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Jason Isbell & 400 Unit – Mountain Stage

By Simon, on July 22nd, 2010

This is a great Mountain Stage performance from by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (Jimbo Hart on bass, Derry deBorja on keyboards, Chad Gamble on drums and Browan Lollar on slide guitar), the band performed five tracks from last years wonderful self titled album, which has never being far from my turntable since it’s release.

The good news is the the man himself is back in the studio cooking up another set of songs at FAME – can’t wait.

Soldiers Get Strange

Streetlights Seven-Mile Island The Blue The Last Song I Will Write . . . → Read More: Jason Isbell & 400 Unit – Mountain Stage

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Ryan Bingham’s Rugged Country

By Simon, on February 25th, 2010

The guy who gargles whiskey and grit is making headlines with his song The Weary Kind that features in the film Crazy Heart, never been much on soundtracks but this one looks like it may force me to make an exception given the tracklisting.

Here’s a treat for you three live cuts from Mr Bingham from his last appearance on NPR, including Southside of Heaven from his album Mescalito – my favourite tune from his repertoire plus a great rendition of Hard Times from the same album and a track from last years album Roadhouse Sun. Tell My Mother I Miss Her So Southside Of Heaven Hard Times

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True Soul & Other True Sounds – Oxford American – Southern Music Edition

By Simon, on February 16th, 2010

This years music edition of Oxford American is sub-titled True Soul & Other True Sounds  and what a treat it is, along with the magazine you get two CD’s worth of music, the first disc with an intro by Lucinda Williams concentrates on the “True Soul” and traverses eclectic range of artists, from Fern Jones (50′s christian country), Jeanette “Baby” Washington (sweet 60′s soul), Caroline Herring (indie folk) to the manic singing and thumping of oil drums by George “Bongo Joe” Coleman, the second disc concentrates specifically on artists associated with Arkansas continues the adventure casting a net across genres and unveiling a host of unknown treasures.  As my musical upbringing was built on the foundation of “mod” I’ve long had an appreciation and love of soul music, particularly of the Northern and Stax variety, I was completely bowled over by two tracks on Disc 1, the first by “Mississippi” Charles Bevel called Don’t Lie to Me is a . . . → Read More: True Soul & Other True Sounds – Oxford American – Southern Music Edition

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Paul Weller – NPR

By Simon, on January 25th, 2010

More Weller on NPR, have included the interview segments this time around from Weller’s appearance on NPR in February ’07, entitled “A Britpop Titan Lives On” Weller answer questions and comments on,  punk, mods, soul music and  Amy Winehouse amongst other things as well as getting his ego massaged by the interviewer.

The appearance was in support of the Hit Parade compilation and Weller performed two tracks from As Is Now and his “English folk song” Foot of the Mountain from Wildwood.

Interview 1, Weller talks, punk, suburbia and mod Foot of the Mountain (Wildwood) Interview 2 Soul, Style Council and 7″ nostalgia I Wanna Make It Alright (As Is Now) Interview 3 Weller talks BRIT’s, Spice Girls, Amy Winehouse Roll Along Summer (As Is Now)

. . . → Read More: Paul Weller – NPR

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