Josh Ritter Concert Upload

In advance of the upcoming Josh Ritter show in Oran Mor here is a great chance to download a recent gig:

http://www.thefrontloader.com/2010/08/11/crowd-gets-lit-at-josh-ritter-show-video-bonus-download-live-from-seattle-62710/

Van Morrison - Clyde Auditorium

I have been a Van Morrison fan for as long as I can remember and love almost all of his work.

I have seen him in concert more times than I can remember and so I was thrilled to get a pre-sale link to his upcoming Glasgow gig on 24th October. Unfortunately once you take in to account booking fees the cost per ticket is about £85 (£75 face value).

I have paid this much before (Leonard Cohen). But I knew then I was going to get a least 2 hours from a performer who wanted to treat his audience to a great (as it turned out fantastic show).

For Van I might get 40 - 70 sullen minutes. It's just too much to pay, I cannot really afford it,  and sadly wont be going.

New ~John Martyn Tribute cd

In the works a  tribute album for the late, John Martyn is in the works , we can expect somewhere between 24-26 tracks from artists such as Beck, Lisa Hannigan and Robert Smith from the Cure.




The currently untitled compilation doesn't have a release date as yet. But the artist and track list below can be found on Martyn's site.



1. Small Hours - Robert Smith (from The Cure)

2. Rope Soul'd - The Blackships (Nick McCabe and Simon Jones from The Verve)

3. Go Down Easy - Beth Orton

4. Glorious Fool - Clarence Fountain and Sam Butler (Formerly Of The Blind boy's Of Alabama)

5. Couldn't Love You More - Lisa Hannigan

6. Sweet Little Mystery - Devendra Banhart

7. Go Easy – Vetiver

8. Let The Good Things Come -David Gray

9. Lay it All Down - Donovan

10. May You Never - Snow Patrol

11. John Wayne - Oh My God

12. Tearing and Breaking - Phil Collins

13. Head & Heart - Vashti Bunyan

14. Solid Air - Skye Edwards (Morcheeba)

15. Over The Hill -Ted Barnes featuring Gavin Clark (Clayhill and Unkle)

16. I Don't Want to Know - The Swell Season

17. Dancing - Sonia Dada

18. Certain Surprise - Sabrina Dinan

19. Clutches - Foley (Miles Davis bass player)

20. Angeline - Nicholas Barron

21. You Can Discover - Cheryl Wilson

Tom Jones - Praise and Blame

Tom Jones (yep) has released a superb new album called Praise and Blame which he recorded with the great Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams etc etc). Brillaint selection of songs and includes a cover of Dylans "What Good Am I" and there was a special hours chat and songs from the album on Ricky Ross Another Country on Radio Scotland

Highly recommend you listen to the radio show while you can and check out the album...

http://www.tomjones.com/featured/the-making-of-praise-and-blame/

PAUL McCARTNEY

I am assured his gig at Hampden was superb, sadly I was out of the Country and missed it.

Here he is at hard rock, enjoy and let me know your opinion!

New Tom Petty Album - MOJO

The new Tom Petty album is released on 15 June, but you can listen to an entire album stream in advance here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=5260264

Lissie

Tom Morton has played this a lot and I love this track, very Stevie Nicks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgZTLnqBukk

Josh Ritter - Change of Time

Great clip Josh solo on one of the great tracks from his new album

Phosphorescent

Great Tift Merrit clip

To whet the appetite before the new album is released!

Justin Currie ---- again

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!!! The Boss and lady gaga

Muse Live Concert

Full stream of gig from Seattle from current Muse tour.


Muse "The Resistance Tour - Live"

MUSE

MySpace Music Videos

Justin Currie - The Great War

Fantastic new album from the ex Del Amitri front man and a worthy follow up to What Is Love For! Just had the chance for a couple of quick run through but some superb material on this album which has much more of a band feel.

Standout tracks for me are

A Man With Nothing To Do
Cant Let Go Of Her Now
As Long As You Don't Come Back



It is just a superb record with great lyrics, brilliant playing......cannot recommend this highly enough.

The Villagers

Debut album and tour during May. Dont know much about them other than this from the myspace page:

‘Villagers’ began life as a nameless collection of musical poems, all under the pen of one Conor J. O’Brien. “Ultimately, I’ve learned that a song is not an isolated thing. You have to wash the dishes before you write a song. It should never be taken too seriously. It must be treated with joy and humour, regardless of the subject matter,” muses Conor, as he strokes his hairless chin.

Well whatever - but the lead single is a cracker.



And a good performance on Jools Holland: