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Joan Osborne Down Under

Joan Osborne has gone way South for the winter – to Australia, actualy – as part of Live: The Motown Event. She got a special shout-out from Melbourne’s Star Observer.

MMJ Steps Up To Help ear X-tacy

From the MMJ website:

“Hey Gang,

Louisville was hit with some alarming news. Our beloved independent record store and pillar of our community, ear X-tacy, is on the brink of closing down due to a decline in business over the last three years. We as a band cannot express how important local businesses are to the very [...]

Pix from Yim Yames and Bootsie Anne

The 37Flood guys got some good shots of the Yim Yames/Bootsie Anne Valentine’s Day show at the Rathskeller.

Weekly Alt

Ye olde LEO’s Mat Herron has a long piece on John Timmons and the ear X-tacy problem. David Mann has a longish preview of Andrea Davidson’s show at the Vernon Club on Saturday.

Herron also has the cover story about mountaintop removal plus Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee’s new CD, Dear Companion, available at, ahem, [...]

New Releases

Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee’s Dear Companion CD on Sub Pop Records is available.

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three – Riverboat Soul

Likewise, Pokey LaFarge’s new project, Riverboat Soul, under the name Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three is also on the market

Yim Yames Valentine Day Show

LEO’s Mat Herron got a review of Jim James‘ Valentine Day show at the Rachskeller on the Spin.com website.

While we’re writing about James, news comes the My Morning Jacket will play The Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge in Quincy, Washington on May 29-31

Johnny Quaid Interview

Peter Berkowitz has an interview with Johnny Quaid of Ravenna Colt.

New Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billie Project?

Nobody ever said Will Oldham was straightforward; his latest ‘announcement’ about a new project, apparently called The Wonder Show of the World, recorded with The Cairo Gang, a moniker of California based singer-songwriter Emmett Kelly, is a short and cryptic video, featuring the information painted on the bare backside of a woman wearing a thong. [...]

Musician Obits

Early rockabilly star Dale Hawkins, writer of “Suzie Q,” died of cancer at 73. Hawkins was a Louisiana guitarist and cousin of Ronnie Hawkins (The Hawks, The Band).

Doug Fieger, 57, died on February 14, 2010. He was the lead singer of the New Wave band The Knack and co-wrote the biggest hit song of 1979, [...]

ear X-tacy Press Conference

The Backseat Sandbar guys posted a video of John Timmons‘ press conference.