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Re: SXSW Preview - New song from Tom Brosseau’s upcoming CD “Posthumous Success” (Fat Cat, May 11)

home2 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:15:03 -0000

I too heard about it...Its really good and inspiring..
DIY repairs

Re: {SXSW Preview & New Record Review} Danny Schmidt “Instead The Forest Rose To Sing” (Red House Records, March 10) « songs:illinois

Ушу — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:04:15 -0000

The emotional heart of the record has got to be “Grandpa Built Bridges”.

Re: {MP3} Jill Sobule - “California Years” (Pinko Records, April 14)

Grover Bennett — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:58:20 -0000

Say what now? The lyrics of "San Francisco" contain nothing about lesbian identity or relationships.

Re: {MP3} Red Heart The Ticker - “Oh My! Mountains Below” (Auger Down Records, May 26)

Campfires & Battlefields — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:32:59 -0000

Gorgeousness. This must be mine.

Re: Junior League Band - “Mitchell Williams Fo Govena” (Sept. 30)

JLB — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:28:50 -0000

Junior League Band in Chicago tonight! Kinetic Playground at 9:30pm
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Re: Newgrass Friday - Belleville Outfit “Time To Stand” (May 12)

surfboards — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:10:03 -0000

This is amazing! quite liked it, keep posts like this one coming, you are awesome with the blog work! subscribing you right away!

Re: {MP3} Steve Earle - “Townes” (New West, May 12)

The Sumner Brothers — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:43:20 -0000

very, very cool.

Re: Organ Wolf - “I Didn’t Come Here And I’m not Leaving (So You Can Just Kiss My Ass That’s What You Are)”

Joe Tadie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:31:35 -0000

So Sean has a movie about it, and now you have a song about it too...it is a worthy quote.

Re: Weekly Blog Roundup

Clarityx — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:54:54 -0000

I also like Laura Marling's music. She is really talented

Re: Warning from The Cairo Gang (plus Montt Mardie)

hazel mcneill — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:56:02 -0000

please send this song to my email

song- warning.
artist- the cairo gang.
genre- other.
label- narnk records.

Re: {MP3} Po’ Girl - New Record - “Deer In The Night” (Self, April/May)

tutor1 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:16:05 -0000

Have to say I do agree. Things like this just are what they are.

Re: Joel Rafael’s protest song - “This Is My Country” (so unlike that Mellencamp jingoistic Chevy ad joke-of-a-song)

Adult — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:58:35 -0000

What is so funny to me is people like this artist are so full of antiwar protests. The fact of the matter is people will not live in peace period!!!! Look at history for crap sakes. Peace has existed only through the threat of force. Just as there will always be criminals in society there will always be nations that will behave in the same manner. No one likes the law (other than lawyers of course) but without it there is anarchy. If the US is not the world's policeman then who else will step up to the plate? The UN is worthless (again look at history). Peace and love is really just apathy and apeasement and the result was world war two. The death toll in middle east to date, does not even come close to the number of deaths in one battle of WW2. Instead of singing protest songs why don't you get off your self rightous butt and work in a soup kitchen or spend some time with an inner city youth or pick up trash in a neighborhood. These things make a difference, whinning about why war exists does not. There will alway be war just like there will always be floods and earthquakes. No one likes it but it is a fact that you must learn to live with. So to sum things up: SHUT UP AND GROW UP!

Re: SXSW Preview And New Record - Eilen Jewell “Sea Of Tears (Signature Sounds, April 21)

Josh — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:58:29 -0000

I'm liking it ALOT. Cool song!

Re: {MP3} Li’l Mo and the Monicats - “On The Moon” Cow Island Music, March 17)

vesna — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:20:12 -0000

Just passing by. Btw, your blogg have great content!
Greetings from Sweden.

Re: {MP3} Tim Easton - “Porcupine” (New West Records, April 28)

daredukes — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:01:09 -0000

i followed tim easton every which way i could as sxsw and i managed to always be about 30 mins late for his set.

Re: {MP3} Scott Miller And Commonwealth - “For Crying Out Loud” (F.A.Y Records, April 21)

DaveZeman — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:33:14 -0000

Thanks for the introduction... sounds good.

Re: Chicago singer-songwriter Martha Berner added to House Concert Lineup

lena — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:01:24 -0000

how did she have a inpact on chicago

Re: Michelle Shocked - Soul Of My Soul (Mighty Sound Records, May 12)

DaveZeman — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:41:04 -0000

Nicely written... yes that first cd... incredible... funny how that happens that an artist reaches the top and never really gets there totally again... i.e. Carol King Tapestry

Re: {MP3} Slaid Cleaves - “Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away” (Music Road Records, April 21)

DaveZeman — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:35:43 -0000

I have tremendous respect for Slaid... thanks for the post.

Re: The Zulus - Boston’s Precursor To The Pixies

cbonnell — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:06:20 -0000

I notice the same problem in that post but not in any others from 2005 ,
gotta chalk it up as just some weird archive thing

Re: The Zulus - Boston’s Precursor To The Pixies

mike — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:59:40 -0000

Uh oh. I'm having a strange formatting problem I didn't have the last time I came by your site. I'm seeing white text on a white background. The only way the text re:The Zulus is visible is when I select it as I would to copy. weird. anyway, I've added a Zulus vid at rokarolla@youtube since the last time I wrote. I'm on the hunt for 1984-1987 Zulus stuff.

Re: {MP3} Slaid Cleaves - “Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away” (Music Road Records, April 21)

brent — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:05:32 -0000

I'm insanely jealous of the fact you got to see him - he never comes near Toronto. In fact I only ever saw him in Calgary at the folk festival a few years ago.

How many songs did he play from the new album?

thanks for the mp3 - i've been looking out for this.

Re: Brendan Hines - “Miss New York” (like “I miss New York”, not “Miss New York” the beauty queen)

Sunglasses — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:35:28 -0000

Brenden had really sung the song "Miss New York " very beautifully.

Re: Eleni Mandell - “Artificial Fire” (Feb. 17, Zedtone)» songs:illinois » Music Blog, MP3 Downloads, Reviews

Brad Meador — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:28:43 -0000

Craig,

Thanks for turning me on to some great music over the last year or so. Eleni Mandell has become one of my faves since reading this post. Her show last night in San Francisco was awesome.

Have a good one,

Brad.

Re: {MP3} Po’ Girl - New Record - “Deer In The Night” (Self, April/May)

boyhowdy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:33:50 -0000

Not sure what Adorno's got in mind, as I think you do very well on this standard, Craig.

No one can promise to do this all the time, of course, nor should they -- exclusive exclusivity is an impossibility, and ultimately skipping something because some obscure, hardly-noticed blogger (ahem) managed a rare exclusive does a disservice to those who come to your blog first and foremost. Also, of course, supporting the blog community and the music community together is easier if you're willing to help your fans find others, through the occasional repost with credit-where-credit-is-due.

But a very high percentage of what I find here is not yet "out there", and if the occasional post is the second or third share of something, then I think that helps with buzz. I'd encourage you not to be shy with that occasional "second", on behalf of artists and fans everywhere -- after all, we should never assume that a given fan reads the same SET of blogs, and "me too" means something when it comes from a voice we've learned to trust, such as your own.