I’m in North Carolina on business this week and will miss most of the BBQ Throwdown in Oxford, but at least I will get to see Sam Bush here Friday night. The group of bluegrass all-stars in this video includes Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton, Luke Bulla, and Byron House.
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The Women of Rockabilly: Welcome to the Club (2002) was shown at the 1st Annual Oxford Film Festival a few years ago. It has since aired on PBS. Some of the artists featured are Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, Janis Martin, and Lorrie Collins. This clip focuses on Jackson. Side note: Wanda Jackson was played by Amy [...]
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I had a restless night on Friday, bouncing from show to show. I saw Mayhem String Band at Larry’s, Aaron Hall Band at Jubilee, and Kenny Brown at Two Stick (twice). A smorgasbord of music, for sure.
Saturday night was a one-show-only night as I settled in for Jason Isbell at Proud Larry’s. I was still [...]
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The much anticipated Iron & Wine album The Sheperd’s Dog will be released tomorrow (Tuesday). You can buy it at Purple Haze on North Lamar.
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Use the player below to hear “Boy With Coin” from the new album.
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis - Ford Center (Monday, September 24)
Aaron Hall Band - Proud Larry’s (Wednesday, September 26) …A must see show as Hall will be backed by a gospel choir in show 4 of 4 of his September residency.
Boombox - Proud Larry’s (Thursday, September 27)
Pithecanfunkus Erectus - Two Stick (Thursday, [...]
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The Backyard Tire Fire Fall Tour will include dates with Jason Isbell and Cracker (see full schedule below).
Work has started on a new studio album, due in 2008. In the meantime, they’ve released a free download of the live performance of the album Vegabonds & Hooligans at Chicago’s Double Door. After they visited Oxford earlier this year, I [...]
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I had plans to see a couple bands last night but was unable to pull myself away from Rocket 88 at Parrish’s. Amazing show with a great crowd.
Tonight’s Options (Friday, September 21):
Mayhem String Band - Proud Larry’s
Tate Moore at happy hour and Aaron Hall Band at night - Jubilee
Kenny Brown Band - Two Stick
Scott Albert Johnson [...]
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If aliens visited and asked me for one representative for Mississippi music, I would play them some Cary Hudson.
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Aaron Hall and Tate Moore put on a great show at Larry’s last night, as expected. The surprise of the show (for me) was Adrian Dickie. Adrian has backed up Sanders Bohlke for the past couple years and has played with Aaron Hall lately as well. I missed a couple of his solo shows recently and [...]
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Next weekend, September 28 and 29. 46 Miles West of Nashville :: A Celebration of Southern Music, Art & Culture :: Featuring Todd Snider, Lucero, Outformation, Blue Mountain, Jason Isbell, Amy Lavere, Scott Miller, Will Hoge, Garrison Starr, Drivin’ n Cryin’, Webb Wilder, Bobby Bare Jr, Old Union, Dash Rip Rock, Molly Thomas, Trent Summar, [...]
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I checked out Pineross for the first time last night at Parrish’s. Pineross is led by Kevin Larkin of Mayhem String Band on mandolin, guitar, accordion (1 song), and vocals. He was backed by Jamison Hollister (Mayhem) on fiddle and mandolin and Justin Showah (Taylor Grocery Band) on bass. Chris Steiner of Mayhem also joined [...]
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Jason Isbell will be playing at Proud Larry’s this Saturday, September 22.
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Rumors are swirling that Luther Dickinson of the North Mississsippi Allstars is set to join The Black Crowes. Luther sat in as the lead guitarist for the Crowes this past weekend in Telluride. He has had a friendship with the Robinson brothers for a few years, and the Allstars have opened for the Crowes a few times [...]
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