There has been a few times where I have heard a new artist and immediately wanted to go see them live.  Then shortly later I find out that I had missed the tour by a couple weeks.  Well this happened about a year ago when a friend told me about someone he had been listening to named Regina Spektor.  Fortunately I was able to make up for my lateness to Regina's music by seeing her performance at the Uptown theater in Kansas City last November.  Her singing was absolutely amazing and lived up to everything that I had been hoping for the entire year of waiting.  I had expected her vocal range to blow me away so that was no surprise, but what amazed me was how she pulls off the entire show solo.  Her talents alternate between grand piano, electric guitar, percussion, and then percussion while playing the piano.  I wouldn't be surprised if she plays piano and guitar during the next show I see.  Her lyrics are also very clever and sometimes quite funny.The concert that I am featuring was from the same tour as the one I missed and is an excellent sounding recording.  I am very thankful to the audience in San Francisco who are for the most part unnoticeable during the songs, but definitely let Regina hear it in between.  All concerts are not the same in this respect and for the style of music that Regina plays a mellow crow really makes the concert more enjoyable for everyone.  Follow the link below to listen to the full concertRegina Spektor - San Francisco, CA - 05/13/06

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Song listing

1) Eight Miles High

2) Baby Jesus

3) That Time

4) Apres Moi

5) Fidelity

6) Human of the Year

7) Poor Little Rich Boy

8) Us

9) Better

10) On the Radio

11) Ghost of Corporate Future

12) Samson

13) Summer in the City

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I am prefacing this episode with a shout out to a fellow blogger that has graciously returned from a short hiatus for part of last year.  Justin Ward, who heads up livemusicblog.com, runs one of the most popular and informative blogs about the live music scene.  His posts cover a wide range of topics including early announcements of festival lineups, concert reviews, and even advice on how to survive a 3-4 day music festival.  In addition to all of this the Live Music Blog also has a corresponding podcast featuring some great live recordings which fans of this podcast will most likely enjoy.  That's the end of the plug so I hope you'll check this site out if you haven't already.Moving on to the featured concert for this episode is one that I have eagerly been anticipating putting together ever since starting this podcast.  The featured concert is from Will Hoge's February 3rd, 2007 performance in Boulder, CO.  I first heard about Will Hoge through a taper in the KC area who at the time was moving to Denver and was going to see him in KC before he left.  Ironically enough he was the one who recorded the show in Boulder, so thanks goes out to Ed for sharing this awesome concert.  If you have never heard of Will Hoge's music before it's has a ton of energy, but at the same time a very bluesy soulful sound.  The Black Crowes are a pretty good comparison, but Mr. Hoge definitely has a unique sound that is his own.  I didn't have to listen to very many of their songs before I added them to my must see list, so hopefully you will have the same experience with them that I did.

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Song listing

1) Woman Be Strong

2) Sweet Magdeline

3) Wait 'til Your Daddy Gets Home

4) She Don't Care

5) July Moon

6) All Night Long

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I might be a couple days late but I still want to wish everyone out there a very happy New Year!  I also want to thank you for listening in 2007 and let you know that I look forward to another year of great live music.  I'm not planning on making any major changes in 2008 just yet, but that should be good news if you have enjoyed the show thus far.I'm kicking off the new year with one of my all time favorite bands to watch live.  The first time I saw Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals was in the

summer of 2003 and ever since I have tried my best not to miss a show. 

I'm actually kind of surprised that I waited this long to feature one of their concerts, but sadly their live recordings are a somewhat rare occurrence.  This band is easily one of the most powerful live acts around and on top of that they have produced some wonderful CDs with a lot of commercial success as well.  Having said that, if you have heard songs off their CDs but not performed live I really believe this band take on a completely new form when they get on stage.  Hopefully this podcast will give you a glimpse at what they do live, but it really needs to be seen to be fully appreciated.  Please enjoy a sampling from their March 01, 2001 performance recorded in Athens, GA.

Song listing

1) Oppression

2) Breakin' Down

3) Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now

4) Burn One Down > With

My Own Two Hands

5) Glory & Consequence

6) Ground On Down

7) Forgiven

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This episode I am featuring a very special Christmas edition of the podcast.   Unfortunately I was unable to find any solid recordings of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but I think what I have will be equally as festive.  This episode features music coming from Warren Haynes' 19th Annual X-Mas Jam in Asheville, North Carolina.  The X-Mas Jam began on December 29th, 1989 as a way to bring together local musicians to play once a year for charity.  This tradition has continued ever since and this year's iteration once again brings great musicians together to benefit the Asheville chapter of Habitat for Humanity.The jam may have started with local musicans but this year's lineup featured some big name bands including Jackson Browne, G. Love, Bruce Hornsby, Stockholm Syndrome, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Peter Frampton, and of course Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule.

In case you were hoping for some traditional Christmas songs this set will probably let you down, fortunately for you the Neil Diamond Christmas Album is available at amazon.com.  Instead, this concert features some very talented musicians and some wicked jams...feel free to enjoy it with a glass of eggnog though.

2) Grace Potter - Watching You

3) Stockholm Syndrome - Couldn't Get It Right

4) Bruce Hornsby - Rainbow's Cadillac

5) Gov't Mule - Goin' Out West (with Bang A Gong)

6) Jackson Browne - Patriot

7) Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like I Do

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Jackson Browne - Asheville, NC - 12/15/07

Peter Frampton - Asheville, NC - 12/15/07

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Looking back on the past 14 episodes there is one general theme that comes to mind and that is Sausage Fest. The LMP has been severely lacking in female musicians, so far there has been half of Rodrigo y Gabriela and a few female guest performers here and there. That all changes with this episode where I will be featuring singer/songwriter Tristan Prettyman.

