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Amy Speace at The Linda Mar 31 for the Women's Voices Series
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Meet Erin Ash Sullivan
Meet Erin Ash Sullivan
Erin Ash Sullivan is one of fourteen acts to appear at the 2022 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Thursday Night Music Stage.
It’s only been a short time that I’ve known Erin and her music. She contacted me and asked if I could interview her for this blog. I agreed that I’d listen to her music and see if my journalistic muse prompted me to ask some questions. And, boy, I hit the jackpot when I sat down…
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Tourism
The ferry to Ko Chang was worth the cost
of that night in a hostel on the edge of Trat,
one dial-up computer to let him know
how I got out of Battambang
in the back of a pickup truck, sticky and stunned
from the monsoon or the race to the shore,
out of the river of snakes and mines.
But no response for days and days.
I checked from a treehouse hookah bar.
Then just a one-word syllable, “cool”
he…
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Like a Complete Unknown
Like a Complete Unknown @brownrandy #americanamusic #newmusic2022 @bobdylan @exprain #buymusic #musiccolumns
“How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone”
“Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited
“Like a Rolling Stone” was released in 1965 on the album Highway 61 Revisited. Clocking in at over 6 minutes, the song set a record at the time as the longest charting (#2) record. It was exceeded only three years later by the…
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Hit me with your favourite pining song … I loved the lyrics in this one.
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Playlist (14): Great Big Hoping Machine (Radio Plastique), July 17 2022
ARTIST / SONG / ALBUM
Steve Poltz "Wrong Town" Stardust and Satellites
Amy Speace "Cottonwood" Tucson
Lucy Kaplansky "Mary's Window" Last Days of Summer
David Childers "No Pool Hall" Interstate Lullaby / Lost but Found
Wilco "All Across the World" Cruel Country
Anna Bates "Holy Smokes" Here's to the End
Blue Cactus "The Golden Age" (single)
Chris Lowe "At Peace With Yourself" Chris Lowe
Noah Reid "Left Behind" Adjustments
Stacy Antonel "Always the Outsider" Always the Outsider
Barry Gray "Who's Gonna Save Me" Footsteps
Kacey Musgraves "Keep It to Yourself" Same Trailer Different Park
Lissie "Games People Play" Covered Up With Flowers
Cosy Sheridan "Ramblin Round" A Beautiful Sound
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"River Rise" by Amy Speace, The Orphan Brigade https://ift.tt/3xDUpo7
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"Don't Let Us Get Sick"
Original by Warren Zevon
Covered by Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade
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Favorite Roots and America Albums of 2021 So Far: 10-6
2021 has been a mixed bag of a year. On one hand, for most concert fans, the year has been another loss, with live music sparse if not absent completely. On the other, as people start getting vaccinated, shows are finally starting to ramp up. And a side effect of all this not touring is that roots and Americana artists had time to write and record some of the best albums of their lives in 2020 and that extended into 2021. Finding 10 favorites in six months was harder than you'd think. Notice I didn't say “best” there like so many other publications. Being a one-man review show, I can't listen to a tenth of the albums out there, even in the roots and Americana categories. So these might not be the best. If you've heard better, put them in the comments. I'd love to hear them! A good list is a conversation starter, kind of like a tasting menu in a nice restaurant.
To keep the list's size manageable, I have excluded live albums and EP, which took out some great releases both live (the dozen or so Jason Isbell shows on Bandcamp, Richard Thompson's Live from London, Aoife O'Donovan's many “house shows”) and EP (Danny Burns' Hurricane).For this, where I reviewed the album, I've linked to the full review. Where not, I've linked a YouTube video of one of the album's songs.
Now, on to the first half of the list. Stay tuned for 5-1 in the next few days.
10. KC Jones- Queen of the In-Between
Kellie Jones of award-winning Cajun band Feufollet rebrands herself as KC Jones for her solo, moving away from her Appalachian and Cajun roots to explore fuzzed-out psych rock, '60s girl group harmonies, and classic country. It doesn't make for a particularly cohesive album, but that's part of its charm. Queen of the In-Between is like visiting your one friend who has the eclectic record collection (vinyl, of course, what else?) and is liable to put on some early Pink Floyd, followed by Bobbie Gentry, followed by ? And The Mysterians, followed by The Ronettes.
Essential Listen: “Stop on the Way”
9. Todd Snider- First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder
A few years ago, Todd Snider started his amazing East Nashville Skyline with the words “My new stuff is nothing like my old stuff was, and neither one is much when compared to the show.” While it's true both that Snider live is universally better live than in the studio and that he's evolved his sound over the years, but he's retained the core of what makes Todd Snider special on First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder; a sense of humor that cuts to the bone of whatever he takes on. The self-described Evangelical Agnostic (“I don't know what we're doing here. And you don't know what we're doing here either”) takes on religion, environmentalism, toxic politics, and toxic people with the same shaggy dog humor that's become his trademark.
Essential Listen: Todd's touching tribute to his old boss and mentor John Prine, “Handsome John”
8. Amigo the Devil- Born Against
If I were giving an award for “hardest to pin to a genre” this year, it wouldn't even be a competition. Amigo the Devil's Born Against revels in the pure rebelliousness of smashing genre boundaries. While all of his songs have an undeniable anchor in folk, if you look at his tour schedule for the rest of the year, he's primarily frequenting metal festivals, playing alongside bands like Judas Priest, Sabaton, and even (ugh) Limp Bizkit. There's a streak of the macabre throughout Born Against the appeals to even the most ardent metal fan. It's an album that sounds like nothing else you'll hear in 2021.
