Itchy Fingers
(Electric) - Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga
(Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Cady Finlayson is a spirited
Irish fiddler, with a global twist. And while she’s best known for
her Irish music expertise, Finlayson’s latest release, Electric
Green, her collaboration with French guitarist Vita Tanga, is sure
to expand her audience well beyond traditional Celtic boundaries.
Finlayson and Tanga met during a tour honoring the music of John
Denver. The downtime between touring dates led to musical
experimentation and an electric guitar and fiddle performance in
Finlayson’s New York City home. “It was at this total dive bar, and
I wasn’t sure how the traditional Irish music would go over with
that crowd,” Finlayson recalls. “So, just for fun, we decided to
add some electric guitar sounds to the mix -- crybaby pedal and
all. We recorded it and listened to it later, and it sounded really
cool!”
Colour
TV - Eric Skye (Portland, OR, USA
)
From the Eric Skye Acoustic
Groove Trio album Slow Moving Dog.
What do you get when you take
a Pacific Northwest jazz guitarist known for his intimate,
uncluttered solo acoustic guitar arrangements, add a New York City,
British invasion influenced drummer nourished on careful feedings
of American funk, and a virtuoso upright jazz bassist who also
plays in a symphony and tours with Zappa alum? The new Eric Skye
Acoustic Groove Trio CD, Slow Moving Dog. All original
bluesy soul jazz grooves played on a little ought size acoustic
steelstring guitar. Recorded live in the studio. No overdubs, no
gooey reverbs, etc... just three guys having a ball two mornings in
July in a great loft space in downtown Portland, listening to each
other, zigging and zagging, grooving.
Eric Skye has two solo
acoustic jazz guitar releases, Acoustic Jazz Guitar Solos
and For Lulu, both of which garnered national and
international attention and airplay.
Still I'm
Travelin' On - Paul Burch (Nashville, TN,
USA)
The Record Club was an idea
Paul had to get music to his fans every month. Fans who buy into
the record club get an A and B side single from Paul at the
beginning of each month, plus little extras throughout the year.
Fans can either opt for downloads only, or can add a CD and a
personalized thank you note from the man himself. At the end of the
year all the singles will be complied into a physical
release.
Paul’s been getting a lot of
good press lately for his most recent album, Still Your Man, which
was released last August. It got great write-ups in magazines like
Uncut and American Songwriter and was featured on a few Best Of
lists at the end of last year. He’s a great country/Americana
artist who doesn’t simply fall into the labels attached to
him.
Love song for
Jeffrey Dahmer - Dudley Saunders (LA, CA,
USA)
Dudley has a tour coming up
which is as good an excuse as I need to play one of his beautifully
bitter-sweet tracks from the Outmusic Awards Best Album of 2009 -
The Emergency Lane.
May 11 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CA MCC w/ Tom Goss, Jeremiah Clark
& Daniel Owens
May 12 2010
LOS ANGELES, CA Molly Malone’s w/
Tom Goss & Matt Alber
May 17 2010
CHARLOTTE, NC Patchwerk
Playhaus
May 19 2010
ATLANTA, GA Smith’s Olde
Bar
May 20 2010
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA C’ville Coffee (w/Brady
Earnhart)
May 21 2010
WASHINGTON, DC Potter’s House (w/Indigie
Femme/Nina Gibson)
May 22 2010
BALTIMORE, MD GLCCB (w/Brady
Earnhart)
May 24 2010
HARRISBURG, PA Stage on HERR
May 25 2010
NEW YORK, NY Dixon Place Music
Lounge w/Chris Cochrane
May 26 2010
CAMBRIDGE, MA All Asia
Bar
May 27 2010
PORTLAND, ME Slainte Wine
Bar
May 29 2010
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY Cafe
Bocca
Dudley's website is a work of
art in itself, upon which a compelling story is
unfolding.
Ungrateful
Men - Grace Valhalla (Nancy, France)
This has been my ringtone for
a while and I often wake up up with Grace too.
Cet album regroupe des morceaux plus
électroniques, mais toujours pop et doux. Il est le témoin de mes
progrès (ou de mes régressions? ^_^) avec les
machines.
1
- burn : un morceau un peu étrange à l'ambiance un peu
mystique
2
- experience I : la premiere partie d'une trilogie très douce, dans
la tentative d'une nouvelle approche de compostion.
3
- empty : un titre plus "club" mais trop lent pour danser dessus
alors je ne sais pas trop.. à quoi ilpeut bien servir. Mais j'y
suis attachée.
4
- experience II : la suite, que je préfère
5
- ungrateful men : une chanson pour les hommes ingrats
^_^
6
- apricot hill : le morceau le plus rythmé de l'album, mais pas
énervé non plus.
7
- experience III : la dernière et la moins minimale de la
trilogie
8
- Jenny : une longue (pas trop j'espère) ballade, avec petite une
envolée lyrique pour finir.
Song for
Megan - Talking to Walls (New Haven, Connecticut,
USA)
The second track from Talking
to Walls this week. Good time music.
