The Now Playing Thread

[kidsmoke]

Well I don't have to tell you how I feel about this album.

Been yootoobing Kasey Anderson and digging all that I find. Thanks for the call out.

 

[Tig]

Been yootoobing Kasey Anderson and digging all that I find. Thanks for the call out.

I played the Amazon 30-second preview clips of Kasey Anderson and the Honkies to get a taste of the album. He's somewhat alt-country with an occasional twist of Keef guitar, plus Robbie Robertson and Steve Earle influences, which might just work.
I got a kick out of the English Beat "Save It For Later" cover!

Ordered CD from his website and got the songs downloaded instantly. $10.99 with shipping, versus Amazon's $12.15 plus shipping and no download.

 

[R_of_G]

I put "Waiting for Columbus" in my top three all-time live rock albums with "Rock of Ages" (The Band) and "At Filmore East" (Allman Brothers Band).

I figured Kasey Anderson would appeal to you guys.

I have a couple of his previous albums and enjoy them as well but it seems on this most recent he's really hitting his stride as a songwriter and has put together an excellent band to accompany him. I made some playlists for a long car trip recently and his stuff works perfectly in a playlist with Waits, Dylan, Earle, Springsteen, the Band, the Stones, et al.

Incidentally, and you guys probably noticed the reference as well but if not, Anderson named the band the Honkies in respect to the scene in The Last Waltz where Richard Manuel discusses how that was a name he and Danko had suggested before they settled on the name "The Band."

 

[R_of_G]

NP:

Kasey Anderson recorded a few covers over the last few days (some at fans' request).

They include songs by Springsteen, Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, and swedish pop-singer Robyn (though heavily re-worked).

He's made them available for free as a downloadable EP.

You can find it HERE.

 

[Tig]

Kasey Anderson recorded a few covers over the last few days (some at fans' request).

They include songs by Springsteen, Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, and swedish pop-singer Robyn (though heavily re-worked).

He's made them available for free as a downloadable EP.

You can find it HERE.

Cool! Just downloaded.
Thx

 

[R_of_G]

Cool! Just downloaded.
Thx

Already listened to it three times this morning. It's bordering on obsession.

There's also a free session Kasey did for Daytrotter available here that features some of his originals as well as another Van Zandt cover.

 

[R_of_G]

Steve Earle's "NPR Tiny Desk Concert"

Just Steve and his guitar playing some of his new songs on video for NPR.

Watch it here

 

[tunghaichuan]

Steve Earle's "NPR Tiny Desk Concert"

Just Steve and his guitar playing some of his new songs on video for NPR.

Watch it here

Thanks for the link, I'll have to check that out when I get home from work.

Here's another good concert of Steve Earle, live at the Amoeba:

http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/videos/steve-earle.html

Lots of other good music on that site as well.

 

[Tig]

Thanks for both links, guys. I just watched the NPR video, and it was cool to hear him comment on the music and Treme.

 

[R_of_G]

Thanks for the link, I'll have to check that out when I get home from work.

Here's another good concert of Steve Earle, live at the Amoeba:

http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/videos/steve-earle.html

Lots of other good music on that site as well.

Thanks for that link. About to watch.

I'd forgotten all about amoeba. Just watched some live Delta Spirit there a few weeks ago but forgot to bookmark it and never went back until you posted this link.

 

[R_of_G]

That Steve Earle interview was very cool.
The scene he talks about from The Wire is one of my favorites as well.

NP:

Kasey Anderson
Live @ Daytrotter Studios
Feb 27, 2011

 

[R_of_G]

 

[marnold]

 

[R_of_G]

First listen.
So far so good (three songs in).

 

[Tig]

First listen.
So far so good (three songs in).

"Until You Remember" is a good 'un.

 

[R_of_G]

"Until You Remember" is a good 'un.

Yeah, that was one I hit repeat on.

 

[R_of_G]

 

[R_of_G]

Marc Ribot & Nels Cline
Live June 15, 2011
@ Le Poisson Rouge, NYC

This is a meeting of two of my favorite musical minds.
Two people who I've wished for years would share a stage if only for one night.
Last week they made it happen.
If only they'd invited Frisell they could have hit my guitar trifecta.

There's a decent writeup and some excellent pics from the show here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/06/guitar_gods_nel.html

 

[bcdon]

Katatonia The Great Cold Distance... gearing up for the Opeth concert in October!

 

[Tig]

I've been adding to my Steve Earle collection...

