Josh Hathaway from Blinded by Sound tossed out a list of releases for April, including stuff from Tab Benoit (yea!), the Smiths and Elvis Costello.
Brandon over on The Burning Ear streamed All the Rowboats, a track off the upcoming Regina Spektor release, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.
Michael Barwise from Michael’s Music Madness posted the Favourite Songs Of 2012 So Far:
So March is now over which means that we are a 1/4 of the way through 2012. Three months of great new music. I asked radio DJs, bloggers and more about what music they’ve been loving so far this year…”
Rachel at Adobe and Teardrops streamed Bully, from the upcoming album, When the New Wears Off, by The Only Sons.
John Jurgensen from the Wall Street Journal interviewed Bonnie Raitt about music and her new album, Slipstream.
AutopsyIV from ninebullets.net asked:
If you could only listen to the discography of 3 artists/bands for the remainder of your life. Who would they be?”
Finally, if you aren’t already reading Peter Parcek’s Unsung Heroes of the Blues Guitar, this is a great time to start. Check out his latest installment, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan.
The list seems a little short but I spent most of the week a bit sleep-deprived and didn’t read as many blogs as usual. If you want me to add your post to the list just send me an email, bug me over on Twitter @kitbrown_wmb or leave your addy in the comments section.
- Kit
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That interview with Raitt is much better than the one that was published in the Atlantic. Well, at least it’s better titled. The title of the Atlantic piece is “Bonnie Raitt’s Amazing, Omniverous, Adult-Contemporary Career”. It includes the line, “The racial politics of pop music have always been fraught, but there’s hardly a stronger argument for the essentially omnivorous nature of adult contemporary than this.”
What? “Omniverous”? It left me with an image of Raitt chomping on CDs like a slice of pizza. Bad choice of words, methinks. I’m not sure what he was reaching for, but there has to be a better word.
Okay, I have read that over several times and I am kind of lost as to where it was supposed to be going. Maybe the reviewer has one of those ‘word a day’ calendars? I am also puzzled as to when Raitt became ‘pop’ but that is kind of secondary to the whole omniverous thing.
Sigh – now I want pizza.