4 posts tagged “live music”
I'm in charge of blogging our tour.
Check it out at the blog on Randit's myspace:
Update:
Full Tour album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/randitbandit/RanditSummerTour2007
The tour went well. Fillmore and Ventura have wonderful music scenes. Our show on Saturday was billed with the Art Walk, a thrice-yearly art phenomenon in which businesses in the downtown cultural district showcase local artists and musicians.
One artist in particular caught my eye. In a small art gallery beneath Zooey's cafe, a small three-panel piece captured my attention. I wish I had my camera, 'cause all I can muster is a description: all the panels had a sunset backdrop, and the figures in each were all silhouettes. The first panel on the left had a trapeze swinging freely, as if someone had just jumped from it. The second panel had a man in a suit flying to the right with arms outstretched toward the third panel, where a woman in an evening dress, hanging by another trapeze, had her arms outstretched to catch the man.
I just searched around for the information on the guy's name, but I couldn't find it. Rest assured that if I do find it, I'll post his name and hopefully his website here.
I also found out about a harpist named Xocoyotzin Moraza who plays in a group with a drummer. You can check out their myspace page here, but unfortunately they don't have a lot of their songs up.
If you're on last.fm, you must, must, must check out the events page.
If it wasn't for the local last.fm users who faithfully post their fave upcoming concerts I totally would've missed Cornelius tomorrow! And Björk next month (provided that I can scrounge up enough cash for those tickets)! And Kristin Hersh.. and Gotan Project.. and Bebel Gilberto..
It's too bad that I can't afford a rock n' roll lifestyle that allows me to see all of this music.
If your friends are also hip to the eventsyness, you can see what events they're attending as well!
Through them I discovered LinkTV, a station based out of San Francisco that showcases alternative (read: borderline militant liberal) political documentaries, world music hours, and news stories from news companies all around the world, including al-Jazeera.
On weekends, free live concerts are shown. A few notable performances were Metric, Coldplay, and The Gorillaz.
I was also excited to learn that they were broadcasting the headlining acts from SXSW. It was some excellent watching. I love music festivals, but as other vertically challenged persons know, getting a good view of the stage is very unlikely. Thanks to the magic that is satellite television (and probably corporate sponsorship, as the myriad Doritos commercials made evidant), I was privy to the onstage action that I usually miss.
My favorite discovery of the weekend was Brandi Carlile. I'll admit that I heard this album last year when it was ranted and raved about, and didn't think much of it. In her voice, I heard an amalgamation of Patsy Cline, Melissa Etheridge, and Stevie Nicks, all packaged in easy-listening inspirational songs to be placed in primetime dramas. Seeing her live on stage changed my mind.
I went back to the album that I had slated for tossing, and fell in love with it. Especially the song posted here. When she sings:
No one's home
I'm alone
with my music and my TV
I melt every time.
From the songs she sang in her SXSW set, I think her next album will be positively amazing.
So I'm going to see her tonight at the Great American Music Hall. I may be the only straight guy in the group of friends I'll be there with, but that won't be anything new. Actually, it'll be just like old times.
Hopefully the business with the Bay Bridge won't make coming back tonight a huge hassle.
edit:
The show. Was. Amazing.
Being in the presence of this woman's voice is indescribable. She played the song posted above, and she ended with a powerful version of Hallelujah. I talked with one person who scoffed at how Jeff Buckley-like it was, and while I admit that much of his stylings was present in her rendition, I thought that it was hardly ripped off, and more like a tribute.. or even a channeling of Jeff Buckley himself. Let me tell you that my knees don't shake like they did for that song unless I'm scared out of my mind or ecstatic beyond containment.
..or standing on my feet for hours since I've got bad knees. But I think it was mostly that first one.
Two eL's just posted up the lineup for Coachella. Though it doesn't quite top the lineup from last year, Björk, The Coup, Gotan Project, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE(!), Air, Decemberists, Peaches, Travis, Sparklehorse, Stephen Marley, WILLIE NELSON..
..wait, this is a damn good lineup.
All's I gots to do now is to rally the troups so's we can stake out a goodly chunk of land on the campground.
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