Here They Are From Last week Based On Listener Purchases, Wishlists & Track Ratings.
1. The Byrds - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - The Byrds Play Dylan
2. Son Volt - Methamphetamine - The Search
3. Son Volt - Too Early - Trace
4. Gregg Allman - One More Try (Band demo) - One More Try - An Anthology (1)
5. Wyckham Porteous - Hungry Heart - 3AM
6. Pure Prarie League - You're Between Me - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
7. Paul McCartney - I've Just Seen A Face - Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
8. Pillbugs - Red Light Summer - The 3-Dimensional In-Popcycle Dream
9. Paul McClinden - Island Girl
10. The Lovin' Spoonful - Never Goin' Back (To Nashville Anymore) - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
11. The Byrds - Paths of Victory - The Byrds Play Dylan
12. Old 97s - Moonlight - Drag It Up
13. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Let It Ride - Cold Roses (Disc 2)
14. Steve Goodman - I Ain't Heard You Play No Blues - City of New Orleans
15. Steve Earle - Ashes To Ashes - Jerusalem
16. Steve Earle - Guitar Town - Just an American Boy
17. Steve Earle - Hard Core Troubadour - I Feel Alright
18. Robbie Fulks - Heart I Wish You Were Mine - The Bloodshot Highlights
19. The Gougers - / Everybody Knows - A Long Day For The Weathervane
20. Michael Nesmith - Silver Moon - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Starbucks/Concord Break With Thee
Starbucks Music Label On Back Burner
The Seattle-based coffee chain says Concord Music Group, which formed the label in partnership with Starbucks, will assume responsibility for future and current Hear Music recording artists. The label has released albums from singers such as Paul McCartney and Hilary McRae.
Starbucks says Ken Lombard, senior vice president and president of Starbucks Entertainment, left the company as part of the change. Chris Bruzzo, chief technology officer, has been promoted to senior vice president and will lead the entertainment business. Starbucks will continue to work with Concord Music Group. It will also continue to work with the William Morris Agency to identify book projects and other entertainment opportunities. - Associated Press
Hüsker Dü Rarities?
Writer: David Marek
Fans of legendary indie rockers Hüsker Dü (IE: former idealistic college students from the '80s now begrudgingly working corporate jobs) will be excited to learn that a rarities compilation and live album are in the works for the group. This summer, Garage D'Or Recording Company (Can we stop for a second and just ponder was an awesome name that is for a record label? Thanks.) will release First Strike, a collection of 14 early Hüsker Dü demos from 1979. That's right: 1979. The year our Hüsker Düdes got together to for their first band practice. Expect beautifully messy arrangements and a very young sounding Bob Mould destroying his vocal chords. Garage D'Or will follow up later in the year with a collection of live tracks culled from Land Speed-era Hüsker Dü shows.
In other Dü-related news, Mould is about to start a new European Tour, but not before stopping in Boston for a show with Death Cab for Cutie, The Presidents of The United States, and Amanda Palmer. He's also got a pretty great new solo record out now, which you should go pick up. Oh, and Bob, The Replacements are talking about a reunion. Now might be perfect time to reunite Hüsker Dü. We don't want to tell you what to do, but damn, a Mat/Hüskers tour would blow many a mind. Just sayin'.
Dates:
May 10 - Boston, Mass. @ Bank of America Pavilion
24 - Manchester, England @ Academy 2
26 - Birmingham, England @ Academy 2
27 - London, England @ Koko
28 - Paris, France @ Cafe De La Danse
30 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival
June 2 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
June 2 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
3 - Cologne, Germany @ Luxor
4 - Hambury, Germany @ Ubel & Gefahrlich
5 - Amsterdam, Holland @ Melkweg
7 - Berlin, Germany @ Postbahnhof
Related links:GarageDOr.com
Saturday, April 26, 2008
We Got A Good One In Atlanta Last Night
From the boys (girls) at Backstreets.com
April 25 / Atlanta, GA / Philips ArenaNotes: For the third show in four nights, Bruce is clearly keen to retain the element of surprise. He's writing setlists that veer dramatically off the course he'd set for so much of the Magic tour, and then when it comes time to perform, he's even shaking that up. Tonight in Atlanta, after opening with that high-octane "Reason to Believe" for the first time, two of the next three songs were audibles. That's keeping it interesting for everyone -- particularly in the first half of the show, there was no telling what would come next. And the crowd ate it up -- the Philips Arena ain't exactly intimate, but the place was packed to the rafters, and into it.
