Aug 14 2008
Daniel Lanois is coming to Moncton, New Brunswick in October!
Critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning musician and producer Daniel Lanois will perform in support of his latest release Here Is What Is, the soundtrack to his feature-length documentary of the same name, at the Capitol Theatre in Moncton on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
He’s going to [...]
Jun 10 2008
I’m not fond of loud crowded pubs, but Old Man Luedecke is playing at The Ship tonight, so I’m going to give it a go. Not once in my life have I seen anyone play a banjo. It’s just something I’ve never been exposed to. I got a banjo last year for my birthday but [...]
Jun 02 2008
That’s the length of this audio magazine (69mb). I’ll probably take it down in a day or two. Mostly music, not much talk, though I do touch on the voice of god and play some Greg Brown, Tom Waits, Charlie Parr, Bob Dylan, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Martha Scanlan — all of it [...]
May 26 2008
This is photo of my guitar, or at least a portion of it. Click to enlarge.
If you look closely, you can make out Townes Van Zandt’s faded signature (forged) with the inscription: “Next time you guys bring the beer!”
It’s not as cute as a puppy, but there you go.
May 24 2008
Mud Radio is still out of commission, although there is a chance it might come back on a semi-regular basis before the end of the summer. In the meantime, if you’re in the mood for a little muddish radio, you can request a show on Whole Whole Radio called Mud Songs.
I just created the wiki [...]
May 24 2008
Bob Dylan is spending his birthday this year in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He and his band performed last night and they’re playing again tonight. Here’s my ticket:
Yeah, it’s in the nosebleed section. I may attempt to smuggle in a camera. I’ll update this post if I take any grainy, blurry photos of him on stage.
May 12 2008
I’m still not sure how to upload this stuff so that it can automatically download for all the pod people who subscribe to Steel White Table (I don’t have time to figure it out now), but here’s another spontaneous audio magazine of me listening to music and speaking about said music with extreme insight. It’s [...]
May 11 2008
I’m seeing Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen in concert this month, but I would easily give up both of those tickets to see Tom Waits who is beginning a new tour in June. Then he’s going to Europe. I hope he drops in on a few Canadian cities on the way back. Here are the [...]
Apr 30 2008
This audio magazine is 17 minutes long. It’s called Some Mumblin’ and Sampling From Avalon Blues, Not Much Insightful Commentary Really [removed]. If I listened to the whole thing, I probably wouldn’t post it. I’m going to remove it sometime tomorrow, regardless, so get it while you can.
There’s probably a way to encode it into [...]
Apr 11 2008
Wow. I got a request from a Whole Wheat Radio listener for my cover of Lyle Lovett’s song, “Skinny Legs.” The song used to be in WWR’s library but was recently removed — probably because it played so often that Jim said enough is enough. I don’t blame him.
At any rate, by request, I present [...]
Apr 08 2008
Many of you may not realize that Jody and I are twins and that we both turned 78 a couple weeks ago, give or take a decade or two. Jody’s son, Iain, left a birthday message for me on my answering machine.
I also got a bottle of single-malt scotch for my birthday, an MP3 player [...]
Apr 02 2008
I’ve been meaning to write a post about Canadian singer-songwriter Jill Barber, so here it is. I saw her in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a couple months ago. Just her and her acoustic guitar and a guy switching between mandolin and a pedal steel. A real sweet, pleasing traditional sound with a mild jazzy, [...]
Mar 19 2008
As I posted about previously, this week’s episode of CBC Radio’s Spark includes an audio clip from the (now) famous Cauliflower Popcorn video.
You can listen to the full episode via the mp3 they make available. You can hear me around the 7:20 minute mark and during the credits at the end. The [...]
Mar 08 2008
Someone brought to my attention a radio station called MUD Radio. I guess they weren’t aware that “Mud Radio” is a registered trademark own by Phillip Cairns, as is “Mud Songs.” Should I sue them? Their MUD stands for Middlesex Union Direct. The mud in my Mud Radio stands for mud. So I guess they’re [...]
Mar 03 2008
Yup. Not Johnny Cash. I had no idea Sting wrote “I Hung My Head.” I would have never guessed it.
Sting’s original:
Johnny Cash’s cover (just a static image):
