Gary Lucas is a modern guitar miracle, an alchemical soloist with monster technique and a rare collaborative touch. He is especially good with master voices; his work with Captain Beefheart and the late Jeff Buckley is a master lesson in aggressive invention and supportive electricity. That empathy is half the pleasure of Lucas’ Indo-blues venture, [...]
On one of my last nights in DC the other week, all of us girls in journalism crowded in a hotel room, got in bed and listened to my friend's infamous "Crying Playlist." I added some of my own songs that I love as well... Trust me, this shit will make you cry (pardon my french!) All of Me ~ Meiko Almost Lover ~ A Fine Frenzy And Now We Sing ~ Duncan Sheik feat. Holly Brook Belle ~ Jack Johnson...
I don't think Ben has listened to this album, although I know Elliott loves it so he may well have done. If so Ben, then contact me on Facebook and I'll switch it to another one. Anyway Grace is one of my favourite albums ever and I think its safe to say that Buckley is the greatest vocalist I've ever heard. This album shows his broad skill in many different styles of music from blues, to rock, to...
I stole this from Australian Peter's blog. It's lovely. I don't know who the vocalist is here. It's from the movie Candy . Of course, I can't side with Candy's version of the song against the classic one my girl Liz Fraser put out (singing for This Mortal Coil) but this is very purty. Jeff Buckley was the genius who wrote the song. There's a version on YouTube of him singing it, paired up with a clip...
"I didn't just marry a beautiful woman, I married a record collection." - anti_tomwaits Me too. My wife's taste in music has had a HUGE impact on what I listen to regularly now. All the modern British bands, the Black Crowes, The Jayhawks, Dave Matthews, Kings of Leon, The White Stripes, and honestly, The Rolling Stones are new to me since meeting and marrying my wife. I wouldn't have gone...
The thread/question about naming your favourite team's 11 got me thinking, could I name all the gigs I've ever been to. My list is pretty much complete - 76 events over 30 years (so at 2 point something a year, I'm not a real gig pig), but one thing that stood out for me was that I would go back and see every single one of them again, with the possible exceptions of Madonna (rubbish) and Jeff Buckley...
Loch Lomond will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Photo by Alicia Rose via Loch Lomond's Myspace Our Pick: Horse Feathers, Loch Lomond, All Spots To Black, Helen Money @ Bootleg Theater Tonight LA-based rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures , which is comprised of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Alain Johannes, will be headlining the Wiltern . Québécois garage...
May of 1995 was the end of my sophomore year of high school, and while I studied for Mr. Pimentel’s science final or Señora Navarro’s Spanish class, somewhere not too far up the highway Jeff Buckley was tuning up his acoustic guitar for a solo midday set on the college campus of UC Berkeley. Jeff [...]
Until last year the best show I’d seen was hands down the 2001 Austin Music Awards in 2001 when John Cale of the Velvet Underground did a duet with Alejandro Escovedo of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah which is my favorite song of all time and if ANY of you say that Jeff Buckley’s whiny-ass version was [...]
The Big Pink will be performing Wednesday night at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via the Big Pink's Myspace This week Maine-bred folk singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne will be taking on a three-night stint at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown with LAist favorite, Illinois-based alternative country singer-songwriter Lissie . The Swell Season , an indie folk duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and...
I've always had James Morrison pegged as a slightly better version of James Blunt, but nonetheless, still the creator of the sort of music a guy plays to a girl when he's trying to seduce her, or that a girl plays when she's broken up with a/the aformentioned boy. In other words soppy music, for soppy people. (I pray that my aunty never reads this) But now he's got a new song out, and I've been asked...
Volifonix is a rockin’ four piece band including horns hailing from Eugene . They’re also lucky enough to be sponsored by the awesome micro-brewery, “Ninkasi Brewing Company.” If you like 311, Decemberists, Silver Sun Pickups, Akron/Family, RHCP’s, Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Parliament Funkadelic, Earth Wind & Fire or Jeff Buckley, you’ll love Volifonix! What's better....pulling deeply on a pint of crisp...
What's better....pulling deeply on a pint of crisp and hoppy northwest microbrew or chilling out while funky songs about everything from parties to art & passion to positions agai n st "the man" pulsate from your speakers? If you answered "both" pour yourself a cold one and check out Oregonisms (topsecret records 2009) from Eugene darlings, Volifonix (aka VFX) who happen to be on tour all year and...