Posts tagged with "Van Morrison"
The Band of Heathens’ ED JURDI & GORDY QUIST
Musician: The Band of Heathens’ ED JURDI & GORDY QUIST
Video: “South by Somewhere”
THE BAND OF HEATHENS’ ED JURDI & GORDY QUIST FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK’S COOL NIGHTS 21 THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9
Ed Jurdi & Gordy Quist of The Band of Heathens will be featured at Blue Rock aLive! Cool Nights 21 livestreaming concert series—this Thursday, December 9.
The Band of Heathens recorded Stranger with Tucker Martine (The Decemberists,...
Video & Web-Exclusive: MATT THE ELECTRICIAN
Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview
Artist: MATT THE ELECTRICIAN
Video: “I Will Do the Breathing” from the album Accidental Thief
MATT THE ELECTRICIAN FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK ALIVE! VIRTUAL SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Matt the Electrician will be the featured artist this Thursday (July 16) at Blue Rock aLIVE!—a unique virtual summer concert series—featuring iconic Austin-based artists every Thursday this summer. Blue Rock is a good example...
VIDEO PREMIERE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW RANDALL BRAMBLETT
VIDEO PREMIERE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: RANDALL BRAMBLETT
Music Video: “Garbage Man”
RANDALL BRAMBLETT DEBUTS “GARBAGE MAN” FROM NEW ALBUM JUKE JOINT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD—OUT JULY 7 ON NEW WEST RECORDS
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett is releasing his 11th studio album Juke Joint at the Edge of the World early next month. Combining elements of soul and funk, Bramblett...
Van Morrison
PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN SEEFF’S SESSION FOR Van Morrison’s 1979 album, Into the Music, nearly never happened. “I met with him at his home in Northern California,” recalls Seeff, “and he took me on a crazy drive in his Porsche as we listened to the album.” But by the end of the day the quixotic artist expressed doubts about using his image on the album cover. Seeff turned to a mutual friend, who had played violin on one of Morrison’s previous...
VAN MORRISON
VAN MORRISON
Born to Sing: No Plan B
[Blue Note]
Like any free spirit, Van Morrison follows his muse wherever it takes him. He may tilt toward R&B, country or traditional Irish music, but he never sounds like anyone else. That’s led to a certain predictability—and a certain coziness. Born to Sing is as familiar as Van Morrison albums come. It’s his first set of all-original material since 2008, but these tunes could have turned up at any...
BEN HOWARD
BEN HOWARD
HOMETOWN: Totnes, Devon, England
influences: Nick Drake, John Martyn, Van Morrison
ALBUM: Every Kingdom, due out in April
WEBSITE: benhowardmusic.co.uk
Howard picked up his mother’s guitar when he was 8, inspired by his parents’ love for folky singer-songwriters of the 1960s and ’70s. “That’s what we’d listen to in the house and in the car,” he says. His debut album was recorded in cellist India Bourne’s barn in the English...