Irritable Engineer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Yesterday on the way to work I heard this song on Sirius's "Roadhouse". The lyrics are unique to say the least. A John Prine written song, about a couple if love, sung with Iris Dement called "In Spite of Ourselves". Here are the lyrics, robbed from Cowboy Lyrics.com . In Spite of Ourselves She don't like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin' her legs is funny She looks down her...
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
FOLK VARIOUS: THE ORIGINAL TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS, VOL 2 WHIRLIE RECORDS, £11.74 * * *
Urban Sketchers (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Here are images from last year's concert in the park that I've never posted anywhere before. Above, Bonnie Prince Billy on the Rooster stage, seen from the hillside. Same stage and same vantage point from later that night, just framed a little lower. Iris Dement singing a duet with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Though they've been good friends for years, this was the first time they'd ever performed together...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
This song is from the album Infamous Angel released in 1991. MP3 File yousendit
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
On the one hand, Iris Dement always looks like she’s singing with a mouthful of sour lemondrops. On the other hand, she’s pretty amazing. On the third hand, this song is the very definition of “bittersweet”. It reminds me of how I feel about my own hometown, in a lot of ways. For that matter, it reminds [...]
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
COUNTRY star Nanci Griffith is set to play the Capital next year.
Billy Ockham (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
John Prine and Iris DeMent
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Our playlist tonight consists of songs that contain the word Mexico (or Mexican ): Amancer En Nuevo Mexico (Granadinas) - Ruben Romero Beer in Mexico - Kenny Chesney Down In Mexico - The Coasters Down Into Mexico - Delbert McClinton Flower Of Mexico - Johnny Gimble Italians in Mexico - The Renovators Mexican Blue - Jolie Holland Mexican Cowboy - Otis Taylor Mexican Divorce - Drifters Mexican Home -...
Alex Massie (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Iris DeMent has only made four albums. And since the latest, 2004's Lifeline , is a gospel record it's fair to say that she ain't on the trendy side of Nashville. In fact her style could harly be further removed from the country-pap that you hear on country radio stations and the teevee. DeMent is proper old-school you see. Her songs are often filled with wistful sentiment and sometimes with outright...
Shot In The Dark (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
If you converted all the critical plaudits Radiohead has gotten over the past fifteen years or so into liquid form, and poured them into all the world’s supertankers, then an awful lot of supertanker crews would be frantically bailing their overloaded vessels out to keep the keels off the harbor floors. Now, I’ve been around music [...]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
Sufjan Stevens and Yo La Tengo have been announced to take part in this year's Pop Montreal festival, taking place from September 30 to October 4.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
See a Woodstock tribute on its 40th anniversary on Saturday, and check out Iris Dement and the Tillers at the Southgate House.
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Nashville, TN -- The Americana Music Association proudly announces that Jim Rooney will receive the Lifetime Achievement for Producer/Engineer award at the 8th Annual Americana Honors & Awards ceremony, scheduled for Thurs., Sept. 17 at the historic Ryman Auditorium. ...
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