blue n white racin stripe pickup truck

Hey Lover - Blake Mills

calm down sweetheart, grow up

worried 'bout his haircut

Blue Boy - Mac DeMarco

Cool version of this song

But how long babe, can you search for what's not lost?

I'll Keep it with Mine - Nico

one of my favorites off the new album

i'm a sinner i have sinned

Our Love - Sharon Van Etten

Everybody can’t ’a thought ’a everything

One little piece of endless sky
One little taste of cherry pie

if all the trouble in my heart

would finally mend

There are cathedrals and caverns and honeysuckles in this woman's voice.

Unfucktheworld - Angel Olsen

really digging this album

weird, noisy, and catchy.

Regret - St. Vincent

This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender

Ladies and gentlemen, Pete Seeger is no longer with us on planet earth.

But that's not completely true. He lives on in all the great music he left us. Here's to one of folk music's fathers.

 

Mr. Seeger had this great tv show where he had his friends and contemporaries come on and share songs and share stories. It was called Rainbow Quest. Here's an episode with June Carter and Johnny Cash:



And here's his beautiful banjo:

Treat Her Better

Mac DeMarco is the coolest dude on planet earth these days. His new album drops April 1.

Treat Her Better - Mac DeMarco


via Spin

Inside Llewyn Davis Trailer

I've got a soft spot for this time and place. What it must have been like living in Greenwhich Village back then! I also read somewhere that this story is loosely based on Dave Van Ronk's life which is way cool.

Inside Llewyn Davis

Who wants to see this with me?

excited for this album

Another song off of Angel Olsen's new album, which drops on February 18th.

Hi-Five - Angel Olsen

via SPIN

Ben Shirley

I've only talked with Ben once, but I've worn his hat a couple times.

If you live in Richmond, you may have seen him busking around Carytown. If you do see him out there (hopefully he's not out in the bitter cold), do yourself a favor and stop and listen for a song or two. I got to hear his voice ring out one night at the Bistro and it was such a gift.

Here's to the humble ones, the ones out there living it.

p.s. Richmonders: Thursday nights at the Bistro. Some of the best music your ears'll ever hear.

I turned my head up high

See my silver linin' hangin' in the sky

Paths of Victory (Bob Dylan) - Cat Power

New Work - Clay Spokes

Clay Spokes is a band that plays country, folk, and old-fashioned tunes. They also happen to be good dudes and my good friends. This self-titled album contains original songs penned by Son House II and Tyler Longest, and though it isn't available just yet, you can follow the band on facebook for updates and information on future shows. Good local music, yeah yeah!

p.s. I'm also playing a show with the Spokes this Saturday, January 4th, at Carytown Bistro. Stop by and say hi!

I will not open myself up this way again

Song for Zula - Phosphorescent

If you should ask me the amount in my bank account,

I'd have to confess that I'm slippin'

I'm Just A Lucky So And So - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

today i am sad and lonely

livin' without you

Someday - Langhorne Slim & The Law

i stole away and cried

He Was a Friend of Mine - Dave Van Ronk

i do not feel like being comforted

Greensboro Woman - Townes Van Zandt

such a great vibe

Still Together - Mac Demarco