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Song Review: John Prine & Kelsey Waldon - “Love at the Five & Dime”
It’s a shame John Prine and Kelsey Waldon didn’t get more chances to sing together because his ravaged voice dances beautifully with her twangy warble from the long ago.
The pair’s recording of “Love at the Five & Dime” is confirmation of the chemistry first demonstrated with 2019’s “Kentucky Means Paradise.” It’s out to preview the various artists’ collection More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith.
It’s a corny country song. But Prine, who died in 2020, and Waldon, who is signed to his Oh Boy Records, add depth as they with alternate verses and come together on the chorus.
Out Sept. 22, More than a Whisper also includes contributions from Shawn Colvin, Iris Dement, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Sarah Jarosz, Lyle Lovett and Kathy Mattea, Todd Snider, Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle, Aaron Lee Tasjan and others.
Grade card: John Prine & Kelsey Waldon - “Love at the Five & Dime” - B
7/19/23
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Appropriately grooving to Bisexual Millennial Tom Petty this evening.
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REVIEW: Aaron Lee Tasjan “Stellar Evolution”
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Aaron Lee Tasjan – Stellar Evolution
Aaron Lee Tasjan genuinely comes off as one of the most likable guys in Nashville. The singer-songwriter-guitar whiz has penned some of the catchiest indie tunes over the past decade – 2021’s “Up All Night” is absolutely irresistible, and the title of the album it’s from, Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, displays his subtle sense of snark about everything, including…
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Butch Walker's Piano Man
Photo by Bobbi Wernig
BY JORDAN MAINZER
As Butch Walker’s livestreamed pre-release party for his new album began, he was nowhere to be found. Instead, you were left looking at his empty studio, a song that sounded like a Billy Joel deep cut playing in the background. For all anybody knew, it could have been a Joel tune, until you heard Walker’s recognizable voice, nonetheless speak-singing like Joel, or even Donald Fagen on Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In The Years”. The song’s peppered with references to California atheists and avocado toast. An Aaron Lee Tasjan guitar solo is announced. Towards the end of the song playing, Walker came in frame, dancing, drink in hand, talking about how weird it still is to do livestreams, how easy they are to mess up, but how it’s still also the best way to reach a wide audience. This, in front of the camera, was Walker. So was the man singing in the background song, but he was also someone else.
The song, “Roll Away (Like A Stone)”, is from Walker’s new album Butch Walker As... Glenn (The Orchard), which sees him in character as a barroom piano man alter ego named--what else--Glenn. Throughout Wednesday night’s stream, he explained how the character came to be. During the initial isolation of COVID lockdowns, Walker wallowed in his own sadness, listening to ballads from the likes of Billy Joel or Jackson Browne. He thought about his breakout 2004 album Letters that was written on a Yamaha baby grand piano he bought with money earned from producing and writing for others. Walker calls it his “fuck you” money; indeed, he has never had a hit himself (save for previous band Marvelous 3′s minor alt rock jam “Freak of the Week”) but has found the most financial success throughout his career working with the likes of Avril Lavigne, Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift, and Green Day. Maybe it was time to revisit that piano.
At the same time, Walker was working on a record by Morgan Kibby of M83 under her new alias Sue Clayton. Her record, which will come out next year, is based on a character of the same name, an aging Palm Springs widow who makes money by doing phone sex. During the songwriting process, she would send lyrics to Walker, and he would wake up every morning, sit in his sauna, and come up with sweeping, cinematic melodies. The album also has skits; on one called “Love Line”, Clayton is doing her day job and is phoned by someone voiced by Walker...named Glenn. Walker, who apparently has the tendency to work on records and wish he made them, later told Kibby he wanted to do a Sue Clayton-type record. She suggested he make one around Glenn. So this time, Walker sent Kirby various voice memos, at which point she helped him finish the lyrics of the material, fleshing out Glenn’s story.
