Monday, October 19, 2009

The smoothest of the smooth!

Lookin' for some sweet, smooth jazz to play for your special lady or man?  Well (even if you're not) look no further, Duke Silver, the sax man is where it's at.  Heavenly heavenly noises! are all you're going to hear off any one of his three albums: Memories...of Now (2009), Hi-Ho Duke! (2007), and Smooth as Silver (2004) and perhaps from your special someone.  ;)

To see what I'm talking about check out
http://www.dukesilver.com/

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Bring on the New Americana - Pt. 1 of many to come

DUSTY RHODES & THE RIVER BAND

A young, diverse group of roots rock/gospel/folk bandits with hearts of gold who always put on a great show (seen them 4 times!). These Side One Dummy stars are more than just pseudo cowboy shirts, with 2 albums to boot and constant touring, these guys (and gal!) bring well crafted songs to their recordings and high energy and preacher antics to their live performances.  In fact you can see me rocking out to their song Blind Lead The Blind at one of their Silverlake Lounge residency shows on YouTube.

WHERE THEY'LL BE ROCKING YOUR SOCKS OFF NEXT: Free performance at Eagle Rock Music Festival Oct. 3rd.  They hit the Kingsize Soundlab Stage at 10:00 PM.  More info at http://www.myspace.com/eaglerockmusicfestival or http://www.myspace.com/dustyrhodes

SONGS FOR ROCKIN' N' BOOZIN': All One, Dear Honey, Street Fighter
SONGS FOR ROADTRIPPIN': Andy, Keys to the Truck

**Speaking of the New Americana – Hello The Avett Bros! Congrats on the new album review up on LA Times and way to rock that performance on Letterman the other day!  Also, thank you Starbucks for the free download of "I and Love and You" too, but hey kids to get a little slice of what these dudes are really about check out this video of them performing Will You Return in a tour bus on the road with friends!