Our third NYC showcase and fifth overall, featuring the bands Beat Radio, Hey Anna, and The Pine Hollows, goes down next Friday, March 22nd at Muchmore's, the great DIY spot in Williamsburg where we had our first show in November. Click on to hear more from the bands and get ready to party with us in one week!
Here's a tune I'm digging lately. It's the live version of "Turn It Around" by Brooklyn's Lucius.
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Here's a little secret Dig Nation, sometimes, I do judge a book by it's cover. In fact, I do it a lot. I do it at the grocery store while looking at egg cartons. I do it at the liquor store while deciding which new beers to try, and I do it while perusing through TWD submission emails. Strike that, I do it a lot while going through submissions. I don't even bother with emails that use words like remix, dub, mash up, or versus, and I hardly ever pay attention to any thing that starts their genre-title off with the word dream. In all fairness, it is awesome that starting this music blog has brought an entire world of music into my inbox on a daily basis, but let's get real, ain't nobody got time for that.
Regardless, the other day I was going through my emails, making sweeping generalizations left and right, when I encountered a very curious name – Bryan John Appleby. Read on for my full thoughts as well as a collection of videos and the a full streaming copy of Appleby's album Fire on the Vine.
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Portland OR seems to be teeming with a unique breed of melancholic Americana and Mama Bird Recording Co. has been quietly amassing their talents for the last couple of years. TWD has previously written about both Denver and Sainseneca leaving us to address Barna Howard; the third artist represented on that label.
As I previously mentioned, all of Mama Bird's artists fall under the guise of folk musicians. However, as opposed to Denver and Saintseneca who sound uniquely contemporary, Barna Howard's compositional voice is a throwback to the tradition of Arlo Guthrie and the folk musicians of that ilk. Listen below to the two track teaser from his 2012 full length self-titled released and take note of the way Barna slips in and around his vowel sounds while singing and uses his highly polyphonic guitar to lay out a three voice accompaniment in the traditional folk style.
His playing is clean, his voice is clear, and his stories are welcoming and well written. Barna Howard should have a bright future in the folk community where a talent such as his is surely to be recognized and sought after. Click here to purchase his full length album and then drop him a line on his facebook page and let him know that you dig it.
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Hope everyone had a nice weekend. It was practically spring here in NYC and great to get outside and feel the energy of the city ramping back up as the warmth returns. Looking forward to that continuing. Now, please dig the latest Weekly Roundup.
Good morning, Dig Nation! It is my pleasure to announce our third NYC showcase and fifth overall, featuring the bands Beat Radio, Hey Anna, and The Pine Hollows. It goes down in two weeks on March 22nd at Muchmore's, the great DIY spot in Williamsburg we first began this whole live initiative. So click on to hear more from the bands and get ready to party with us March 22nd!
Friend of the Dig Jonny Fritz is riding high in 2013 with his new record Dad Country due out April 16th on ATO Records and an expansive tour that features dates on SXSW as well as time with The Weeks, Heartless Bastards, and The Devil Makes Three.
Read on for those dates and locations as well as a link to your free copy of Ain't It Your Birthday by Jonny from his new record.
Jonny Fritz: Ain't It Your Birthday
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Field Mouse recently announced that they'll be touring the US this spring with Laura Stevenson and they released a new song about a month ago that I haven't yet shared. So click on through for all the dates and the great track "Tomorrow Is Yesterday."
How was everyone's first weekend of March? Pretty good one for us at Dig HQ: basketball games and home brew competitions, and of course some great live music. Now it's time to wind it down with the latest Weekly Roundup.