A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Had me a fine time playing the Poster Room at the Fillmore last night. Tea Leaf Green headlined and Moonalice opened, and it was a benefit for the Rex Foundation. I posted my loopy version of “Within You Without You” on the tunes page. Give it a listen!
See the post I made when Passing Strange was playing in Berkeley a while back. Passing Strange just opened on Broadway! Stew and Heidi were interviewed on Fresh Air today. I’ll be in New York at the end of April. Can’t wait to see it! Update: The New York Times loves it!
And not a nice mention, either. But funny.
The apotheosis of the anti-hero. Tim Goodman talks it over.
“Make art! Make art!” – Glen Hansard, receiving (along with co-writer/co-star Markéta Irglová) the Academy Award for best song, “Falling Slowly.” See the movie, Once. Trust me on this.
Seriously, Ralph. Haven’t you done enough damage already?
Please take a look at this Rock the Earth web page – lots of good information and some calls to action.
Irish Musicians Pen Song for Ronnie Drew A host of Ireland’s finest singers and musicians have got together to produce a tribute to Ronnie Drew, a founding member of the Dubliners and one of the great voices of modern Irish music. “The Ballad of Ronnie Drew” is by U2, Kila, The Dubliners and “A Band … Read more
From the ratdog web site: our lead guitarist 2/12/08 Short and sweet, Dog Heads: If you were wondering who’s playing lead guitar for our upcoming spring tour, it would be one Mark Karan. In the words of our fearless leader Senor Weir, “Mark’s back. It’s pretty much a miracle.†Mark added, “with much gratitude after … Read more
Noah got a proper domain for his blog: deadlistening.blogspot.com