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Scott Cooper’s Tiny Increments
So, Remembrance Day is here (well in the Commonwealth at least) and on this day of reflection, I am sitting at home (no work today for me) and listening to something that almost got away from me. The Scott Cooper beauty “Tiny Increments” from 2007. And I have to be honest about this as well. …
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Frontier Ruckus – The Tower
So I tend to obsess on artists I like, Frontier Ruckus being one of them. Just so everyone knows, there was a lot of life prior to the latest release “The Orion Songbook”. I most recently took a revisit to the first EP “I Am The Water You Are Pumping” when looking forward to the…
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New on the ‘nets this week
So I must apologize for yesterday, my webhost was having a bit of a issue with keeping me and many others “online”. What’s the big deal, who needs to be online…..er, ah, freakin’ everyone! Okay, let’s get on with some “new on the ‘nets” shall we. The below snippets have been pulled kickin’ and screamin’…
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We/Or/Me – Ghostwriter EP and other gems
I have an EP that you should want to buy. No, scratch that, I have an EP that you will buy. I know this because if you are here, you are clearly a connoisseur of all things quality. You will have no other choice to fork over your hard earned (or not so hard earned)…
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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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hitide.lotide – The Forest
I have a treat for you all today, in the project of Nate Gruber and his cast of friends that make up this Wisconsin forest that is Hitide.Lotide. Gruber is a multi-instrumentalist and you can tell this fact from the music he creates. It is however difficult to create such sounds outside a studio if…
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Slowcoustic Song of the Week
Just so everyone knows that I now have a song of the week, and folks this is it. I have recently picked up the Callers Album “Fortune” that was released this past August and fully missed them if it weren’t for my Western Vinly playlist. The more I listen, the more I enjoy this album. …
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Dustin Gamble
So in lead up to J. Tillman’s new album being released tomorrow (wow, I think I must have a man crush on Josh, due to the last few posts…), I have a bit of a “J. Tillman in the making” in Dustin Gamble for your listening pleasure today. I stumbled across Dustin’s MySpace profile while…
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New on the ‘nets
photo from Mindful Seeing (please visit) So what do you know this post Halloween Saturday? What new and exciting items happened to the musical landscape? With a few quick glances, I have gathered one small corner of the interwebs below for your perusal. I did include a track from the new J. Tillman – Vacilando…
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A Western Vinyl Playlist
Sorry for no post yesterday, but I have a big one today (and inspired by yesterday and no posting…). Well yesterday I received an advance copy of the new J. Tillman – Vacilando Territory Blues from an online friend. This led me to immediately start an all encompassing listening fest of my own. So, I…
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Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne can be a bit of a raucous band for the Slowcoustic regulars, but sometimes some of the best toned down music comes from more up tempo artists, simply at 3/4 speed. If you think of the classic Auld Lang Syne (the New Year’s eve song after which they are named), they would…
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Frontier Ruckus – The Orion Songbook (2008)
I have been trying to hold back on this post for a couple of weeks until it was closer to the album’s release (I don’t know why), but I have to post already! So here we have Frontier Ruckus’ first full length album and it has been well worth the wait. Spectacular down home traditional…