The Greencards – Threadgill’s, TX
05.10.2010 | 1 Comment »
With a newly reconfigured line-up, the Austin-formed, Australian-born band The Greencards took the stage at Threadgill’s playing to a full house of fans new and old.
With a newly reconfigured line-up, the Austin-formed, Australian-born band The Greencards took the stage at Threadgill’s playing to a full house of fans new and old.
The new John Cowan release, The Massenburg Sessions, was recorded in a custom-built uniquely designed studio at John McBride’s Blackbird complex in Nashville capturing the crisp creative clarity of a “more perfect sound” allowing the musicians to hear the intricate work of each other.
Produced by the widely respected George Massenburg and Kazuri Arai, the disk has 13 selections. Throughout Cowan has extended his elastic New Grass Revival Americana roots’ rhythms. Simply known as “The Voice,” his transcendent soulful vocals roam as we tremble and pause in wonder hearing Cowan soar above the canopy of our expectations.
There are a few ways that The Bird and The Bee’s Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates record could have gone.
Like any tribute record, it could have been a disastrous mess of tired pop songs and elevator music but Inara George and Greg Kurstin (barely) manage to avoid the dreaded covers rut.
Marley’s Ghost, a cast of five diverse multi-instrumentalists, has issued Ghost Town, their 9th studio album. The disc has legendary Nashville producer Cowboy Jack Clement singing, playing some acoustic guitar, ukulele, and adding his songs “Got Leavin’ On Her Mind” and “Goin’ Back To Bowling Green.”
On the first of two nights at the Continental Club, Those Darlins (Nikki, Kelley and Jessi) started the weekend with rowdy, shamelessly twangy rock’n'roll.
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Part of the Tennessee-based Those Darlins, bassist Kelley Darlin and her band makes Nikki and Jessi Darlin blend rockabilly and Appalachian harmonies with a good helping of modern punk.
She took some time between laundry and other “day-off” chores to answer some questions before they pack up their new van and head to Austin for two shows at the Continental Club this week.
Returning to Austin to kick off a short reunion run of the Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women project, Dave along with Christy McWilson and Austin’s own Cindy Cashdollar, Sarah Brown and Lisa Pankratz peppered their set at the Continental Club with rockabilly flavor.
