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: Sons Of Bill
"If you like gettin' your teeth knocked in, and your ass kicked, and your heart torn out of your chest and mashed flat...then Sons Of Bill is your new favorite band." - Jim Scott
Bill Wilson's three eldest sons grew up listening to him fingerpick old country tunes around the house. They learned to sing harmony at family holidays and inherited old guitars with their hand-me-down jeans. The past two decades sent James, Sam and Abe in disparate musical directions: teenage heavy metal fests, old-time barn dances, college bars and New York City jazz clubs. But in 2005 the brothers all returned – one from a cattle ranch in Nevada, one from an apartment in Brooklyn, one from Grad school in Maryland – and for the first time in their lives they began to make music together. With the addition of long-time friends Seth Green and Brian Caputo, Bill's sons became Sons of Bill. With a live show known to evolve from acoustic ballads into sweaty stage-dives, Sons of Bill has gained a loyal fan base from Florida to NYC, sharing the stage with acts ranging from Robert Randolph to Robert Earl Keen. After selling their self-released debut album “A Far Cry from Freedom” by the thousands, SOB flew to California in late 2008 to record a much anticipated follow up. Tracked live in just 10 days with legendary producer Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Whiskeytown) “One Town Away” is as honest and straightforward as records get. 12 songs about the struggles and hopes of human life, played by five guys from central Virginia, raised on traditional country music with an unabashed love for Rock n’ Roll.
Check 'em out here. See 'em live.
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Music: Black Keys’ Auerbach not hiding on solo debut.
A lot of musicians would use their successful band’s self-imposed timeout to relax. Kick it on some private island in the Caribbean. Chase women. Party like, well, a rock star. Or at least mix in a shave or two.
Not Dan Auerbach.
The ever-active and innovative singer-guitarist of Ohio-based garage-blues-rock act The Black Keys has used his band’s hiatus to tour in promotion of his debut solo album, “Keep It Hid.”
The heavily bearded Auerbach produced the album himself, and describes it as a mix of “psychedelia, soul music, loud and soft guitars.” Backed by a full band this time, Auerbach’s always gritty and passionate vocals explore tales of dark topics like romantic betrayal, yet he also manages to push past the boundaries of the blues. Guests on the album include singer Jessica Lea Mayfield, who was also featured on the Black Keys’ last album, “Attack & Release.”
The album and the tour have shown a rather notable departure from the minimalist yet animalistic guitar-and-drum formula the Black Keys have patented, incorporating thumping bass, throbbing organ and even a second drummer at times.
A recent New York Times review of the album said it “often sounds as if sprung from a psychedelic vault”, yet “doesn’t quite feel retro or especially arcane.” The Boston Herald described one of Auerbach’s recent New York shows as a cross between “the ragged, groovy, electrified vibe of a classic Fillmore set” and “a post-grunge, post-punk, post-Black Sabbath fury” that resulted in “original, jagged, fire-spitting guitar workouts.”
He's playin' a show in Austin on the 18th with the Swamp Fox - Tony Joe White. Get other tour dates and hear songs from the album here.
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Music: Levon Helm - By Jim James
Here's a piece by Jim James of My Morning Jacket on the great Levon Helm. It's from Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Singers Of All Time"
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"There is something about Levon Helm's voice that is contained in all of our voices. It is ageless, timeless and has no race. He can sing with such depth and emotion, but he can also convey a good-old fun-time growl.
Since Papa Garth Hudson didn't really sing, I always felt that, vocally, Levon was the father figure in the Band. He always seems strong and confident, like a father calling you home, or sometimes scolding you. The beauty in Richard Manuel's singing was often the sense of pain and darkness he conveyed. Rick Danko had a lot of melancholy to his voice as well, but he could also be a little more goofy. They were all different shades of color in the crayon box, and Levon's voice is the equivalent of a sturdy old farmhouse that has stood for years in the fields, weathering all kinds of change yet remaining unmovable.
The best thing about Levon is that he has so many sides, from the sound his voice gave to the Band's rich harmonies to how he can rip it up on songs like "Yazoo Street Scandal," "Don't Ya Tell Henry," "Up on Cripple Creek" and "Rag Mama Rag." He can pop in for sensitive moments, such as in between Manuel's vocals in "Whispering Pines." And he laid down one of the greatest recorded pop vocal performances of all time: "The Weight." I was fortunate to get to go to one of his Midnight Rambles a few years back when My Morning Jacket were recording up in the Catskills. To see him walk out on that stage and sit down behind the drum kit in person was a thrill. No one else plays the drums or sings like Levon, much less doing it at the same time.
There is a sense of deep country and family in Levon's voice, a spirit that was there even before him, deep in the blood of all singers who have heard him, whether they know it or not."
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Music: Mornin’ Ya’ll
I'm amazed - My Morning Jacket
This song makes me happy. Enjoy for yourself.
Get well soon Jim James.
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