Eleven songs played in Atlanta that didn't come out in Orlando, including a magnificent "Point Blank," "Trapped," and "Murder Incorporated," with a great Bruce/Stevie guitar duel that made us miss "Gypsy Biker" at least a little less. Only six songs from Magic, though this was the city of its birth... and with "Lonesome Day" dropped out (and "Out in the Street" in), my pop rightly noted halfway through that it felt like the Reunion tour. Though not as well represented, Magic did get a deeper cut played tonight -- Bruce broke out "Your Own Worst Enemy," which he said was "in honor of producer extraordinaire Brendan O'Brien." He added, "It won't be as good as the record, but we'll try." And it was impressive, the full-sounding four-part vocals at least coming close to replicating the record's wall of sound.
Getting its tour premiere was "Blinded By the Light," in the slot that brought "Spirit" and "Sandy" the last few nights. "I want to thank you for all the prayers and condolences for Danny," Springsteen told the crowd before the song (and we got the video montage at the start of the show, too). "We appreciate it very much. His family appreciates it very much. We've been digging into the 'old' box these last few nights," he said to cheers, going on to reminisce a bit about the early days of the band, meeting at the Upstage in Asbury Park. "I met Steve at 16, Danny at 18... Danny and Mad Dog asked me to be in the band.... It was me, Danny, Garry, 'Mad Dog' Lopez, and Clarence. Just a little five piece -- with a setlist of masterpieces," Bruce laughed. "We know this one!" A rocky start, but yeah, they knew it, and "Blinded" was a blast.
"Bobby Jean" was a granted request-by-sign, and while I'd never put Sharpie to posterboard for that one myself, I was glad I kept my ears open: I heard a power and a poignancy in that song tonight that, to me, has been missing for a long time. More audibles came in the encore, with "Kitty's Back" replaced by "Rosalita" -- "This is for New Orleans!" Bruce hollered, in response to another sign -- and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" in for "Dancing in the Dark." Think you can pin Bruce down? Kid, you better get the picture.
Setlist:
Reason to Believe
Out in the Street
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Blinded By the
LightYour Own Worst Enemy
Trapped
Murder Incorporated
Prove It All Night
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Bobby Jean
Point Blank
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Thunder Road
Born to Run
Rosalita
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
American Land
**P.S. Get Ready For Some Springsteen Additions To the CAR Playlist...........at least until my adrenaline recedes to its normal level.
April 25 / Atlanta, GA / Philips ArenaNotes: For the third show in four nights, Bruce is clearly keen to retain the element of surprise. He's writing setlists that veer dramatically off the course he'd set for so much of the Magic tour, and then when it comes time to perform, he's even shaking that up. Tonight in Atlanta, after opening with that high-octane "Reason to Believe" for the first time, two of the next three songs were audibles. That's keeping it interesting for everyone -- particularly in the first half of the show, there was no telling what would come next. And the crowd ate it up -- the Philips Arena ain't exactly intimate, but the place was packed to the rafters, and into it.
Eleven songs played in Atlanta that didn't come out in Orlando, including a magnificent "Point Blank," "Trapped," and "Murder Incorporated," with a great Bruce/Stevie guitar duel that made us miss "Gypsy Biker" at least a little less. Only six songs from Magic, though this was the city of its birth... and with "Lonesome Day" dropped out (and "Out in the Street" in), my pop rightly noted halfway through that it felt like the Reunion tour. Though not as well represented, Magic did get a deeper cut played tonight -- Bruce broke out "Your Own Worst Enemy," which he said was "in honor of producer extraordinaire Brendan O'Brien." He added, "It won't be as good as the record, but we'll try." And it was impressive, the full-sounding four-part vocals at least coming close to replicating the record's wall of sound.