• Train a Comin'
  
• Transcendental Blues
  
• Townes
  
• Copperhead Road

 

[tunghaichuan]

AKA Mrs. Steve Earle. Lucky bastidge.

 

[R_of_G]

I've been adding to my Steve Earle collection...

• Train a Comin'
  
• Transcendental Blues
  
• Townes
  
• Copperhead Road

You just listed my four favorite of his albums.

I particularly like the meshing of his vocals with Peter Rowan and Emmylou Harris' on Train a Comin'

Transcendental Blues might be my overall favorite if forced to choose just one.

AKA Mrs. Steve Earle. Lucky bastidge.

I guess when you marry six women you're bound to hit the jackpot at some point.

I'll keep the Earle family theme going this morning...

NP:

 

[R_of_G]

 

[Tig]

You just listed my four favorite of his albums.

I particularly like the meshing of his vocals with Peter Rowan and Emmylou Harris' on Train a Comin'

Transcendental Blues might be my overall favorite if forced to choose just one.

Cool! I did a little research to get what appeared to be good representations of Steve's range.
I'm enjoying I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive quite a bit.

 

[R_of_G]

Cool! I did a little research to get what appeared to be good representations of Steve's range.
I'm enjoying I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive quite a bit.

Yeah, those four will give you a pretty good sampling of the many styles of Steve Earle. It's one of the things I love about him. He can play in several different styles and yet still come across as wholly Steve Earle in all of them. The Townes album is a beautiful tribute to his mentor/hero. His renditions are masterful and stripped down of the over-production which was unfortunately present on most of Van Zandt's studio work (through no fault of Townes).

I also highly recommend his novel I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive as well. Much as I love Earle as a songwriter, he may be an even better novelist. Upon finishing it, I immediately renewed the book at my library so I could re-read it before returning it.

 

[tunghaichuan]

I've been adding to my Steve Earle collection...

• Train a Comin'
  
• Transcendental Blues
  
• Townes
  
• Copperhead Road

All great choices.

I was looking through the Steve Earle music on my computer and the only albums I would not recommend are:

I Feel Alright (just never could get into it, some SE fans *love* it)

Live at Montreaux 2005 (sound is very thin and tinny, a very poor recording)

Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator (SE sounds tired and worn out. This was his last concert tour before going to prison, IIRC.)


Some are hit and miss:

Jerusalem

The Revolution Starts Now

El Corazon

Washington Square Serenade

The Hard Way

(some songs I hate, but the ones I like are among my favorites, some real gold there)


Other great choices:

The Mountain

Exit 0

Guitar Town

Side Tracks


FWIW.

 

[tunghaichuan]

Katatonia The Great Cold Distance... gearing up for the Opeth concert in October!

Thanks for posting that, I had never heard of them. Which of their albums would you recommend?

I checked out a few songs on You Tube, and they sound like a cross between A Perfect Circle and Opeth (no cooking monster vocals though :rollover )

 

[R_of_G]

All great choices.

I was looking through the Steve Earle music on my computer and the only albums I would not recommend are:

I Feel Alright (just never could get into it, some SE fans *love* it)

Live at Montreaux 2005 (sound is very thin and tinny, a very poor recording)

Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator (SE sounds tired and worn out. This was his last concert tour before going to prison, IIRC.)


Some are hit and miss:

Jerusalem

The Revolution Starts Now

El Corazon

Washington Square Serenade

The Hard Way

(some songs I hate, but the ones I like are among my favorites, some real gold there)


Other great choices:

The Mountain

Exit 0

Guitar Town

Side Tracks


FWIW.

I pretty much agree with your assessment.

Washington Square Serenade is an odd one as it incorporates a lot of electronics. It works for Steve on some songs, not so much on others. It is the album that has his version of Waits' "Way Down In the Hole" which was used as the theme for the fifth season of The Wire (each season used a different version of the song).

Guitar Town is a classic though I like the first half significantly more than the second.

BBC Radio One Live is a great live document.

One more that I love is Together at the Bluebird Cafe, a live recording of Steve in concert with his two mentors, Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark.

 

[R_of_G]

Listening to Justin Townes Earle's "Harlem River Blues" again.

It's looking like this album and Kasey Anderson's "Heart of a Dog" are gonna fight it out for my best of 2011.
Both are awesome albums and incredibly addictive.

 

[R_of_G]

Another day, another few spins of JT Earle's new album.

I hesitate to use this word because of both Steve and Justin's problems with substance abuse, but I am developing a full blown addiction to this album. I never would have believed someone could create a country-blues album mostly about NYC but Justin did just that and it's fantastic.