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A Little Night Music: Roger Ebacher and Re:Groove

Newburyport native Roger Ebacher is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, and composer whose music has been played “on the airwaves all over North America, Europe, and as far east as India, Thailand, and Russia.” Check out this video of Roger and Re:Groove performing at Newburyport’s Firehouse Theater in 2011:

Roger’s latest recording BLUEISH GREY is the “first recording in several years to be released under his own name.” Reviews of Blueish Grey can be found here and it is available on ITunes.

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A Little Night Music: Sturgill Simpson on the Letterman Show

Sturgill Simpson made his late night TV debut the other night on the Letterman Show. I’ve been taken with Sturgill Simpson’s sound since I first heard his song The Promise on the radio a few weeks ago. Rolling Stone reports Simpson’s performance on the Letterman Show prompted Dave Letterman “to herald the barn-burner as one that makes you want to hit the open road. “Every now and then, stop someplace and start a fight,” Letterman riffed. “[Then] get back in the car, keep driving.””

Watch Sturgill Simpson perform Life of Sin on the Letterman Show:

http://youtu.be/_70HJMikcBo

Sturgill Simpson’s new CD Metamodern Sounds in Country Music is evocative of the Outlaw Country Western Music of the late 1960’s and 1970’s made popular by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and others. I was a big fan of the Outlaw music genre back in the day, and I’m swiftly discovering a new affection for it listing to Metamodern Sounds in Country Music. In fact, Sturgill Simpson has a velvety baritone voice that reminds a lot of Waylon Jennings and why I enjoyed his music so much.

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A Little Night Music: Imelda May

Imelda May performs “Good To Be Alive” on The Imelda May Show on Sunday 16th March, RTÉ ONE:

“Good To Be Alive” is from Imelda May’s forthcoming release, Tribal. Imelda May’s unique style is a blend of rockabilly, blues and jazz…

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A Little Night Music: Brandi Carlile – That Wasn’t Me

Brandi Carlile, live from Red Rocks, July 2012…

“But I want you to know that you’ll never be alone… I wanna believe…”

 

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A Little Night Music: The Sea & The Shore

Amy Speace and John Fullbright perform “The Sea & The Shore”:

From Amy Speace’s album, “How to Sleep in a Stormy Boat” (2013).

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Tedeschi Trucks: The Storm (Live)

I’m the kind of person that will listen to a new CD over and over again until I know every line and every chord in the song.

A few years ago while living in Los Angeles, I had the pleasure of seeing Derek Trucks perform with Eric Clapton on his Road to Escondido Tour in 2007. I was blown away by Derek’s talent that night. It was soon after that show that Trucks went out to perform on his own and then merged his band with his wife, Susan Tedeschi’s band to form the Tedeschi Trucks Band.

I’ve spent a lot of time listening to Tedeschi Trucks latest CD, Made Up Mind and I can categorically say the best song on the CD in my opinion is The Storm. Derek Trucks raging guitar solo that covers Allman Brothers, Clapton and Hendrix guitar licks is simply psychedellic in its ultimate genre. It’s a masterpiece…

Enjoy!

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