Music: North Mississippi Allstars - Limited Edition Silkscreen Posters
Hot of the press! Southern Brand's recent collaboration with Luther Dickinson and North Mississippi Allstars - a series of Limited Edition, hand-pulled silkscreen posters. The first two in the series are:
"Snakes In My Trees"
Inspired by the band's acoustic album, Mississippi Folk Music - Vol. One. It's a two color print: matte black on deep red with metallic gold flake. The background color actually changes as you walk past or the lighting shifts. Printed on a 19" x 25" premium Smart White 80lb. cover stock. Only 125 printed. Git one.
"Keep The Devil Down"
Inspired by the band's album, Hernando. To coincide with the band's 2010 Let It Roll Tour. It's a three color print: matte black & gray on antique white with a metallic flake. On a 19" x 25" premium Smart White 80lb. cover stock. Only 125 printed. Git One.
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Music: Soulhat - Live At The Black Cat
For all you Austinites and those lucky enough to have spent time in the heaven that is central Texas in the early 90's, Dualtone is releasing a live record from the seminal band, Soulhat that was recorded over two nights in August of '91 at Austin's now defunct Black Cat Lounge. Here's the story from Dualtone:
Soulhat’s Live at the Black Cat is more than just a delightful and revelatory retrospective look at a then young band coming into its own. It’s also a musical journey back to another time and place. Soulhat had been formed a year before by guitarist/singer Kevin McKinney, guitarist Bill Cassis and bassist Brian Walsh, who had been college friends at Southwestern University in Georgetown just north of Austin. They added drummer Ian Bailey, and by the time of these recordings had been joined on percussion by Barry “Frosty” Smith, something of a rock drumming legend from his work with Lee Michaels, Sly & The Family Stone, Steve Miller, Rare Earth and Parliament-Funkadelic. One can’t underestimate the effect of the locale on this music. The Black Cat was a ramshackle, no frills dive music bar with minimal to no cover charge, cheap beer and free hot dogs where the bands were required to play for the better part of four hours by its proprietor, the eccentric Paul Sessums, who Cassis now recalls as something of a savant when it came to presenting live musical entertainment. After playing the club for the better part of the previous year, Soulhat was packing the joint with a mixture of college students, neo-hippies, bikers and music fans of all stripes (including then future Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong). Sixth Street wasn’t yet the bustling nightlife district it became, and even among the handful of music clubs there at the time, The Black Cat was notable for its utterly unpretentious good time vibe. That same feeling can be heard in the music. To wit, Soulhat’s music was then and still remains unclassifiable, fashioned from a broad mix of various styles of rock with splashes of blues, soul and funk as well as touches of everything from reggae to country — like the best rock’n’roll, inclusive and free of musical boundaries. — Rob Patterson
Album hits the streets December 8. For more info on Soulhat log on to http://www.soulhat.net/ or http://www.myspace.com/soulhat
Although it's not on this album, here's my favorite.
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Music: Blakroc Project
Ol' Dirt Dog back from the dead to rock the mic with The Black Keys. Also on the album: Raekwon, RZA, Jim Jones, NOE, Mos Def, Nicole Wray, Pharoahe Monch, Ludacris & Q-Tip. Blackroc hits stores November 27. Check out videos from the recording sessions here.
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Music/Film: “A Pretty Good Guy From Mississippi”
Muddy Waters in a clip from the 1972 movie "Chicago Blues."
Teach yo' children 'bout this man and this music.
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Music: Guy Clark - Somedays The Song Writes You
There's no arguing with Bob Dylan. And in a recent interview with The Huffington Post, the legendary singin’ storyteller named Guy Clark as one of his favorite songwriters. High praise, indeed. But Clark’s been perfectin' his craft for nearly four decades. Over all those years, Clark has filled out 12 studio albums and seen some of his work recorded by artists like Johnny Cash and Bobby Bare. He's a bona fide Nashville legend.
Clark is now ready to drop lucky no. 13 on Sept. 22. Entitled “Somedays The Song Writes You”, the album features songs co-written with old friends like Rodney Crowell, Shawn Camp and Ray Stephenson, as well as young up-and-coming songwriters like Jedd Hughes and Ashley Monroe. It’s the same collaborative process Clark applied to his last two albums, “The Dark” and “Workbench Songs”, and it pays off here on songs like the title track, “The Guitar” and “Hemingway’s Whiskey”. There’s also one track on the album Clark didn’t write – the Townes Van Zandt classic “If I Needed You.” Clark has made it a tradition to include a Van Zandt song on each one of his albums, but this one has special meaning – it was originally played (and dreamed up) in Clark’s own home. Clark will launch a tour in support of the new album in Minneapolis on Sept. 17, with the tour concluding in Austin on Nov. 21.
To help promote and celebrate Guy’s new album, his label, Dualtone, is sponsoring a songwritin’ contest. Each entry gets a copy of the new record, and the winner gets flown off to Guy’s workshop in Nashville for a special one-on-one co-writin’ bull session. The contest runs through September 15, and more details can be found here:
http://www.dualtonerecords.net/clarkcontest/dualtone.php
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Eatin': Pig Candy
That's right, candy made out of bacon.
Suuuuueeeeeeeet! Check out the recipe from instructables right here.
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Music: Luther Dickinson - Acoustic Tribute To Jim Dickinson
Beautiful music by his son for a man who will be greatly missed.
Listen here. Read about Mr. Dickinson here.
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Music/Film: Jack White - Fly Farm Blues
Jack sings and accompanies himself on guitar on a track that was written on the spot during the filming of It Might Get Loud. Check it out. You can order up the vinyl from White's Third Man Records. Check out the trailer for the film here. It opens in NYC & L.A. today.
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