June 28, 2007
Linda Draper Back From The West; Live On Soundcheck WNYC
Linda Draper wrapped up her 2007 "Keepsake" tour with a live date
at NYC's The Cake Shop in support of Eric Gaffney of Sebadoh
- Before the evenings performance, she stopped by WNYC's "Soundcheck" to
discuss music therapy, the state of the compact disc, and more. She also
performed two tracks: "Traces Of" and one of her newer songs, "Among The
Sharks And The Royalty" - listen to archived interview/performance here.
Linda also completed her first ever west coast shows with bassist Rob Woodcock
on board - playing to enthusiastic/packed crowds from San Francisco, Portland,
Olympia, San Diego, Los Angeles, and more. A return to the west is sure
to be in her future. For a wrap up of each stop on her two week trek, please
visit: www.lindadraper.net or
listen to Linda at myspace.com/lindadraper.
The Jesus And Mary Chain in the UK
The Jesus And Mary Chain continue their comeback with live dates
in the UK, recently playing Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown Festival. NME, The
Guardian and other UK press have reported the band are indeed back - playing
a slew of their signature noise pop - showing 21st century crowds what they've
been missing for almost a decade. The band will be recording their first
new LP since 1998's Subpop/Creation Records release "Munki" . JAMC revealed
two newer compositions live - "All Things Must Pass" and "Dead End Kids"
(All you Freeheat/Jim Reid fans have already heard the tune - but add William
and it's pure bliss -- nice sounds!) More dates upcoming - check out myspace.com/jimreid
for up to the minute dates. - Speaking of Freeheat - where else can
you hear some of Jim's latest recorded songs? Yes of course we must plug
the very great "Back On The Water" CD - "Dead End Kids" and all! buy it
in the shop!
The summer heat continues to beat down on the PSR blog Parasites
& Sycophants - the guys were recently featured in USA Today
- so what better reason to head on over and see what's what...this week:
read part 2 of Ian Cooke's Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band piece;
CD Reviews, Book Reviews, Drive By Truckers, and lots of kick ass music
related notes. Also check out a blog entry of "Nice Sounds" featuring some long over due words from Hermano.
Above photo of Linda Draper live at The Tangier, Los Angeles, CA by Rob Dobbs ©2007 Planting Seeds Records Collection
June 18, 2007
The Voyces in NYC - Linda Draper Back In NYC
NYC's
best are back in action for late June and into August. The Voyces
are set to play their fave venue The Rockwood Music Hall on July 7th followed
by two dates in upstate NY. The band continues to support their latest critical
smash "Kissing Like It's Love. You can get complete details via www.myspace.com/thevoycesmusic
**Reminder**Guitarist Steve Dawson continues touring with Jesse Malin and
is set to hit late night TV this week (Tonight show 6/20 and Late Late Show
6/21 CBS - more details at myspace.com/stevendawson
Meanwhile folk chanteuse Linda Draper continues live dates for her
"Keepsake" tour. She recently returned from her ultra successful West Coast swing
which covered dates in Portland, Olympia, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
and everywhere in between(Look for tour wrap up in the coming days). She'll
be back in NYC this Friday June 22nd with an interview/performance on WNYC
93.9FM on the stations "Soundcheck" program, 2PM EST - followed by a return
engagement at the Cake Shop at 8PM. More info as usual at www.lindadraper.net
The Tamborines New Live Video & Live Radio Acoustic Versions
The Tamborines have posted a new live Video via youtube.com
- some ace stuff filmed during their recent tour of Brazil. Check out clips
of their cover of the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows", "On Your Own", "Looking
Glass Work Shop " and more. You can also download acoustic radio versions
on the band's myspace.com/thetamborines site. The band continues to record
new music for their upcoming release. They are also scheduled to play the
very popular Truck Festival in the UK. More news soon.
In more news, the cats over at the PSR blog Parasites & Sycophants have set
up what else, but a myspace page - be friends with them at www.myspace.com/parasitesandsycophants.
Above photo of The Voyces at Rockwood Music Hall Courtesy of The Voyces ©2007 The Voyces Archives/Planting Seeds Records Collection
June 4, 2007
Linda Draper Launches Keepsake Tour
Linda
Draper kicked off her "Keepsake Tour" with two east coast dates. On
Saturday May 26th she entertained a packed house at The Cake Shop in NYC
for her "Keepsake" CD release Party. Check out a review of the show
here. The set featured a
few tracks from past albums with several songs from the new LP - her encore
included the country/folk tune "Last One Standing". On May 27th she made
a stop in Cambridge, MA and played to another full house at the historic
60's folk/jazz club - Club Passim (formerly known as Club 47 - where folk
legends old and new have performed - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega,
Judy Collins, Nancy Griffith etc) as part of the "Cutting Edge Of The Campfire
Music Festival". Linda shared the stage with Lucy Wainwright Roche
(sister of Rufus & Martha Wainwright) and Elizabeth Butters - She
played five songs and sang harmony with the other artists, including Wainwright's
beautiful reading of the traditional Scottish folk song "Wild Mountain Thyme".
Linda Draper is set for her first ever trek out west. The Palo Alto Daily
News has a nice feature on Linda - She talks about the new LP, songwriting,
and more - check out the article here
. Linda Draper will be playing The Make Out Room in San Francisco
on June 5th with The Orange Peels . You can currently order advanced
tickets for her June 10th Los Angeles, CA performance with The One AM
Radio at The
Tangier as well as her Mississippi
Studios Portland,OR show on June 15th. Buy tickets online at: www.virtuous.com
The Voyces In Thousand Oaks, XM Radio, Buy Posters!
The
Voyces recently returned from a week long stay out west. While there, they
of course played a sold out private show in Thousand Oaks, CA (Brian's hometown)
at Record Outlet. The duo of Jude Kastle and Brian Wurschum ran through
an ace set which included "Angels Of Fun", "Kissing Like It's Love", "Humming",
"Top Of My Lungs", and "Relate To Me". The band is also scheduled to
play two shows in upstate New York - for complete schedule please visit www.thevoyces.net.
In more Voyces news, XM RADiO featured THE VOYCES on Thursday, May 31, 2007,
via the RADAR REPORT which usually airs 10pm ET. The Radar Report Encores
every Friday at 2pm ET and Every Saturday at 6am ET The show airs on: XMU,
XM RADIO Channel 43, XM RADIO Online, Direct TV Channel 831 and on AOL,
XMU, XM 43, is located on XM SATELLiTE RADiO in the United States and Canada:
http://www.xmradio.com or http://xmu.xmradio.com
NYC artists Jamie Wolcott has designed some wonderful posters for
the Voyces, which you can now purchase for $10.00. Along with The Voyces,
she has done work for The Melvins and Ben Lee among others. Pick 'em up
at www.jamiebwolcott.com/store.html
Parasites & Sycophants / Photos Of The Moment
Parasites
latest updates features the latest video from PSR faves Crowded House,
as well as a classic LP spotlight on Dinosaur Jr, Phil Lesh
and more words from Scott Meiggs
Photos Of The Moment
Thanks Jim for signing the little ole Freeheat handbill
Nice flyer
Above photos: Linda Draper live at the Cake Shop courtesy of Dave H Cromwell/PSR
Collection; The Voyces out west courtesy of The Voyces/PSR Collection; Jim
Reid signing Freeheat flyer/Freeheat Flyer courtesy of Rob Dobbs/PSR Collection
- all ©2007
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