I can appreciate unique qualities in the interest of artistic integrity... and then there's crap. For me, I find nothing of substance in this performance. It comes across as amateur hour and I've heard better musical and lyrical compositions from 6th-graders.
As Letterman says, "Happy Halloween!"
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