For the third annual Grounded in Music benefit concert, board member Patty Griffin asked friends Scott Miller and Jack Ingram to join her for an evening of tunes to support the local organization that brings musical instruments and instruction to kids at the Boys and Girls Club.
“Are you with me?” is Scott Miller’s mantra and battle cry – a question posed to the audience multiple times over the course of any given evening, usually answered by a smattering of hushed giggles that eventually erupt into belly laughs as he continues his wisecracks.
After hundreds of hours listening to all types of new music from the last year, we’re pleased to bring you our “best of 2009″ list with some of our favorites and a few that slipped through the cracks in our radar but we love just the same.
Download our Best of 2009 iMix with our favorite track from each of these records.
On the first glance, it’s perhaps a little too easy to feel initially disappointed by the collection of works that make up Motif: Writing by Ear. But, like most good things, it just requires a deeper look and a touch more patience.
While names like Buddy and Julie Miller, Scott Miller and Patty Griffin appear in the list of contributors, their pages are poems (read: lyrics). The real beauty of the work comes in the other stories – the ones we all can relate to in one way or another.
In the ambitious book, an anthology of writings about music, editor Marianne Worthington brings together essays, poems and short stories, both true and imagined.
In concert, he’s effortlessly charming and devastatingly witty, whether he’s talking about the fact he hates babies or the more historical aspects of World War II.
He’s also entirely authentic, right down to his thick drawl and he has flawless comedic timing.
From his home Knoxville Scott Miller took some time to share his thoughts on an assortment of topics including his new album, history, touring, love of football and reading Tom Cruise’s biography.
He’ll be at SXSW and then playing a handful of shows around Tennessee in support before the album’s launch on April 14th.
It’s that time of year again and the music portion of SXSW kicks off tomorrow.
Even without a badge, there’s loads of free or nearly free shows to enjoy if you’re in Austin this week. KGSR has shows at Auditorium Shores on Lady Bird Lake, and the morning broadcast from the lobby of the Four Seasons.
Numerous artists are playing side shows around the city and there’s the annual Million Musician March for Peace on the 21st.
But, if you’re sitting out for this year’s festivities there’s still plenty to be excited about in the musical world.
The first of a three-concert series, hosted by Aspenite John Oates at the historic Wheeler Opera House, the show began with a young, local songwriter named Riley Skinner who started off the night by playing her contest-winning song.
The next hour and ten minutes were filled with music and banter between the three headliners – Patty Griffin, John Oates and Scott Miller.
Scott Miller’s latest recorded effort titled For Crying Out Loud, to be released next year brings finished versions of songs from the Appalachian Refugee demos which were sold in small batches earlier this year to help finance the making of a full album.
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