Glenn, who has no last name and is named after Walker’s wild great uncle he never met, is, like Clayton, lonely, spending his life playing shitty bars, often to empty rooms, save for the bartender. Maybe he’s playing other folks’ songs. In any case, what’s clear is that Walker, at various points in his life, saw a little of himself in Glenn. “Nobody ever reads the lyrics anymore,” he laments on “Avalanche”. At the same, he offers pearls of wisdom, like “Money will cut your legs off when you use it as a crutch,” on Tom Petty-level catchy ditty “Tell Me I’m Pretty (Bethamphetamine Pt 2)”. “A singer always finds his key,” he sings on the soulful “Lean Into Me”, a song inspired by “songs about singing” classics like Browne’s “The Loadout”. It’s safe to say that Walker, through Glenn, has found his key.
It wasn’t easy--it probably never is--and Walker used the stream to reveal even more of the process behind his new record, almost to an uncomfortable extent. You could see him visibly cringe at the demos of “Avalanche”--“It clearly sounds terrible,” he admitted--but as he played the final version, which wasn’t even out at the time of the stream, he casually swayed. “I didn’t mean to the play the whole song for you, but I couldn’t help it,” he said. The stream was winged, and it was illuminating to see Walker abandon even the plans he made up as he went along just because he connects with his new material so much. Walker also demonstrated how songs like “Avalanche” and “Slow Leak” came to be from simple keyboard lines, though the keyboards on the record were eventually played by Aaron Embry, with whom Walker worked on Rayland Baxter’s Wide Awake and The Wallflowers’ Exit Wounds. Walker’s the first to admit that the creative relationships he fosters have as much to do with the final product than does the initial idea, whether duetting with Kirby as Sue Clayton on emo country anthem “State-Line Fireworks” or Elizabeth Cook on “Don’t Let It Weigh Heavy On Your Heart”. On lead single “Holy Water Hangover”, Walker even leaves in the studio chatter at the beginning of the recording, a collection of voices that could be anyone from Tasjan, multi-instrumentalist Mark Stepro, bassist Whynot Jansveld, guitarist Sadler Vaden (Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), or engineer Todd Stopera. Ultimately, though, it’s Walker who directs the cooks in the kitchen, bringing a character to life, shapeshifting like his idols while strengthening the collaborative spirit that makes him one of the most prolific folks in music today.
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New Release: Shemekia Copeland - Done Come Too Far
Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far
Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far
Format: CD
Label: Alligator Records
Release: 2022
Release date: August 19, 2022
Shemekia Copeland’s 8th Alligator album – ‘Done Come Too Far’
Over the last few years, she’s been singing not only about the time-honored blues subjects of love lost and found, but also about facing down and trying to heal the perilous…
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I Love America Better Than You · Aaron Lee Tasjan
They say our founding fathers
Built a Christian nation
But nowhere in the Bible does God bless the USA
But at least he gave us Walmart
And our dear old friends, the Indians
Who showed us how smoke tobacco
I guess that's a good revenge
I love America better than you
Her dirty power and hot dogs too
Illegal immigrants, first black president
I love America better than you
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Best Albums of 2018
Highest honors:
"May Your Kindness Remain," Courtney Marie Andrews.
"Negro Swan," Blood Orange.
"boygenius," boygenius.
"Good Thing," Leon Bridges.
"Port Saint Joe," Brothers Osborne.
"By the Way, I Forgive You," Brandi Carlile.
"Hell-On," Neko Case.
"Chris," Christine and the Queens.
"Freedom," Amen Dunes.
"Double Negative," Low.
"Be the Cowboy," Mitski.
"Dirty Computer," Janelle Monae.
"Sparrow," Ashley Monroe & "Interstate Gospel," Pistol Annies.
"Golden Hour," Kacey Musgraves.
"Ventriloquism," Meshell Ndegeocello.
"SASSAFRASS!" Tami Nielson.
"Hope Downs," Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.
"Soil," serpentwithfeet.
"Clean," Soccer Mommy.
"What a Time to Be Alive," Superchunk.