I often refer to Tristan's music as a female version of Jack Johnson. I'm not sure if this is due to the relaxing acoustic melodies that they both share or that Tristan also grew up as a competitive surfer. Regardless, they are two of my favorite musicians to listen to when I want to kick back and relax.

Tristan's live shows are primarily a solo affair, but this concert also features Jen Lowe on percussion which really helps fill out her songs. This concert was taped at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on February 05, 2006. Thanks goes out to Christopher Jones for recording it.

1) Guest Check

2) Smoke

3) Love, Love, Love

4) Evaporated

5) Please

6) Live Forever

7) Simple As It Should Be

 

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Tristan Prettyman's main website is currently under heavy construction but you can get details on tours and other info at her Myspace page. If you'd like to hear some more live Tristan check out her guest appearance with G. Love and Special Sauce at his January 1, 2007 concert.

If you have been listening to the Live Music Podcast for a while this is probably already apparent, but I try to mix up the musical styles quite a bit. Last episode featured the electronic sounds of Daft Punk and this time I am featuring the bluesy jam band Gov't Mule.

Known by some as the Mule, this band has been together since the mid nineties and has built up a very loyal fan base. Musically their songs aren't a great fit for most radio stations so they remain relatively unknown to the majority despite their immense amounts of talent.

The concert I am featuring was played at the Voodoo Lounge in Kansas City on November 1st of this year. I almost got tickets to this and after listening to the recording I really am kicking myself for not going. Fortunately for me the recording is absolutely flawless and props go out to the mystery taper who posted it on bt.etree.org.

1) Bad Little Doggie

2) Mr. High and Mighty

3) The Angel Band

4) Gold Dust Woman

5) Where's My Mule

6) Same Thing

 

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The music for this episode comes from this year's Vegoose festival held in Las Vegas. For the past 3 years the same crew that puts on Bonnaroo Festival has been throwing a Halloween music and arts festival of the same vein, minus the camping. I've never been to it personally but each year I try to download some of the sets that were fortunate enough to be taped (LMP Fact: the first episode featuring Dave Matthews and Tim Reyonlds was from Vegoose 2006!).

This year I was pleasantly surprised to find Daft Punk's Vegoose performance hosted on bt.etree.org. If you are a fan of electronic or house music you've probably heard of them, but recently they made a huge jump into the mainstream music scene when Kayne West sampled their track on his song "Stronger". The video for "Stronger" also features an homage to the band. For the past decade most if not all of Daft Punk's public performances and interviews have been held with them in robot suits which are similar to the ones piloting the spacecraft in Kayne's the video.

I was not aware of this until putting together this podcast, Daft Punk will be releasing a new live album titled Alive 2007 on December 4th, 2007. So if you enjoyed the Vegoose show I expect the live album to be very similar since it will contain the duo's performance in Paris from their Alive 2007 tour.

1) Robot Rock

2) Oh Yeah

3) Harder Better Faster Stronger

4) Burnin’

5) Too Long

6) Da Funk

7) Daftendirekt

8) Superheroes

9) Human After All

10) Together

11) One More Time

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U2 is one of those bands that really doesn't require much of an introduction, but I just have a couple things to say about my selection for Episode 12.  This concert took place during the beginning of U2's Joshua Tree tour which coincided with the release of probably their most legendary CD. With the worldwide success of the CD and tour, U2 was catapulted from mere super band to mega band status and have only continued upward since.  This recording is easily one of the best sounding that I have heard and the set list covers many of their biggest hits during that period.  While there is nothing like seeing a U2 performance live, here is a recording that gives you the next best thing without having to stand in line for hours to get tickets.

1) Where The Streets Have No Name

2) I Will Follow

3) Trip Through Your Wires

4) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

5) In God's Country

6) Sunday Bloody Sunday

7) Bad

8) With Or Without You

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Episode #11 of the Live Music Podcast brings another unique style of music somewhat like the last episode. In this episode I am featuring a band called Rodrigo y Gabriela made up of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero.  This duo's musical style is something of a combination of mariachi and heavy metal, which might make them the only band on the planet to do so. All of their songs are strictly acoustic and instrumental, played on a pair of classical guitars. Amazingly they are able to play in such a way that you would swear that there is someone else playing percussion instruments with them. Regardless of how you describe their style I find Rodrigo y Gabriela's music very energetic and uplifting, the musical equivalent to a box of Red Bull.

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1) Ixtapa

2) Juan Loco

3) Unknown

4) Unknown

5) One

6) Diablo Rojo

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The 10th Episode of the Live Music Podcast is here and with it comes a genre of music that has been missing from previous episodes. The genre I am talking about is Southern Rock and the band is the Black Crowes. The show that I will be playing comes from Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver, CO and was recorded September 9th, 2007. I've heard a few Crowes concerts from this year's tour but this one really jumped out at me. The sound quality, cool location, and the addition of North Mississippi Allstars frontman Luther Dickenson make this a very memorable recording. The only thing that could have made it better for me would be adding "Hard to Handle" to the set list, but it's pretty tough to complain with all the other great tracks.

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1) Sting Me

2) Jealous Again

3) Sometimes Salvation

4) My Morning Song

5) Remedy

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