Well, well, well... my Americana weekend doesn't officially begin until tomorrow, but the music starts tonight. Freehold, New Jersey's own Jo Wymer, who is a fantastic blues singer was one of part of our first class of Featured Artists back in June, is part of an in-the-round tonight at 7:00 at the Red Rooster on Demonbreun St. at the very end of Music Row near the Musica statue. Get out to Red Rooster if you can.
I also want to send out a reminder to check out our Featured Artists of the Month - you can find out about them by going to the Featured Artist Page on the right sidebar or HERE:
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First up we have some Punkcore music out of Salt Lake City. You never know what is going turn up on Ear to the Ground do you? I got connected to S3X via a #FF from a really awesome group called The Foresters from Connecticut (if you keep up with on Facebook or Twitter you already know about these kids. We'll have more about them here - very soon - let's just say they make Northbrook Garage look like the Rolling Stones - agewise) - Here S3X is representing their hometown with 801 which also features Fronz from the band Attila - an Atlanta rock band. This is some serious hardcore that kicks in with a killer hook - you'll want to scream along and shake your fist in the air and generally look like a doofus 'cause you are 46 years old... wait that's me. You'll like it.
Next up, we have Welcome to Pittsburgh by River City Extension who are from Tom's River, New Jersey of their most recent release Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Your Anger. This is a great record - please check it out.
Next up, we have Rumi who is from St. Legier which I think is in Switzerland. Living in the Mirror is some cool, mellow Pop/Folk. It comes off an album called Stand Against.
And finally, we close out this decidedly eclectic mix of music with I am the Man, Thomas a gospel bluegrass song written by Ralph Stanley and Larry Sparks and performed here by Mr. Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.
How does one get from Punkcore to Gospel Bluegrass in one simple shuffle? As I written before, I believe in connections when it comes to music. I'll admit, I was hard pressed to explain this connection, but here goes.... While looking up info on the Ralph Stanley song, I found an unattributed quote: “Bluegrass is to country what heavy metal is to rock and roll.”
Which it occurred to me could be paraphrased as follows: “Bluegrass is to country what hardcore is to punk.” So... think that puts a neat bow on the shuffle, brings things full circle, ties up the loose ends and whatever other expression you want to use.
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