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Darling be home soon…
Busy working on both a gaming and a new music release review so while I am putting those together you all can listen to the ‘so new it still has the shrink wrap on it’ video from the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Kit’s Awesome Vid of the Day – Tedeschi Trucks Band – Darling Be Home Soon
- Kit
I’m going where the sun keeps shining…
This is how you do a cover song.
Kit’s Awesome Vid of the Day – The Tedeschi Trucks Band – Everybody’s Talkin’
- Kit
The Week in Music…Blogs March 24 to March 30, 2012
Pour yourselves a very big cup of coffee ’cause the links this week are going to take a while to work through.
Kendra Carter of The Gadsden Times eulogized Bluesman Jerry “Boogie” McCain.
Jim White from Community Voices reviewed Stronger for It, the new release by Javina Magness.
Pete Feenstra over on Get Ready to Rock reviewed the new Walter Trout, Blues for the Modern Daze.
Bluesman Peter Parcek took a little time out of his playing schedule to pen another in his Unsung Heroes series and profiled blues guitarist Leroy Foster.
MusiciansFriend interviewed Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks in their home studio:
Moving away from blues, Metal Insider tossed out their Top Five Live Metal Albums of ever and Spin shared several photos from Too Tough to Die, the soon-to-be published Johnny Ramone memoir.
Jordan Richardson over at Blinded by Sound reviewed the new Cannibal Corpse release, Torture.
Mike Ostrov from Ninebullets.net reviewed Giant Orange from Cheap Girls.
Over on Adobe and Teardrops, Rachel reviewed electronic pop band Xylos.
Sandy Auden from London Calling interviewed Steve Carlson about his music and his “mini” European tour.
Finally, Mark Memmott from NPR reminded us just how cool Earl Scruggs really was while Steve Martin nearly made me cry.
Okay, this is a slightly larger fraction of all the music blogs and posts this week. If I missed yours please shoot me an email or leave your post addy in the comment section below.
- Kit
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That’s the grace of music…
It is no secret that I am a huge fan of Derek Trucks’ guitar playing. If he put out a “hey this is Derek practicing scales on the front porch” album I would probably buy it. (who am I kidding – I would totally buy it) With this in mind, I was surprised by how much I like Revelator, the new
release from the Tedeschi Trucks Band.
Derek’s guitar is present, but it doesn’t overwhelm the other instruments or Susan’s voice. The arrangements are so well done, especially on tracks like Shelter. Susan’s voice weaves in and around the music so smoothly she almost sounds like another instrument playing. It is just beautiful.
(I know. I know…I can’t believe I am talking about arrangements either. I expect to look out the front windows and see flying pigs zooming around any moment now.)
The band is huge with Derek on guitar, Susan on vocals and guitar, Oteil Burbridge on bass, Kofi Burbridge on keyboards and flute, Tyler Greenwall and J.J. Johnson on drums, Mike Mattison and Mark Rivers on harmony vocals, Kebbi Williams on sax, Maurice Brown on trumpet and Saunders Sermons on trombone, but they all mesh together and the music just flows perfectly.
My favorite track is Shrimp and Grits with Shelter running a close second.
You can pick up a free mp3 of Bound for Glory off the Tedeschi Trucks Band website and can purchase Revelator from Amazon, iTunes and other retailers.
- Kit
Don’t scare the dancing clouds or they shall cease to perform…
Bah, I have spam in my filter.
For those inclined to MUD, my review of 6Dragons is up over on GamingHUD. Check out the new Battlefield 3 – Faultline trailer while you are there. All news and reviews are gathered on the front page so it should be easy to find.
If you sign up for the Tedeschi/Trucks Band newsletter you can download a mp3 single “Bound for Glory” off the upcoming album Revelator for free. Normally I wouldn’t rec more email to anyone but I get about one a month, sometimes less so it is worth it if you are a fan of the band or of Susan or Derek.
Amazon.com has the mp3 version of the new Los Lonely Boys album Rockpango on sale for 5.99. They have quite a few various releases on sale and will upgrage their new Cloud drive storage system from 5G to 20G with any purchase of an mp3 album. I haven’t tried it out yet but I suspect Kahuna will have tested it before the end of the day. 
Scooter and I have been trying to go to the park all week but it will not stop pouring rain. I understand this is likely normal spring weather but I am ready for sun and heat. I also miss my azaleas.
Off to test mods while she dozes on the couch.
- Kit
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- Blurred…
February 12, 2013 | 4:06 pm
I have been trying to write the review for Blurred, by San Francisco singer/songwriter Alex Wise for a few months now but can’t seem to finish it. This is difficult for me to say but I get about halfway through the process and find myself so homesick I just can’t continue. The past few years have been full [...] - Arc & Stones…
February 11, 2013 | 4:53 am
Now that Scooter is back sleeping nights I proclaim this ’dig myself out from under the mountain of un-reviewed music‘ week. Kicking off the week o’reviewing is Arc & Stones, the debut EP from Brooklyn band Arc & Stones. The guys are Dan Pellarin (vocals), Ben Cramer (guitar), Joe Doino (drums) and Eddy Bayes (bass). I had [...] - Telegraph Taboo…
January 21, 2013 | 8:45 am
So, I was in the mood for some blues and whoosh – blues appeared. Other people get coupons, bills and news updates in the mail while I get blues music. Cool new blues music in the form of the debut release Telegraph Taboo from the Chicago-based band Nick and the Ovorols. This is not a pretty album. The vocals on a few tracks [...] -
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