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New Paul Thorn

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:23:16 +0000

Doesn’t get any better than this…

Hear it on the Bear!

Josh Abbott Band

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:25:00 +0000

A soldier is killed in battle and has to view the life he left behind from the
other side…this is very powerful…

RIP, Levon Helm

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:24:39 +0000

There’s a hell of a jam session in heaven today, and this guy’s keeping the backbeat…

And from the late, lamented Band…

The opening to one of the greatest concert films ever made – “The Last Waltz”…
goodbye, Levon…

Joan Osborne

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:39:44 +0000

From the new disc, “Bring It On Home”, Joan Osborne sings an obscure Clarence Carter
song from 1968…

(Please don’t hold the ad from the maggots at Goldman Sachs preceding the video
against us…)

JD McPherson

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:47:08 +0000

Country music has always been most popular when it contained elements of rockabilly…
but since the Stray Cats disbanded, no one has really stepped forward – until now.
Former high school teacher JD McPherson and his bandmates look the part, and they know
how to wail…Happy Easter, everybody!

A Friday Two-Fer…

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:50:35 +0000

Too much stuff for one post, so here are two…

From the wilds of Minnesota, the band that brought us the song “Hollywood” two
years ago is back…this is Six Mile Grove from their new disc “Secret Life
in a Quiet Town”…

And because he is the reincarnation of Duane Allman, here’s Derek Trucks with wife
Susan Tedeschi from the disc “Revelator” and “Midnight in Harlem”…

Have a great weekend!

Lyle Lovett

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:05:36 +0000

Because he’s Lyle Lovett…

Belle Starr – with Kendal Carson!

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:03:53 +0000

Since we will feature Chip Taylor on this week’s Good News Live! (Sunday morning
at 10am on WQBR/the Bear), I started wondering what Chip’s sometime partner,
Kendal Carson, was up to…

Belle Starr’s first disc is now being recorded in Toronto…listen for it (and this track)
on the Bear soon!

Sons of Bill

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:17:03 +0000

From the new disc “Sirens”…

Same song, live…

Bruce!

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:08:39 +0000

This one speaks for itself…from the new disc Wrecking Ball…

Amazing New Shelby Lynne

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:49:00 +0000

So as children, singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne and her sister Allison Moorer watched
their father shoot their mother and kill her. And after years of trying to come to
terms with that horror, Shelby has written a song about it…

Strong stuff.

Because Chip Taylor is Chip Taylor

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:13:54 +0000

Long one of the Bear’s favorite singer-songwriters, Chip Taylor established
himself as a Hall-of-Famer simply by writing “Wild Thing” – then through his work
with Carrie Rodriguez and Kendal Carson…the new disc is “Chip Taylor and the
New Ukrainians” – from which this little ditty is taken…

A Purple Squirrel?

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:57:34 +0000

So a guy living in Jersey Shore caught a purple squirrel – and everybody is talking
about it. Into the breech steps local novelty song writer Bill Dann – here’s his take:

Bill’s buddy Jack Servello sings it.

Why is the squirrel purple? Because his nuts are frozen!

Yes, It’s Stupid – But So What?

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000

Yeah, I know – but it’s Big Game Weekend (go, Big Blue!), and this video DOES
feature the Warren Brothers (who wrote it) and Craig Ferguson…so what the heck…

Van the Man

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:33:44 +0000

Best tribute to a life well lived I can think of…from an appearance on a German
TV show in 1974…