High honors:
"Invasion of Privacy," Cardi B.
"Head Over Heels," Chromeo.
"Last Building Burning," Cloud Nothings.
"Look Now," Elvis Costello & the Imposters.
"Passwords," Dawes.
"God's Favorite Customer," Father John Misty.
"Sweetener," Ariana Grande.
"See You Around," I'm with Her.
"Dying Star," Ruston Kelly.
"Vide Noir," Lord Huron.
"Dirty Pictures (Part 2)," Low Cut Connie.
"Girl Going Nowhere," Ashley McBryde.
"Room 25," Noname.
"Wide Awake!" Parquet Courts.
"Honey," Robyn.
"Young Romance," Roosevelt.
"The Window," Cecile McLorin Salvant.
"Devotion," Tirzah.
"Isolation," Kali Uchis.
Honors:
"A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships," The 1975.
"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino," Arctic Monkeys.
"Tell Me How You Really Feel," Courtney Barnett.
"Hollywood Africans," Jon Batiste.
"7," Beach House.
"The Mountain," Dierks Bentley.
"Find a Light," Blackberry Smoke.
"Sex & Cigarettes," Toni Braxton.
"Black Velvet," Charles Bradley.
"All Nerve," The Breeders.
"Camila," Camila Cabello.
"The Thread That Keeps Us," Calexico.
"Caution," Mariah Carey.
"Twin Fantasy," Car Seat Headrest.
"Everything Is Love," The Carters.
"She Remembers Everything," Rosanne Cash.
"Wanderer," Cat Power.
"Desperate Man," Eric Church.
"Providence Canyon," Brent Cobb.
"Historian," Lucy Dacus.
"Cactus," Elise Davis.
"Scorpion," Drake.
"Encore," Anderson East.
"The Crossing," Alejandro Escovedo.
"Ruins," First Aid Kit.
"High As Hope," Florence & the Machine.
"Nearer My God," Foxing.
"The Now Now," Gorillaz.
"Anthem of the Peaceful Army," Greta Van Fleet.
"Mr. Jukebox," Joshua Hedley.
"My American Dream," Will Hoge.
"Hive Mind," The Internet.
"Primal Heart," Kimbra.
"Go to School," The Lemon Twigs.
"I'm All Ears," Let's Eat Grandma.
"Wouldn't It Be Great," Loretta Lynn.
"Among the Ghosts," Lucero.
"One Stone," Trixie Mattel.
"The Tree," Lori McKenna.
"All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do,” The Milk Carton Kids.
"Other Arrangements," Parker Millsap.
"Golden," Kylie Minogue.
"Kin," Mogwai.
"Tearing at the Seams," Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.
"Last Man Standing," Willie Nelson.
"Volunteer," Old Crow Medicine Show.
"Liberty," Lindi Ortega.
"Oxnard," Anderson .Paak.
"C'est La Vie," Phosphorescent.
"The Tree of Forgiveness," John Prine.
"All Aboard," Punch Brothers."Daytona," Pusha T.
"Loner," Caroline Rose."Care for Me," Saba.
"Sunset," Amanda Shires.
"Years," Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.
"Route One," Sigur Ros.
"E.G.O.," Lucie Silvas.
"Bloom," Troy Sivan.
"Lush," Snail Mail.
"FM!" Vince Staples.
"Karma for Cheap," Aaron Lee Tasjan.
"13 Rivers," Richard Thompson.
"Record," Tracey Thorn.
"Life Is Good on the Open Road," Trampled by Turtles.
"Western Movies," Traveller.
"WARM," Jeff Tweedy."Offerings," Typhoon.
"In a Poem Unlimited," U.S. Girls.
"Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin," Various.
"Bottle It In," Kurt Vile.
"Healing Tide," The War and Treaty.
"Heaven and Earth," Kamasi Washington.
"My Dear Melancholy," The Weeknd.
"Greetings from the Wild Frontier," Wild Feathers.
"Yolk in the Fur," Wild Pink.
