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Puckett Likes Dead Child, Jon Ashley, Scott Ritcher, Bonnie Prince Billie

J. L. Puckett devotes his Sound Effects column to Louisville music from Dead Child, Jon Ashley, K. Scott Ritcher and Will Oldham

C-J Forecastle Write-Up

With the Forecastle Fest underway on the Belvedere, there are plenty of stories about it. J. L. Puckett has his take in todya’s C-J

J. L. Puckett Doesn’t Like Candlebox

And he’s not afraid to write it.

LEO on RFK Jr., Del the Funky Homosapian, More Forecastle Fest

Everybody else can cover the music at Forecastle Fest – LEO’s Christa Martin gets the nod to interview Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Meanwhile, Damien McPherson scores the assignment to interview Forecastle Fest headliner Del The Funky Homosapian.

There’s an interview with Chicago indie rock band Golden, one with Disco Biscuits and the Forecastle Fest schedule

The Avett Brothers Scheduled in to Coyote’s

Grungegrass purveyors The Avett Brothers are coming to Coyote’s on September 27, just in time to promote their newest CD, The Second Gleam. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon.

Artie Traum Dies at 65

Artie Traum, 65, folksinger and producer, died in Woodstock, NY, on Sunday, August 20, from liver cancer. He was a veteran of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the Sixties and recorded with and produced many of the biggest names in the folk/rock scene, including Bela Fleck and the Band.

Forecastle Before and After Parties

In case you are so inclined, here’s the publicist’s list of before- and after-parties for the Forecastle Fest:

KICK-OFF PARTY / THURSDAY

Thursday, July 24th
Glassworks Rooftop (map)
Doors @ 7PM | *$6 | All Ages

With performances from:

DJs Narwhal, Matt Anthony & Woodrow on the Radio: 11 – 2am
Lucky Pineapple: 10 – 11
The Protomen: 9 – 10
The Fervor: [...]

Scott Miller and the Commonwealth at the PHT

We’re going to have to grant Scott Miller formal Louisville citizenship if he keeps coming to town as often as he does. He’ll be back on August 9, playing a show at the Phoenix Hill Tavern, along with The Gougers, an Austin, Texas, four-piece rock band. Miller has a new DIY projects, Appalachian Refugee, [...]

Jo Stafford Dies at 90

Jazz and pop singer Jo Stafford died in Century City, California, on July 16 at 90. Stafford had a long and notable singining career, beginning in the early Forties and lasting until her retirement in 1966. Her most famous song, “You Belong To Me,” was penned by Louisvillian Chilton Price, with some credit to [...]

Lefsetz Does the [Sales] Numbers

Curious about whose CDs are selling? Bob Lefsetz has this