Getting its tour premiere was "Blinded By the Light," in the slot that brought "Spirit" and "Sandy" the last few nights. "I want to thank you for all the prayers and condolences for Danny," Springsteen told the crowd before the song (and we got the video montage at the start of the show, too). "We appreciate it very much. His family appreciates it very much. We've been digging into the 'old' box these last few nights," he said to cheers, going on to reminisce a bit about the early days of the band, meeting at the Upstage in Asbury Park. "I met Steve at 16, Danny at 18... Danny and Mad Dog asked me to be in the band.... It was me, Danny, Garry, 'Mad Dog' Lopez, and Clarence. Just a little five piece -- with a setlist of masterpieces," Bruce laughed. "We know this one!" A rocky start, but yeah, they knew it, and "Blinded" was a blast.
"Bobby Jean" was a granted request-by-sign, and while I'd never put Sharpie to posterboard for that one myself, I was glad I kept my ears open: I heard a power and a poignancy in that song tonight that, to me, has been missing for a long time. More audibles came in the encore, with "Kitty's Back" replaced by "Rosalita" -- "This is for New Orleans!" Bruce hollered, in response to another sign -- and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out" in for "Dancing in the Dark." Think you can pin Bruce down? Kid, you better get the picture.
Setlist:
Reason to Believe
Out in the Street
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Blinded By the
LightYour Own Worst Enemy
Trapped
Murder Incorporated
Prove It All Night
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Bobby Jean
Point Blank
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Thunder Road
Born to Run
Rosalita
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
American Land
**P.S. Get Ready For Some Springsteen Additions To the CAR Playlist...........at least until my adrenaline recedes to its normal level.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Top 20 Tracks From Last Week
Here they are based on listener purchases, wishlists & track ratings.
1. Gregg Allman - One More Try (Band demo) - One More Try - An Anthology (1)
2. Son Volt - Methamphetamine - The Search
3. The Byrds - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - The Byrds Play Dylan
4. Son Volt - Too Early - Trace
5. Pure Prarie League - You're Between Me - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
6. Wyckham Porteous - Hungry Heart - 3AM
7. Pillbugs - Red Light Summer - The 3-Dimensional In-Popcycle Dream
8. Paul McClinden - Island Girl
9. The Jayhawks - Settled Down Like Rain - Hollywood Town Hall
10. Robb Strandlund - Stayin' Alive - Hand Picked Volume One
11. NEIL YOUNG - ON THE WAY HOME - NEIL YOUNG - LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 1971
12. The Lovin' Spoonful - Never Goin' Back (To Nashville Anymore) - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
13. NEIL YOUNG - TELL ME WHY - NEIL YOUNG - LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 1971
14. Erin Condo - Nothin' New - Leaving Songs
15. DXC - Silent House - Taking The Long Way
16. Chris Knight - Enough Rope - Enough Rope
17. The Byrds - Paths of Victory - The Byrds Play Dylan
18. New Riders of The Purple Sage - Portland Woman - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
19. J.J. Baron - Set Em Up Boys - Brand New Stranger
20. Farmer Not So John - Paperthin - Receiver
1. Gregg Allman - One More Try (Band demo) - One More Try - An Anthology (1)
2. Son Volt - Methamphetamine - The Search
3. The Byrds - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - The Byrds Play Dylan
4. Son Volt - Too Early - Trace
5. Pure Prarie League - You're Between Me - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
6. Wyckham Porteous - Hungry Heart - 3AM
7. Pillbugs - Red Light Summer - The 3-Dimensional In-Popcycle Dream
8. Paul McClinden - Island Girl
9. The Jayhawks - Settled Down Like Rain - Hollywood Town Hall
10. Robb Strandlund - Stayin' Alive - Hand Picked Volume One
11. NEIL YOUNG - ON THE WAY HOME - NEIL YOUNG - LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 1971
12. The Lovin' Spoonful - Never Goin' Back (To Nashville Anymore) - Fallen Angels - Legendary Country Rock Artists
13. NEIL YOUNG - TELL ME WHY - NEIL YOUNG - LIVE AT MASSEY HALL 1971
14. Erin Condo - Nothin' New - Leaving Songs
15. DXC - Silent House - Taking The Long Way
16. Chris Knight - Enough Rope - Enough Rope
17. The Byrds - Paths of Victory - The Byrds Play Dylan
18. New Riders of The Purple Sage - Portland Woman - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
19. J.J. Baron - Set Em Up Boys - Brand New Stranger
20. Farmer Not So John - Paperthin - Receiver
Life's Soundtrack Greatly Diminished
NEW YORK—Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising," died Thursday. He was 58.
