Root Down in the Shadow

*** Part of an ongoing series of TOOLS TO ENJOY MORE MUSIC ***** I will attempt to profile great avenues of finding, listening to, and downloading new music, to help you , the music fan, get more out of your listening experience. The interface  was probably my first podcast.   Back in 2006 I spent many weekends working in my new house, and I needed some new music to get into while I was demolishing, rebuilding and painting.   I think I had been looking up bands for the upcoming Virgin Festival in Baltimore, MD ., but somehow I had stumbled onto four awesome new bands.   Pigeon John, the Raconteurs, KT Tunstall, and Lady Sovereign . During these early podcasts, the podcast was referred to as AOL Interface @ Spinner.com .  It was also mainly an interview with some performance added at the beinning or end.  Somehow they embedded chapters into the podcasts, so you could skip through and listen to the songs.  That was nice as, after the 10th time...

Attention Please: With a late 2010 release and a spot on the VW Super Bowl commercial, Pigeon John has a lyrical announcement to the world.  Jump on board now, 'cause "I'm 'bout to blow up"                          Excerpt from Pigeon John - 'The Bomb' "Ok, come on everybody won’t you clap your hands White folks do it on time if they can Sounds good, now here’s the plan Let’s all sing together like we’re in the same band I’m the bomb and I’m ’bout to blow up I’m the bomb and I’m ’bout to blow up" The commercial was a mash up of a classic Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor clip, and the hot new single from Dragon Slayer the 2010 release from Pigeon John . WHO IS THIS GUY? For those of you who have never heard of the one and only Pigeon John , he has been a putting out solo rap albums for quite some time now, and has been featured or has been ...