"One Drop of Truth," The Wood Brothers.
"The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs," Wye Oak.
"There's a Riot Going On," Yo La Tengo.
"Suspiria," Thom Yorke.
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Review: Aaron Lee Tasjan- Stellar Evolution
Sometimes an eclectic album will be called “genre-defying.” Stellar Evolution, the new album from Aaron Lee Tasjan out 4/12 on Blue Elan Records, isn't genre-defying. That implies an acknowledgment that genres exist, something Tasjan refuses to do throughout this record.
Stellar Evolution pinballs from synthwave to power pop, classic rock, glam to Americana, and elsewhere, sometimes within the same song. Co-produced by Tasjan and Gregory Lattimer, who teamed up to produce Tasjan's 2021 album Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, it somehow always makes sense within the context of the song and the album.
The album's standout track “Alien Space Queen” is about as far from standard roots music as it gets. It's a danceable celebration of the outsider, with Tasjan noting the song's subject “ drives an old Trans-Am / in sunset gold / she's trans-femme / a demigirl dream.” Tasjan imagines a day when these joyous weirdos will rule the world and “we would live in peace.”
Another highlight of the album is “The Horror of It All.” With a less celebratory take on non-conformity, Tasjan sets this song in one of the least friendly places for the different; high school. “Whispers in the hallway growing” Tasjan laments as his rumored sexual proclivities are bandied about the classroom. But his protagonist comes out of it, screaming “I've got to be myself / because everyone else / is already taken.” This is the strongest guitar track on Stellar Evolution, reminding listeners why Tasjan was tapped as guitarist for New York Dolls before his solo career. When he rips, he truly rips. Further distancing it from being too serious is the fun music video, with its '80s horror movie VHS look and feel.
Stellar Evolution's other single, “Drugs Took Me” starts as a stoner fable (“dirty feet / long greasy hair / Jesus Christ goes heroin chic”) with Tasjan reciting the lines in his best burnout voice turns darker in the song's second half as he sees himself in the mirror (“white as an Irish spirit/everyone's best invisible friend”). It's somewhat autobiographical, telling Tasjan's journey to sobriety.
Tasjan goes full Tom Petty mode on “I Love America Better Than You.” It's a shot at nationalists who see patriotism as a contest, and exclusive to people who look or think like they do. “Happy Independence,” Tasjan drawls. “I hope you weren't depending / on we're all created equal / to go and live some dream.”
For those looking for ballads, Stellar Evolution has its share. “Dylan Shades” is an introvert's love story. “Roll Your Windows Down” is just about the pure joy of hanging out with people who accept who you are. “Young” is a piano ballad that is beautiful in its simplicity.
Stellar Evolution feels like just that for Aaron Lee Tasjan; an evolution. The courage to let the songs dictate the genre or, as is often the case here, to skip genrefication altogether, comes with experience. Stellar Evolution is the portrait of an artist who comes into his own.
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Kerry King Debuted His First Solo Song From Hell Rise Earlier In The Week And Unveiled His New Bandmates
Handle with gratitude with Kerry King Debuted His First Solo Song From Hell Rise Earlier In The Week And Unveiled His New Bandmates, legendary metal guitarist Kerry King has made a triumphant return to the music scene with his first solo song "From Hell Rise" debuting earlier this week. After taking a brief hiatus from his iconic band Slayer, King is back with a vengeance and has introduced his loyal fans to his new project. This highly anticipated release has already caused a stir in the metal community and has left fans eagerly awaiting more.
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Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites
- In this edition: Willie Nelson; Van Morrison; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite; and Kristen Englenz
WILLIE PASSES MORE HITS: Willie Nelson’s Greatest Hits, a 22-song collection spanning “Crazy” to “Ride Me Back Home,” will be released Nov. 3.
ONE MORE MOONDANCE: Van Morrison’s Moondance will get the three-disc deluxe treatment. Due Nov. 3, the expanded LP includes a Steven Wilson remix of the original album, an instrumental mix and the 2022 Atmos mix.