Federici, who had battled melanoma for three years, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. News of his death was posted late Thursday on Springsteen's official Web site.
He last performed with Springsteen and the band last month, appearing during portions of a March 20 show in Indianapolis.
"Danny and I worked together for 40 years -- he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much ... we grew up together," Springsteen said in a statement posted on his Web site.
Springsteen concerts scheduled for Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Saturday in Orlando were postponed.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Boss Is In The Tank For Obama
According to the Associated Press, rock legend Bruce Springsteen wrote a letter to friends and fans, Wednesday, in which he expressed his support for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president. The letter, posted on Springsteen’s Web site, said Obama “speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years.”
Springsteen has become famous for his lyrics about working-class Americans and their struggles. He envisions living in “a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit,” and believes that Obama will be able to help America reach this goal.
Springsteen and his band participated in the Vote for Change tour in 2004 which was an organization of musicians against the re-election of President Bush. Additionally, he has written an anti-war song, entitled “Devils and Dust,” about Iraq.
The rock star defended Obama and the recent controversy surrounding some comments made by the politician. He said the issues are worth discussing, but have been taken out of context and used to distract voters from relevant issues such as war and peace.
Springsteen has become famous for his lyrics about working-class Americans and their struggles. He envisions living in “a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit,” and believes that Obama will be able to help America reach this goal.
Springsteen and his band participated in the Vote for Change tour in 2004 which was an organization of musicians against the re-election of President Bush. Additionally, he has written an anti-war song, entitled “Devils and Dust,” about Iraq.
The rock star defended Obama and the recent controversy surrounding some comments made by the politician. He said the issues are worth discussing, but have been taken out of context and used to distract voters from relevant issues such as war and peace.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Top 10 From the Americana Chart
Currently In the CAR Playlist
1. PAUL THORN (521) A Long Way From Tupelo Perpetual Obscurity
2. TIFT MERRITT (600) Another Country Fantasy
3. JAMES MCMURTRY (558) Just Us Kids Lightning Rod
4. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (410) Brighter Than Creations's Dark New West
5. KATHLEEN EDWARDS (440) Asking For Flowers Zoe
6. STEELDRIVERS (410) The Steeldrivers Rounder
7. WILLIE NELSON (490) Moment Of Forever Lost Highway
8. BODEANS (441) Still Resolution Records
9. ALLISON MOORER (450) Mockingbird New Line
10. WAIFS (473) Sundirtwater Compass
1. PAUL THORN (521) A Long Way From Tupelo Perpetual Obscurity
2. TIFT MERRITT (600) Another Country Fantasy
3. JAMES MCMURTRY (558) Just Us Kids Lightning Rod
4. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (410) Brighter Than Creations's Dark New West
5. KATHLEEN EDWARDS (440) Asking For Flowers Zoe
6. STEELDRIVERS (410) The Steeldrivers Rounder
7. WILLIE NELSON (490) Moment Of Forever Lost Highway
8. BODEANS (441) Still Resolution Records
9. ALLISON MOORER (450) Mockingbird New Line
10. WAIFS (473) Sundirtwater Compass
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