Monday, June 30, 2008

Blackmore's Night: Secret Voyage

This is the latest album by one of my all time favorites Blackmore's Night.. they're kind of Rennaisance meets folk, meets classical meets rock.. VERY VERY Original with amazing compositions and killer vocals!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I am :D

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Album: Secret Voyage




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Tracklist:
God Save the Keg
Locked Within the Crystal Ball
Gilded Cage
Toast to Tomorrow
Prince Waldeck's Galliard
Rainbow Eyes
The Circle
Sister Gypsy
Can't Help Falling in Love
Peasant's Promise
Far Far Away
Empty Words

Friday, June 20, 2008

Blue or Grey?

I've been listening to the blues a lot lately. I can't seem to shake this melancholy feeling inside of me, maybe being apart from the one's I love is the reason for this I'm not sure. Just thought I'd mention that. I also came to a realization today that there are not nearly as many Ravens in my neighborhood as there were when I moved in last summer. This brings up a deep well of loss within myself, you see ravens/crows are one of my inner totem animals, along with otters. Knowing that they were in the area when we moved made me feel like this place was a perfect fit, and so the loss of many of them leaves an emptiness I can't truly explain in any sort of coherent way. I'm really just babbling away I guess. After all these are MY confessions (I write that a lot don't I?). I have made a new friend here in C'ville lately though, so that's helping to stave off the dreariness of not being able to see my Misfits as much as I'd like (once a month is better than not at all that's for DAMN sure). Nothing new to report really. I've got some music going up on the page this weekend. Just some more Duffy, Ashley Monroe, and some Koko Taylor. Nothing over the top fancy, but its feel good music all the same. Till next time...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

I Quote

Censorship is the deprivation of art.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Over the Rhine, Concert Review Gravity Lounge

As most of you have had to bear witness to I am a HUGE fan of the band Over the Rhine (OtR.) I got to see them tonight only two miles from my house at a wonderful little venue known as Gravity Lounge what follows is my quick review and setlist for the show.. just because I feel like sharing. ;D It definitely made up for the rainy, but still ok/good Sugarland (are they ever not good :D ) show on Sunday.

Over the Rhine opened with I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time (With Music You Don't Need), which I always love that being an opening number, I’m sure it can get boring for them, but for me it just FITS. The rest of the show was also amazing but rather than give you my blow by blow of each song saying how great they each are, I’ll just leave it at that. The solos by Jake and Mickey on “I'm On A Roll” have only gotten progressively better, Mickey got quite the crowd reaction for his house pounding drumbeats, being an intimate club I was about 6 feet away from him and could see him in profile and so got a wonderful view of his playing (truly a master of the drum kit). I got a small sense of pride seeing that Karin had set the flowers I’d sent out on her little table, I’ve sent to very very few artists before and this was the first time I saw any sort of appreciation for it, and that felt really good makes me happy to do it again (maybe a bigger bouquet?). The band was in a wonderfully giddy mood and the crowd really got into the show, which I always love seeing. OtR tends to draw a diverse audience and in this college town that was no exception with Grey haired men sitting next to high school kids in perfect calm and enjoying the show for all it was worth. Karin really thwacked into her cookie sheet leaving some major imprints into it grinning the entire time. I loved some of the “oldies” pulled out such as Daydreamer and Cruel and Pretty. All in all a magical night that will get me through till this OtR junkie gets to another show.




I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time
Motherless
Born
Anything At All
I’m On A Roll
Trumpet Child
Who’m I Kiddin’ But Me
Desperate For Love
Ohio
Professional Daydreamer
Don’t Wait For Tom
If A Song Could Be President

Encore::
Cruel and Pretty
Drunkard’s Prayer

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Over the Rhine, I Don't Want to Waste Your Time With Musice You Don't Need

In celebration of my Over the Rhine concert tonight here is a great show from 2002. OTR was originally only scheduled to play the Cornerstone Main stage event but tacked on this impromptu show the next day, its full on acoustic from the Grassroots Music Acoustc stage.



DOWNLOAD FLAC:: OTR2002-07-06


Download 320kbs MP3:: OTR2002-07-06