Bad Brains Reissues Coming

Washington DC punk/hardcore rockers Bad Brains has won back the rights to their catalog and have launched their own Bad Brains Records to reissue their music. Beginning February of 2021 with the “Pay to Cum” single the reissues roll out in steady fashion with their self-titled release dropping in April 2021 (Pre-Order Here), Rock For…

PJ Harvey – A Dog Called Money

PJ Harvey – A Dog Called Money FilmTONIGHT, December 7 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST$12 https://www.abramorama.live/ A uniquely intimate journey through the inspiration, writing and recording of a PJ Harvey record. PJ Harvey and photographer/director Seamus Murphy travelled through Afghanistan, Kosovo and Washington DC before landing back in London to record parts f the…

Soul Sensation

From Oxford American’s Greatest Hits Music Issue Andria Lisle relays the story behind Ann Peebles’ hit “I Can’t Stand the Rain,” a song that emerged after Peebles, along with Don Bryant and Bernie Miller, “improvised on an offhand remark about the weather.” Full article at Oxford American

Molly Tuttle

Molly Tuttle live at Paste Studio on the Road: Nashville

Fav Vinyl Releases 12.04.2020

There’s always more releases than I’m sharing, but these look interesting to me…. all heading out on December 4, 2020. Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder – Blue Note RecordsRecorded at Van Gelder Studio in 1963, The Sidewinder by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan was a runaway hit that reached No. 25 on the Billboard chart. The…

Eilen Jewell

I really dig Eilen Jewell and have for years. I’ve played her on my radio show for as long as I can remember and now that I live in Boise where she does, I am hoping to be able to sync up with her sometime post-Covid to work up a feature on her tunes. Here…

New Album From Leo Kottke

There’s a new release out from guitar legend Leo Kottke and Phish bassist Mike Gordon. It is Kottke’s first album in 15 years which was also a collaboration with Gordon called 66 Steps. Since 1969 Kottke has released 34 studio albums in all. The video below gives you a good taste of what to expect…

Church Street Blues

“I got myself a rockin’ chair to see if I could lose them thin dime, hard time, hell on Church Street blues” Norman Blake, “Church Street Blues” Do a search for “Church Street Blues” and you’ll find a lot of Tony Rice and good for you because I think of Tony Rice as one of…

SSSSSSSizzlin’

Arnett Cobb’s Sizzlin’ spinning this morning before we finish the sides that will be paired with the turkey for a small family Thanksgiving gathering in the “pandemic”. It’s an early, chilly morning here in Boise with snow frosting the tops of the mountains and the sun just peeking over and into our back windows. Cobb’s…