ujdmc communion... sharing sounds i heard: July 2008

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Avett Brothers New EP The Gleam II

Image via WikipediaI am a big fan of the Avett Brothers and all of their southern, frayed, traditional meets rock, edgy, artsy and melodious offerings. Their new EP The Gleam II has hit the street as a stripped down folk offering. All but one of the 8 tracks even includes electric instruments and even then, "The Greatest Sum" is offered up in both acoustic and electric format.

The Avett Brothers have once again offered up a great release and one of my favorite blogs The Aquarium Drunkard has given review. So, go see what is inside of The Aquarium Drunkard's review of The Avett Brothers Gleam II.

The Avett Brothers website.

Punch Brothers on Mountain Stage

Image via Wikipedia

The Punch Brothers recently took their act to the Mountain Stage and NPR was along to record the event. You can hear "The Blind Leaving the Blind, 1st Mvt.","Punch Bowl", "It'll Happen", "The Blind Leaving the Blind, 4th Mvt." and "Cazadero".

Punch Brothers Audio from Mountain Stage

The Punch Brothers Website

Friday, July 11, 2008

The Bluegrass Blog » Drew Emmitt - Long Road: bluegrass music news

Drew Emmitt bringing us another release with plenty of stars. Read about it at The Bluegrass Blog.

The Bluegrass Blog » Doc Watson Healthy & Home: bluegrass music news

Good story from the Bluegrass Blog on Doc Watson.

Jakob Dylan, 'Something Good This Way Comes' - Video Premiere - Spinner.com

Image by Chaotic Spyder via FlickrI am really liking the new Jakob Dylan album Seeing Things and here comes the first video from the album titled "Something Good This Way Comes".

Head over to spinner.com to see it.

LISTEN!

It's a new mix this week of stuff I found that I like.

Charlie Louvin Still Rollin'

Pitchfork Media has a nice report on Charlie Louvin and his upcoming works. Yeah, works. He has two albums due out in the second half of this year including a gospel album titled Steps to Heaven and Charlie Louvin Sings Murder & Disaster Songs. All the details can be found at the Pitchfork post including the origin of the songs for the latter project and Louvin's appearances. After the article you can jump over to Louvin's Myspace page for some tunes.

As half of the Louvin Brothers, Charlie Louvin (born Charlie Elzer Loudermilk, July 7, 1927) was one of the most influential musicians of the \'40s and \'50s; the Louvins defined close harmony duet singing for several generations of country fans. After the Louvins disbanded in 1963, Charlie began a solo career, recording for Capitol Records until 1972. During that time, he had two Top Ten hits -- \"I Don\'t Love You Anymore\" (number four, 1964) and \"See the Big Man Cry\" (number seven, 1965) -- as well as a series of minor hits. Louvin continued to perform and record for a variety of labels well into the \'90s. The eponymous Charlie Louvin was released in 2007 on the Tompkins Square label and featured a cast of characters that includes George Jones, Elvis Costello, Marty Stuart, Tom T. Hall, and Jeff Tweedy.

- All Music Guide

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Dan Tyminski Video Available

Dan Tyminski and his band's first video from their new album Wheels features the title track from the album. It a comical train ride with the guys displaying their funny side. See the video on CMT's website.

Sneak Peek at Cadillac Sky's New album

Cadillac Sky has placed a cut called "Inside Joke" from their upcoming album Gravity's Our Enemy on reverbnation.com. You can also catch video's from the band at the same link including "Born Lonesome", "You Again", "Insomniac Blues for Matthew", along with a live video performance of "Basket Case" and a video introduction to Cadillac Sky.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Something with More Edge

Hey I would like to recommend the blog Obscure Sound to those of you who like more rock in your life! Obscure Sound is an indi music blog and it just so happens you can hop right into their Best of June 2008 post complete with some great music clips to offer up.

http://obscuresound.com/?p=2019

Old Crow Medicine Show to Offer Two Releases

Just read on Cybergrass were Old Crow Medicine Show has set a September 23rd target for the release of Tennessee Pusher, their third release for Nettwerk Music Group.

Full article at http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5060

The Bluegrass Blog offers a bit more info on Tennessee Pusher plus reports that Old Crow Medicine Show will once again offer and EP preceding the full album release that is titled Caroline and due out July 29.

Full Article at http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/free-old-crow-medicine-show-track/