Posted on: October 4, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 0

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 7

Another year, another Bluegrass Fest in San Francisco, this weekend (Oct-5-7) in Golden Gate Park. Old favorites are returning, including Nick Lowe (when did he get so damn popular all the sudden? It’s not like he’s moving a ton of records), T-Bone Burnett (one of the fest highlights last year), Del McCoury, Gillian Welch, Mekons, Knitters, on and on. PLUS some new blood, including Jeff Tweedy (solo on Friday afternoon),…

Posted on: August 21, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 0

Spot DJ mix

Met the guy behind this new playlist widget, SpotDJ, so I’ve been trying it out. Here are a few songs to test it out.

Posted on: August 8, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 0

You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling

The music of Lee Hazlewood (free download via that link, btw) was steeped in ’60s stylized pop–he wrote great material on his own, but he also did some incredible covers, including this Righteous Brothers hit. It was a highlight on the classic Nancy & Lee album. The video below, though (man, so many great Lee videos have surfaced since his death last weekend), features Swedish pop singer Siw Malmkvist.

Posted on: August 7, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 0

Goodbye Lee

It wasn’t a surprise to hear that Lee Hazlewood passed away this past Saturday (Aug 4, 2007), but damn it’s still sad. At least he knew it was coming and could prepare — settling back down with family, recording one final album, and living long enough to soak up the newfound attention and acclaim. Lee was the ultimate existential cowboy, pondering big questions, facing darkness, but never afraid at the…

Posted on: August 4, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 0

Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck has a huge catalog so it’s inevitable that some great songs would get overlooked. “21 Miles to Lake Charles Prison” was one of the first Paycheck songs I heard way back when (thanks to an old thrift-store copy of his greatest hits LP), and it’s stuck with me ever since. When a guy sings about his mother walking him to the train that’s going to take him to…

Posted on: April 30, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 1

Charlie Louvin 2007

Some shots from Charlie Louvin’s appearance at SXSW 2007 in Austin this year. by wolffkurt A slideshow: Charlie Louvin

Posted on: April 9, 2007 Posted by: wolffkurt Comments: 0

I Forgot to Be Your Lover

William Bell is one of the greatest soul singers the genre has seen. This song slays me every time. mog.com More about this song Share