[mp3] Ben Maney and Countless Sheep

November 2, 2010

The Sun’s Serenade To The Earth Ocracoke There’s an up and coming jazz cat named Ben Maney from Knoxville that I recently discovered whose making some mighty fine sounds with his group Countless Sheep. Ben is a jazz pianist and multi instrumentalist with some killer chops: Ben Many and Countless Sheep have a sound is [...]

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[mp3] Stevie Ray Vaughan – Stockholm Sweden 7/7/85

November 1, 2010

Its hard to believe that SRV has been gone twenty years already. He has now influenced an entire generation of guitar players that have only been able to experience his music from his albums and live recordings. Here is another great live Stevie Ray recording from the 1985 Jazz & Blues Festival in Stockholm, Sweden. [...]

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My Morning Jacket – Terminal 5 Covers

October 28, 2010

My Morning Jacket finished their string of shows at New York’s Terminal 5. In addition to playing each of their 5 records in its entirety they did some pretty epic covers including Wham, Prince and Elton John. Wham – Careless Whispers Elton John – Rocket Man Prince – I Could Never Take The Place of [...]

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Ryan Montbleau Band

October 28, 2010

Combing through the Austin music calendar recently I came across The Ryan Montbleau Band. They’ve got a great soul, jazz, blues, funk, reggae sound and I’m a sucker for the rich tube tone of his guitar. Ryan Montbleau’s latest record Heavy On The Vine released last month was produced by the great Martin Sexton. They’ll [...]

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Uncle Shelby

October 26, 2010

Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance ‘Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain’t been there before. – Shel Silverstein Sometimes he shaves his head and wears a beard. Sometimes he shaves his beard and wears a [...]

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The White Buffalo – Into The Sun

October 25, 2010

I love this tune. [via]

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[mp3] John Hiatt – The Continental Club 3/6/1994, 3/7/1994

October 23, 2010

Here is a classic Austin performance that was way too good not so share. This is a vintage KGSR radio broadcast of John Hiatt and the Guilty Dogs’ flawless, jaw dropping, head exploding acoustic and electric sets that were recorded over the course of two days at the Continental Club in Austin. It also includes [...]

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Frightened Rabbit & Bad Veins at Stubbs 10/20/10

October 21, 2010

I saw Frightened Rabbit play Stubbs outdoor last night. They were was of course amazing as always. Words cannot express my love for this band. They played all of their classics from The Midnight Organ Fight and Sing the Greys plus a good portion of The Winter of Mixed Drinks. Its great to see Frightened [...]

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Matt the Electrician

October 20, 2010

A couple years back while flipping through the channels a while back when I first discovered Matt the Electrician in a performance he gave on the local news. I remember being thoroughly impressed by his unique style and musical sensibility. In addition to being an amazing singer songwriter he’s also a multi instrumentalist and has [...]

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[mp3] Doctors & Dealers – Trouble EP

October 19, 2010

What happens if you combine star producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor) and Sparrow, the one-woman driving force behind Doctors & Dealers, in a studio and close the door for a month? You get the Trouble EP and the upcoming album, Every Sinner Has A Future. Gordon Raphael, who had been following the career [...]

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