Essential Listen: Murder at the Bingo Hall
7. Allison Russell- Outside Child
The terms “Supergroup” gets overused anytime two people from bands come together for a project. But Our Native Daughters fits the true definition. How much? Three-fourths of the group released albums so far in 2021, and all three of them are in my 10 favorites. First up is Allison Russell, who stepped away from her bands Birds of Chicago, Po' Girl, and Our Native Daughters to release her gorgeous solo debut Outside Child. The album is polarizing, not in a “love it or hate it” way, but in a “favorite album or just among the favorite albums” sense (it's my wife's absolute favorite release so far). From singing a jazzy tune in French to an electric guitar tune, there's a weight to the album without ever weighing you down.
Essential Listen: Hy-Brasil
6. Amy Speace and The Orphan Brigade- There Used to Be Horses Here
I would admit a bias toward Amy Speace. I subscribe to her Patreon page and I look forward to every release. But my bias is truly for albums with lyrics that tend toward the literary; romantic poetry and beautiful prose that just happens to pair well with an acoustic guitar. Very few artists do that as well as Speace. Where most good songwriters paint vivid watercolor portraits of their subjects, Speace works in oils, infusing all of her songs with depths and shadows, hopes and hurt that are 4 minute biographies that flesh out characters better than some novelists do in 300 pages. Anyone who ever lost anyone important to them, especially someone you had a complicated relationship with, will find kinship with Speace's songs of coping with her father's death and the mixed emotions that come with it.
Essential Listen: There Used to Be Horses Here
#americana music#best of 2021#amy speace#allison russell#our native daughters#2021#concerthopper#music#new music#album review
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This song has the structure of a folk song, with a conversation between the sea and the shore mirroring a conversation between a man who travels and a woman who stays. My favourite part of the lyrics is a sensual passage where the shore remembers and rejects the advances of the sea.
Oh there was a time once I'd have given in
I'd hear your savage white caps rolling in
Your troughs would come up slow beneath my chin
Your mist would kiss me softly on my skin
Leaving the salty trails where you had been
My legs would give out in your undertow
Oh but Sea that was a long long time ago
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RETRO: Quick Q and A with Amy Speace
RETRO: Quick Q and A with Amy Speace
I took the wayback machine to 2008 to when I interviewed Amy Speace. I had just discovered her music back then and I can say with all sincerity that my admiration for this woman has increased tenfold since then. Not only has she recorded some outstanding records but she has become a mom and has come face to face with past traumas and she is not afraid to tell the world about it. Amy Speace is a…
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Amy Speace & Orphan Brigade
There Used To Be Horses Here (2021)
… a calming caress …
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Hoboken
where New Jersey slides into the Hudson.
Where you breathed bodies of dust for weeks.
Where that Tuesday morning broke
you and your vows that were only asides
to a longing for something concrete.
Where the buildings burned for months.
Where…
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First Playlist of Sonic Supernova
While I get all the rebranding worked out, here’s what I played tonight. Hope y’all enjoyed the show! ~ Ekureina
The Zoots - Hey, Hello - Single’
Subhumans - Follow the Leader - Crisis Point***
Squid - The Cleaner - Town Center EP***
Beduoine - Sunshine Sometimes - Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Bruce Cockburn - Seven Daggers - Crowing Ignites***
Bill Scorzari - When Will My Time Come Along - Now I'm Free***
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Andy Statman - Ain't No Place for a Girl Like You - Monroe Bus
Clairo - Softly - Immunity***
Long Beard - Means to Me - Means to Me***x
Olivia Jean - In Two - Night Owl ***
Nadia Shpachenko - h.o.p.e. - The Poetry of Places***
Astronauts Etc - 9 Fingers - Living in Symbol***
Robbie Walden Band - 50 Years Too Late - When the Rooster Crows
Amy Speace - Both Feet on the Ground - Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne***
Origami Ghosts - Keeper Sutherland - Healthy Travel Potions***
Lower Dens - Galapagos - The Competition***
Dear Boy - Limelight - The Strawberry EP***
Lower Dens - Young Republicans - The Competition***
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Nathan Bajar - Mia's Song - Playroom***
Marika Hackman - I'm not where you are - Any Human Friend***
Peaer - Multiverse - A Healthy Earth***
Bleached - Hard to Kill - Don't You Think You've Had Enough***
Body Wash - Another Plane - Comforter***
Kishi Bashi - Song for You - Omoiyari
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REVIEW: Amy Speace "There Used to Be Horses Here" is Magic Storytelling
REVIEW: Amy Speace "There Used to Be Horses Here" is Magic Storytelling @realamyspeace @americanaandy @properrecords @orphanbrig @mrlemonsstudio @willkimbrough @ivprnashville #listenbetter
No one really knows where musical talent comes from, especially in a non-musical family. And we’re not talking about hard work or repetition or even inspiration, but that innate ability that so few among us seem to naturally possess. Singer-songwriter Amy Speace slowly gained the acceptance, then admiration, then outright advocacy of her all-business father only after entering her forties. Her…
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