Root Down in the Shadow

HoneyHoney @ World Cafe Live, Philadelphia  - September 15th, 2013 In an odd juxtaposition of musical realities, one of my favorite bands, HoneyHoney , was opening for a band I had never heard of until a few days ago.  I had been following HoneyHoney for the last two years, since the release of their major debut Billy Jack; getting singles from KCRW Today's Top Tune and American Songwriter.   The one-time Newport Folk Festival band is primed for a bigger emergence with the continuing folk revival capturing America's airwaves.  However in this instance, they are opening for an artist already #1 in the U.K. stations and making waves here as well. HoneyHoney is on tour with 19 year old U.K. sensation Jake Bugg , bringing their sounds to Philadelphia's World Cafe Live.  Before I knew the line-up, I was initially shocked to find out they were opening and equally surprised that they were opening for someone I had never heard of.  However, when I realized this was a sol

Time for another update on the ol' concert calendar.   Although based in Philly, I check out shows from Boston to DC.  In April, I managed to see shows in Lancaster, PA & Boston, but I keep my eyes out for great shows that shouldn't be missed.     As always I want to share my finds!  Hopefully you can find your town on the list as well. I've taken the liberty of highlighting shows I'd go see if I had the freedom and time to travel more!! WHO I WANT TO SEE IN PHILLY!!!! First, I'll mention two local Philly bands The Lawsuits have two major dates: 5/11 with Big Fat Marker @ Hard Rock Philly – show @9pm.. just $7 5/23 playing with the Steel Wheels @World Café Live – Wilmington, DE  @9pm The Levee Drivers also have some big dates: 5/9 – Silk City – Philadelphia, PA 8:00pm 5/16 – North Star Bar – Philadelphia, Pa 8:00pm 5/31 – The Fire – Philadelphia, Pa 9:00 pm  National act,  HoneyHoney , comes to town!  

TELEKINESIS, LOW ANTHEM, the GRATEFUL DEAD & HONEY HONEY via AMAZON, NOISETRADE, DEAD.NEt & HONEYHONEYBAND.COM Via Amazon.com: I've been getting free tracks from Amazon for a few years now.  There's a lot of random stuff out there, but there are also some great finds!   I've been lucky enough to find Blind Pilot, Neko Case, Lisa Hannigan, Fleet Foxes, and  John Vanderslice, all via their downloads.  If you don't get the newsletter weekly from Amazon it can be a bit cumbersome finding the free music on the Amazon site.  Oddly a month or two ago, they stopped adding weekly links to free music in their newsletter.  However, they instead replaced it with a monthly "Artist on the Rise" download. The latest installment includes Alt-Pop outfit Telekensis  hit 'Car Crash, folkish James Vincent McMorrow, and the Canadian band City & Colour Via Noisetrade.com City & Colour Winter Tourmates the Low Anthem have announced a free downlo

Music News across the land and Concert Updates for the Philadelphia Metro area! - Music News..   It's been a crazy week.  I didn't make it to any concerts.  I would have loved to have gone to David Wax Museum @ Johnny Brenda's or to see Brett Dennen opening for Amos Lee , but life gets in the way sometimes.  Instead, I spent a lot of the week listening to some bands for the first time. Amongst the recent plays were:   Pearl and The Beard : see NEXT CONCERT below.  HoneyHoney : see my recent FREE music post. HoneyHoney - Billy Jack by LostHighwayRecords   Bear Hands : A friend just went to see We Were Promised Jetpacks and she gave a shout out to check out Bear Hands as they were a quality opener.  I went to their site bearhandsband.com and was immediately pleased.  The site's wallpaper is an integrated video player that continues as you browse the site.  'High Society' is the opening track, it's a solid listen with a