I won’t call these “the best” albums of the year. I admit this is nothing more than my opinion on the albums I enjoyed most. I’m sure I missed out on more than a few great albums. I’d love to hear about your favorites – you may help me discover something I missed out on. […]
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A Midtown Christmas JamborEve Christmas Eve, 5-7pm Minglewood Hall Grab a friend, grab an instrument, or grab some mistletoe and join your voices with members of Star and Micey, Jeff Pruitt of JP & The Jackrollers, Evan Nicholson of Rockasaurus Rex, Caleb Sigler, and many other local musicians for an old time, raucous Christmas singalong.
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Here’s a short list of some albums released in the last few months that are worth checking out. I’m also working a list of my favorite albums of the year to post soon (some of these may appear there as well). The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions It took over 40 years for these
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Arrested Development was my favorite television show of all time. I was lucky enough to accidentally see the third episode when it originally aired, and after about 30 seconds I knew I would watch every episode that came after. Little did I know it would end up being canceled after its 3rd season. Thankfully, it’s
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Last Tuesday marked the official release of The Beach Boys’ “lost” album, Smile. I grew up hearing the Beach Boys and honestly thinking they were a little cheesy. That was until I heard their 1966 album, Pet Sounds, the summer before my senior year of high school. I fell in love with it, and to this
Here are some of my favorite new albums from the last three months. I don’t feel like there’s much I can say about them, because they are all by artists that I’ve been listening to for years. I have have most or all of the albums by these artists, and they’re always consistently good. I
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I’m playing Thursday night with one of my favorite artists, Half-Handed Cloud. You can see most of the info on the flyer above, so if you’re in or around Memphis on Thursday night drop by to hear some music! This is actually my first live performance of my own music in around 2 years. I’ve
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Several times a year I enjoy sharing some of the new music I’ve been enjoying over the past few months. Since we’re about halfway through the year, here’s what I’ve been listening to since I last posted recommendations 3 months ago. I’d love to hear your recommendations as well! Leave me a comment or tell
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Anyone who knows about my music tastes knows that I’m a big fan of The Beach Boys – particularly Brian Wilson and especially their album Pet Sounds (which I think everyone should own). So I was pleased to stumble across this gallery of photos by Guy Webster. I’d seen some of the photos before, but
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We’re nearly a quarter of the way through 2011, so I thought I’d share some of the new music I’ve been enjoying so far this year (in no particular order). John Vanderslice – White Wilderness Over the past seven years since I first heard John Vanderslice, he’s managed to release consistently great records without falling
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I know a thousand other websites and bloggers have already released best-of lists for 2010, and I’m a little late to jump in. After Christmas I ordered a few albums I’d been meaning to listen to, and I wanted to hear those before putting a list together. I’m snowed in today, so I can’t think
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