Ten Songs To Listen To While Coming Up With Lists of Ten Songs To Listen To:1. Barry Goldberg "I Think I'm Gonna Cry"
--a wonderful organ player and a fine songwriter. the second side of this album ["Blasts From My Past"] is great.
2. Miss Abrams & The Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class "Buildin' A Heaven On Earth"
--from a somewhat forgotten and curious record which came out in the early 1970s by a school teacher from Mill Valley, CA. always puts a smile on my face and reminds me of home.
3. Brenton Wood "Baby You Got It"
--one of my favorite voices. great hard-panned stereo arrangement of a perfectly simple and addictive song.
4. Roger Shriver "Life Is Like A River"
--the mellowest of mellow moments on another wonderful and unsung album.
5. Sonoko "Wedding With God"
--captivatingly strange and otherworldly song by this Japanese singer from the always interesting Crammed label. this album is one of my favorites.
6. The Beau Brummels "Sad Little Girl"
--great harmonies by the San Francisco's original response to the Fab Four. folk-rock at it's finest.
7. John Cale "Cleo"
--one of Cale's catchiest tunes from his first solo outing. backed by Grinder's Switch (of Garland Jeffreys' notoriety). great piano playing.
8. Skeeter Davis "Optimistic"
--i could listen to Skeeter sing all day long. my favorite female country singer.
9. Jeffrey Cain "Mockingbird"
--great album on the Youngblood's Racoon imprint. the shambolic groove of this tune is a doozy.
10. John Compton "Look Out"
--total Bearsville session vibe from the former Appaloosa member and partner of Robin Batteau on the classic Compton & Batteau album. loose and fluid playing and great songs.
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| Vetiver (with Vashti Bunyan, Adem and Juana Molina)- Been So Long |
5/6 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/ Kelley Stoltz & The Mumlers
5/7 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour w/ Kelley Stoltz & Jonathan Wilson
5/8 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah w/ Jonathan Wilson
5/9 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place w/ Jonathan Wilson
5/10 Visalia, CA @ Howie & Sons Pizza & Beer Parlor w/ Jonathan Wilson
5/16 Brighton, UK @ Theatre Royal, Fat Cat Nights with the Great Escape w/ Vashti Bunyan, Haushka, and Tom Brosseau
5/17 Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits Botanique w/ The Teenagers & Man Man
5/18 Fulda, D @ Das Kreuz
5/20 Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik-Ziegel Oh Lac
5/21 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Small Hall
5/23 Coventry, UK @ Tin Angel
5/26 Cambridge, UK @ Barfly
5/27 Leeds, UK @ Faversham
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5/30 Glasgow, SCT @ The Archer
5/31 Aberdeen, SCT @ Tunnels
6/1 Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
6/2 Nottingham, UK @ Bodega Social
6/3 Bristol, UK @ Cube Cinema
6/4 Manchester, UK @ Road House
6/5 London, UK @ St. Giles in the Fields
6/6 Cardiff, UK @ Barfly
6/8 Dublin, IE @ Crawdaddy
6/9 Belfast, IE @ Black Box
6/10 Birmingham, UK @ Barfly
6/13 Porto, PT @ Passos Manuel
6/14 Lisbon, PT @ ZDB Gallery
6/17 Barcelona, ES @ Sidecar
6/18 Madrid, ES @ Joy Eslave w/ Akron Family
6/19 Seville, ES @ Teatro Central w/ Akron Family
6/20 Granada, ES @ Teatro Alhambra w/ Akron Family
6/21 Malaga, ES @ Teatro Canovas w/ Akron Family
6/27 Paris, F @ Cafe De la Danse
6/29 Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
