Seems the folks over at Joyful Noise have produced another beautiful box set and, as is their tradition, it’s a limited edition (naturally). What’s special about this one? It’s Kishi Bashi! JN‘s exciting description: Announcing… three elaborate 7″ singles from Kishi Bashi! Each of the three releases features a single from Kishi Bashi‘s acclaimed debut […]
Category: Folk
Dan Blakeslee (AKA Doctor Gasp): Halloween Special
It’s fall at the Tunes’ Eastern Headquarters. Brrrrrrrr. That means the leaves are turning Paisley, everything formally delicious will, for the next six months, have sweet potatoes or yams on it, and yours-truly is actively making plans to escape before winter sets in. However, it also means that it’s time to listen to Dan Blakeslee‘s […]
Calexico: Algiers
Speaking of Tucson… …wait, we weren’t? Speaking of Tucson, Calexico has released a new album that is yippy-skippy fantastic, and in addition they have included a live version of the entire record as a bonus. The bonus disc, entitled Spiritoso, was recorded a long way out of Tucson, during the bands 2011 European tour, while […]
Emily Loizeau: Mothers & Tygers
Emily Loizeau is French, and, not unlike our very own Jerracid, was born of mixed parents, who, simply through the logistics of raising a daughter with family spanning the English Channel, ultimately exposed her to a great deal of cultural diversity. Good for them. Loizeau’s music, while staid, is easy to listen to. She is […]
Mumford & Sons: Babel
This post should prove to be a genuine crowd pleaser: Yes, it is officially confirmed that, English folk-rockers, Mumford & Sons has completed their follow-up album to the double grammy-nominated Sigh No More.
Bob Dylan: Tempest
He’s back. Like Twain, the reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Half a century has passed between the release of Bob Dylan‘s first eponymous album and this morning’s release of Tempest, and while some have drawn parallels William Shakespeare‘s final play, The Tempest, it remains unknown if Dylan’s latest offering will ultimately stand as […]
The Two Man Gentlemen Band
As The PaisleyTunes West Intern #10b delivered my hand made peanut butter sandwhich smothered in golden honey from a local Berkeley, California apiary, The Two Man Gentleman Band came on the wireless and set my iced tea into a boiling frenzy of enthusiasm. Their timeless stage presence and jazzy modern-folk tunes balances their indelibly close-to-home lyrical realities […]
Dan Blakeslee: Live at Laconia Prison
I’m about to walk out the door, Gershwin‘s Summertime is on the stereo. Stabarific and I are leaving the mainland for a weekend PaisleyTunes fact finding mission on Nantucket Island (remember our last Nantucket post?). But before I go, because I love you, I am going to remind you about a great Boston musician, Dan […]
Django Reinhardt: Swing De Paris
What I’m Listening To Today: Django Reinhardt: Swing De Paris. In 1970, Bob Dylan sang that he “went to see the gypsy”. It’s been proposed that Dylan was referring to “The King” when he said “he did it in Las Vegas and he can do it here”. Elvis Presley had recently staged a comeback, resurrecting […]
Vudu Sister: Bastard Children
The final post from a trio of musicians seen this week at Club Passim regards Keith McCurdy. McCurdy plays in a handful of Rhode Island bands, the iteration we happened to see in Cambridge is called Vudu Sister. It’s just him: a guy with medium length wavy-blonde hair brushed back behind his ears, he’s wearing shorts […]
Denver Boot: 6 to 9, 7… 12
Perhaps this string of numbers: 6 to 9, 7… 12, is, in-fact, meaningful in Providence, RI – everywhere aside from the ocean state sees it as plus three and a damn good recording. The Denver Boot is typically that thing they jam on your car tire when you stop paying your myriad parking tickets. Yeah, I […]
Dan Blakeslee: Tatnic Tales
Stabarific & I wandered out Sunday evening to enjoy the only pleasant time of day here during the sizzling Cambridge summer: the night. We quaffed wheat beer and munched popcorn (covered in extra-butter) while enjoying Casablanca at the Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square’s local movie-house, then meandered to J.P Lick’s for some jimmied-up ice cream to compliment […]