GET UP AGAIN: Ben Harper Charlie Musselwhite’s Get Up! will be the subject of a Nov. 3 vinyl reissue in celebration of the album’s 10th birthday.
KRISTEN ENGLENZ RETURNS: Kristen Englenz will release her Aaron Lee Tasjan-produced single, “Silly, Silly, Silly,” Oct. 13, marking her first original song since 2020’s “Shelf Life.”
9/25/23
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So far I’ve come up with: Mo Troper, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Bartees Strange, The Lemon Twigs, ROOKIE, Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie, Ezra Furman, Courtney Barnett, Angelica Garcia, Jenny Owen Youngs…
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Grace Bowers, Keisha Bailey, & Aaron Lee Tasjan perform "For What It's Worth" -Live at Lightning 100
Jul 7, 2023
Grace Bowers, Keisha Bailey, and Aaron Lee Tasjan perform acoustic/stripped down version of "For What It's Worth" live on Lightning 100 powered by Volume.com
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"_ _Buffalo Springfield's "FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH" written by Stephen Stills!!!"
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Cappelle Classics - 3 oktober 2023
Terug luisteren kan hier.
Dit was de playlist:
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town (1992)
Bleachers - Modern Girl (2023)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just A Song Before I Go (1977)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
Lady Gaga - Look What I Found (2018)
The Rolling Stones feat. Lady Gaga & Stevie Wonder - Sweet Sounds Of Heaven (2023)
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 (1971)
Donovan - Colours (1965)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence (1983)
Acda & de Munnik - De Beatles en de Buren (2000)
Manic Street Preachers - You Stole The Sun From My Heart (1998)
Muse - Sing for Absolution (2003)
Aaron Lee Tasjan - Up All Night (2020)
Aslan - This Is (1988)
Badfinger - Baby Blue (1971)
Volgende week dinsdagavond van 22:00 t/m 23:00 is er weer een nieuwe uitzending van Cappelle Classics op Ice Radio. De uitzending wordt op donderdag van 13:00 tot 14:00 herhaald.
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AmericanaFest 2023 - Day 4
AmericanaFest 2023 - Day 4 #aaronleetasjan #autumnnichols #lucindawilliams #americanaandy #Listenbetter #kyletuttle #chanceemerson #phoebehunt #jesswilliamson #americanahighways #americanafest2023
AmericanaFest 2023 – Day 4
Friday at AmericanaFest began with a special treat and ended with a surprise sighting of a legend.
Before any of the showcases, I was able to attend a private listening party for Aaron Lee Tasjan’s upcoming, untitled album, including a live performance of one of the new songs. The record is slated for release early next year, and, while I can’t say much, I can tell you…
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Lauren Calve Announces "Shift" May 26 Ahead Of Stellar All-Star Debut Album Out Sept 1
Lauren Calve has been undergoing a metamorphosis in her life, a massive shift. You can hear it seeping through every song, oozing out of every lyric, and feel the shedding of her skin with every note on her first full-length album Shift out September 1. The subtle and understated yearning in her voice, the intonation in her haunting vocals and delivery, Calve is longing for something more. Through the ten-track collection of songs on Shift, she invites the listener to come along on her journey of self-discovery and change, demonstrating a musical masterclass in the art of emotional storytelling.
Shift was recorded in Nashville at 3Sirens Music Group with producer, engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Dex Green (Margo Price, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Allison Russell) along with a stellar line-up of musical talent including Fred Eltringham on drums (ACM Drummer of the Year, Drumeo Country Drummer of the Year, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson), Audley Freed on guitar (Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes), Robert Kearns on bass (Sheryl Crow, Lynyrd Skynyrd), Marlon Patton on drums (Larkin Poe, Lera Lynn), Jared Reynolds on bass (Ben Folds) and engineer Joe Costa (Ben Folds).
The sound reflects the environment in which the songs were written, in quarantine, mainly, and therefore in periods of silence and self-reflection.
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