Category: Live
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Calgary Folk Fest hits the bigtime with talent galore!!
So the full line up and schedule for the Calgary Folk Fest hit the public this past week, and wow I am pretty excited about the late July event. For me the city has two premier festivals each year and they are the previously mentioned Sled Island Festival (see here for my post) and then…
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Alexi Murdoch Soundtracks “Away We Go”, plus bonus live tracks!
Alexi Murdoch, yes that Alexi Murdoch. Not just for the teen dramas anymore! Seriously though, a favourite for a long time for great singer songwriter quality is Alexi Murdoch. He has that calming voice, delicate guitar work and just a great vibe. What wouldn’t his music be good for? An afternoon lazing around the house,…
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Sled Island Festival Unveils 2009 Initial Line Up!
Sled Island is an “annual independent multi-venue music and arts festival” in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: of which I reside. This is the 3rd year and first year I am going to truly break out of my shell and attempt to bombard the venues with extreme malice. The event is set up like a mash between…
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Sorry, Unavailable on Tuesday, Me & Will Oldham Are Catching Up.
Going to the BPB concert here in Calgary on Tuesday, March 24th and am getting excited. Word is that the show is pretty darn good (various twitter feeds from fellow bloggers indicate as such). Apparently a good mix of new and old material, so that is always a promising situation when an artist has such…
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New Music from Carl Hauck
Very little time today (damn day job getting in the way of things that are important)! I did see that former Slowcoustic post victim Carl Hauck has been a peach and posted his WEFT Sessions II (this is his second time recording sessions with WEFT) and has offered them up for consumption. Head over to…
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Slowcoustic Essentials – J. Tillman
Whatever you want to call him or do call him – “J. Tillman”, “Josh Tillman”, “Tills”, “J.T.” – he is still the pinnacle of the hushed singer songwriter, period. This is why J. Tillman is ultimately deserving of being essential listening to those who enjoy Slowcoustic style music. J. Tillman has been on the scene…
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Can’t Resist John Darnielle and I find Peter Hughes Very Convincing
Live Mountain Goats. That’s all. Tallahassee from the Bottom of the Hill on May 26th, 2004 Have to Explode from the Republic on November 3rd, 2008 Blueberry Frost from the Old American Can Factory on July 2nd, 2005 I absolutely think the “Tallahassee” is the underdog of The Mountain Goats discography so I included two…
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Calling Every Concert Goer!! The Presidents Need You!
So have nothing to do this Saturday? Live at least close to Eastern Seaboard of the United States? Well I have an event for you! Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a fan of Christian Kiefer and thanks to the internet, we ended up being friends. Well we have never met, but our…
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Essentials Sneak Peak – J. Tillman
Just received my DVD of “Isle Land”, the 4 track DVD EP from J. Tillman. Dark, acoustic and perfect. So then, I just had to put a sneak peak on the Essentials Series next “victim”. J. Tillman is most likely my “favourite” artist. This is what I may say if found strapped to a chair,…
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School of Seven Bells – Video, Songs and Links!
So another quick post, but this one is chalk full of media. School of Seven Bells is a band I have wanted to post on for a while. The album is still in the listening stages at Slowcoustic Headquarters, but it is climbing up the in-house charts. Let’s open up with a nice acoustic video…
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Consider me there
So received my tickets for the Martha Wainwright concert here in Calgary for November 30th and the Grand Theatre Junction. Should be a good show all around. But let’s get serious, Martha will be good (actually I am intrigued to see her show) but Brian will be what got me to be there in the…
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New on the ‘nets this week
So another week gone by and what do we got? Same ol’ rerun of internet/blogging goodness, that’s what. Shall we swing on through a few examples of why we do this? Our good ol’ boy over at Aquarium Drunkard posted some great live tracks and interviews of Fleet Foxes from BBC 2 and a bit…