Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Belleville Outfit: Wanderin'

The Belleville Outfit - Photo (c) George Brainard

You have six musicians and very, very little time before your first live appearance. Cram everything in two marathon practice session and hit the MerleFest stage. Sextet The Belle Outfit did exactly and stunned the audience. Their debut album hits the shelves of your trusty record store February 5. Wanderin' is a great collection of jazzy tinged Americana - imagine dipping an Over The Rhine album in a country sauce and stirring it with the bow of a fiddle.

Naming your group after a Django Reinhardt song sets the standard very high and The Belleville Outfit live up to the expectations. Wanderin' is an album full of bravado. It's the sheer joy of a sextet playing together with a tightness like they have been in a band together for years.

The Belleville Outfit: Wanderin'

The Belleville Outfit:
Rob Teter: guitar, vocals
Connor Forsyth: pianor
Jonathan Konya: drums, vocals
Jeff Brown: bass
Marshall Hood: guitar, vocals
Phoebe Hunt: violin, vocals

MP3: The Belleville Outfit - Caroline
MP3: The Belleville Outfit - Wanderin'

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Mountain Jam IV: line-up

Mountain Jam IV

Uncle Warren is doing it again. The Gov't Mule main man announces the fourth installment of the Mountain Jam, a three day music festival in Upstate New York.

Mountain Jam IV
Hunter Mountain, NY
May 30th – June 1st

Tickets go on sale February 1st, 2008.

  • Gov't Mule (both nights)
  • Levon Helm Band
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead
  • Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
  • Citizen Cope
  • Drive By Truckers
  • Dark Star Orchestra
  • Galactic
  • Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
  • Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
  • Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
  • JJ Grey & Mofro
  • Jackie Greene
  • Lotus
  • Greencards
  • Felice Brothers
  • Jim Weider’s Projectt Percolatot with special guest Lucy Bo
  • Pnuma Trio
  • Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
  • Buzz Universe
  • Phonograph
  • RatBoy

MP3: Gov't Mule - No Quarter
(live at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, St. Paul, MN - 2007/10/31)
MP3: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (w/ Warren Haynes) - Jet Airliner
(live at Toad's Place, Richmond, VA - 2007/01/14)
MP3: Levon Helm - Feelin' Good
MP3: Lotus - Wooly Mammoth

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DeVotchKa: "Transliterator" MP3

DeVotchKa

A taste from the new DeVotchKa album A Mad and Faithful Telling Release date: March 11..

MP3: DeVotchKa - Transliterator

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Read my review of How It Ends.

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FestivaLink.net: pro recorded live shows in three formats

Taperfriendly artists are cool, right? And so you want support them by buying their album and live recordings. Take a look at FestivalNet which serves as a portal for a nice selection of bluegrass and country festivals. Shows are offered in three popular formats: protection-free MP3s and CD-quality FLAC downloads compatible with your iPod or other MP3 player, as well as on CD, sent to you by mail.

Doing live music right means teaming top-flight musicians with an all-pro recording and post-production team to create a live music release that stands the test of repeated listening. It means working closely with the artists to be sure that the download you buy is one they are proud of, and that it presents them at their live best. It means paying everyone involved - the festival, the artist and the composer - a fair royalty from every sale. And it means giving you the best possible listening experience at a fair price.

MP3: Leftover Salmon - Down in the Hole
(live at Red Rocks, CO, USA - 2007/07/28)

Go buy live music!

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