“It’s Black Jacks,” the ticket lady so helpfully corrects me as I wonder aloud if BLK JKS = Black Jicks, Black Jokes—that one goes over well—and if you like the Durutti Column, Battles, and Living Colour, you’ll like this energetic South African quartet.
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BLK JKS + THE GROWLERS @ THE ECHO
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments
MIXTAPE: "OH YES, LOS ANGELES" BY WHEN YOU AWAKE
July 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Download: “Oh Yes, Los Angeles” mixtape by When You Awake [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jody from the fantastic blog When You Awake—your sympathetic destination if homesick, lonesome, riled, fiery or any mindstates in between—presents us with this week’s mixtape, dedicated to cosmic cowboy/cowgirl rock songs about the city of Los Angeles. (City [...]
THE SADIES: YOU’RE BRINGING OUT THE BADASS IN ME
May 24th, 2009 · No Comments
The Sadies are Canada’s magnificent responding echo to California country and just finished a set of shows with Black Mountain. Their new album (featuring John Doe, one in a long line of Sadies collaborators also including Andre Williams, Robyn Hitchcock and Jon Langford) is out now on Yep Roc. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
EARL SCRUGGS: IF IT SOUNDED GOOD, I’D SAY ‘LET’S DO IT!’
April 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Earl Scruggs started out picking banjo for Bill Monroe but made his name and fame with Lester Flatt as Flatt and Scruggs until 1969. After that, he took his family and friends out as the Earl Scruggs Revue and covered Dylan and shared songs with the Byrds. He speaks now (with son and musician Gary) before his performance at Stagecoach. This interview by Dan Collins.
