New Music I Like Sept 09

The Black Keys are an American blues-rock music duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. They were formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001. Their sound heavily incorporates elements of blues and blues-rock.
So the Pedia of Wiki tells us.  What it doesn’t tell us is that this little ditty, ‘The Breaks’ is just [...]

newton faulkner can play a bit

If you like noodling a bit on your acoustic, abandon all hope of EVER being this good.  Got his album last weekend in a Golden Disks sale (eh…) and haven’t looked back.
Newton Faulkner is billed as a ‘British Jack Johnson’ by the Evening Standard, and this review made me buy it, but the Evening Standard [...]

Nyle “Let the Beat Build”

Holy God.
The last time I remember hearing music this fresh was the first time I heard Jamiroquai singing “We’re too young to Die” and I knew a star had been born.  Not everybody’s cup of tea, but he remains the sole survivor of the Acid Jazz movement as far as I can tell.
From New York, [...]

Farewell Troubadour

Sad news indeed to hear today of the passing of John Martyn.
He has been an enormous influence, and an amazing, if troubled, artist.
May you always be remembered kindly.
Thank you for the music.