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Welcome back to E2TG! So, last night Amelia White wrapped up her month-long residency at The 5 Spot. As special guest Reckless Johnny Wales said, this means she is now a doctor! Reckless Johnny sounded fantastic - as usual - backed by Chris Tench on guitar.
Amelia had an incredible band backing her including Robert Mache from Memphis, Parker Hawkins, and Fran Breen. Plus Chris Tench sat in for most of the set. Special guest Julie Christensen added her legendary vocals to some of Amelia's songs plus did a few of her own songs. Surprise guest Tomi Lynn Lunsford joined Christensen to sing background on "Dogs Bark" and then stayed to back up the last song of the night. A wonderful ending to a fantastic residency.
Tonight: The 5 Spot is once again the place to be. Mark Robinson wraps up his Residency (I guess he will be a doctor now, too) in style. With an expanded showband with Mark Jordan and Ben Graves joining Daniel Seymour and Rick Schell. Plus the special guests are two of the finest vocalist Nashville has to offer... Jonell Mosser and Vickie Carrico. Noted music blog, Ear to the Ground called the Mark Robinson Band one of the best live bands around, and they have certainly lived up to that this month. Tonight will be one to remember. 6:00pm.
It is Thursday when we throw things back:
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Representin' Mix
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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.
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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