Posts filed under “Music”
Paul Simon – a true master
Whether or not you like Paul Simon’s music, I think everyone can agree he’s a hugely accomplished musician, songwriter, and performer. I still can’t believe it’s been 25 years since his legendary album “Graceland” was completed. But what made him a real legend in my eyes was the news about a concert last month in [...]
Fun new video from the Rural Alberta Advantage
So I’ve become a huge fan of the Rural Alberta Advantage. (You can check out my post about their London concert here.) They’ve got a new album coming out on Tuesday, March 1st: “Departed.” They played a couple of tracks from their new album at their concert, and they were great. (It can be hard [...]
Living and loving live music – thanks to Songkick!
Yesterday I saw The National in concert, and it was absolutely awesome. It was the first of a string of four concerts I’m going to in the next few weeks. I’m seeing The National, Arcade Fire, The New Pornographers (with Neko Case!) and Kings of Leon. But I would never have known about all of [...]
The Rural Alberta Advantage (special thanks to Songkick)
A couple weeks ago I became a die-hard fan of an awesome Canadian band: The Rural Alberta Advantage. How did it happen? I heard that they were playing in London, thanks to Songkick, and it was simply a brilliant show. You should all buy their album NOW. The Rural Alberta Advantage I first heard of [...]
A short clip for the Kings of Leon fans out there
This is just awesome: #1 single, but the band thought it was terrible and nearly ditched it. Here’s the music video:
A Friday music video
He’s a rock legend. She’s a bluegrass star. Together, they put together one hell of an album. Here’s one great video:
I’m late to the party here…
… because Vampire Weekend started getting huge in the beginning of 2008. While I heard their music then, I recently listened to a few songs again and got really hooked all of a sudden. Their album is a really interesting, unique, solid piece of work. (Pop with African hooks and beats to use broad descriptive [...]
RIP Richard Wright: 1943-2008
Richard Wright, the keyboardist for Pink Floyd, died today of cancer. While I wasn’t part of the generation that grew up with Pink Floyd, I certainly grew up listening to them. (The only album I bought when it first came out was The Division Bell.) My first honest-to-goodness rock concert was seeing them in the [...]