April 10, 2007

Patty Griffin: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO -3/30/07

Griffin’s performance at The Pageant during her current tour supporting her new album, Children Running Through, helped further reveal to me what she is all about. She rocked in high heels.  She sang alone with her acoustic guitar.  She was passionate and humble for every moment—sitting at the piano, sliding in her heels, smiling at and with her band, feeling overwhelmed by an appreciative crowd.

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Kings of Leon: Because of the Times

With any luck,  Because of the Times will eventually become the litmus test for other bands that, hopefully, will be given the same opportunity to naturally grow without the pretense of music as a disposable commodity. The album is a brash and unrelenting effort that remains humanely articulate to the very end.

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Soulive Signs to Stax Label

Soulive is the latest signing to the reactivated Stax Records label, which will issue the group’s next album, "No Place Like Soul," on July 31. The set is Soulive’s first

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