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Read More Charles Bradley You may remember hearing about Megan's concert review of Charles Bradley, describing him as "[harboring] so much soul that it’s taken up every square inch of his body and bursts out of his lungs. His howling “oohs” …

CHARLES BRADLEY
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The Screaming Eagle of Soul Lands in Minneapolis May 7th!!!

Brooklyn-native funk/soul singer Charles Bradley has been making quite a name for himself these days. Having spent the last twenty years performing as a James Brown impersonator called “Black Velvet,” Bradley was discovered by Daptone Records co-founder Gabriel Roth. Several jam sessions with fellow Daptone labelmates The Sugarman 3 led to Bradley’s first full length record 2011’s gritty, but hopeful No Time For Dreaming. The album is packed full of emotionally-charged tales straight from Bradley’s difficult life, but you don’t need to know the lyrics to understand the pain; Bradley’s powerfully raw vocals shoot straight to the heart. His singing in “Heartache and Pain,” a song he wrote about the murder of his brother, brought me to tears the first time I heard it - it was so intense. His talented band The Menahan Street Band have provided a wonderful groove-worthy soundtrack to Bradley’s sometimes dark, sometimes tender portraits of American life.

Currently, Bradley is out on the road promoting his second record Victim of Love which drops April 2nd. He will be making a stop at the Cedar Cultural Center May 7th and it will be a damn shame if you miss this show! It should be some kind of national holiday! This is sure to be one of the best shows of the year.

"The unstoppable, untoppable victim of love" Charles Bradley will be heading out on tour in support of his second album Victim of Love, out next Tuesday, April 2nd on Daptone imprint Dunham Records.



Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires tour dates:

04/12 Annapolis, MD - Rams Head 04/13 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater 04/14 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle 04/17 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel 04/18 Charleston, SC - The Pour House 04/19 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre 04/20 Waverly, AL - Waverly Boogie 04/21 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade 04/24 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits 04/25 Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall 04/26 Lafayette, LA - Festival Int'l de Louisiane 04/27 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz 04/28 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 05/01 Austin, TX - Antone’s 05/02 Dallas, TX - Trees 05/04 Nashville, TN - Exit/In 05/05 St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House 05/07 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center 05/08 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Ballroom 05/09 Chicago, IL - The Metro 05/10 Ferndale, MI - The Magic Bag 05/11 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre

05/13 Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre 05/16 New York, NY - Apollo Theater 05/17 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 05/18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 06/12 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie 06/14 London, England - Islington 06/15 Bergen, Norway - BergenFest 06/16 Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood 06/17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega 06/19 Hamburg, Germany - Grünspan 06/20 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol 06/22 Ballinlough Castle, Ireland - Body&Soul 06/23 Duisberg, Germany - Traumzeit Festival 06/25 Aarhus, Denmark - Posten 06/26 Berlin, Germany - Huxleys 06/28-30 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury 07/02 Vienna, Austria - Jazz Fest Wien 07/03 Karlsruhe - Zeltival - Tollhaus Karlsruhe 07/07 Arras, France - Main Square Festival 07/08 Argelès-sur-Mer, France - Les Déferlantes 07/11 Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK 07/13 Juan-les-Pins, France - Jazz à Juan 07/14 Rotterdam – North Sea Jazz Festival

THE EAGLES eaglesband.com Capitol Records will be releasing the DVD/Blu-ray to History of the Eagles on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013. The documentary is on three discs: History of the Eagles Part One and History of the Eagles Part Two, and Eagles Live At The Capital Centre - March 1977 (featuring never-before-released performances from the Eagles' two-night stand at Washington, D.C.'s Capital Center during the Hotel California tour). Fans are encourage to check out the limited "Super Deluxe Box Set", which comes with three Blu-ray discs, a 40-page casebound photo book, 10 archival-quality photographs of the band, and a specially created lithograph of the band's desert-bleached skull icon.

LAURA MARLING lauramarling.com We covered BRIT-Award winner Laura Marling on a few of her "Working Holiday Tour" and noted five new songs on her setlist. Guess what? Some of those songs ("I Was an Eagle", "Master Hunter", "Once") will be making it on a new studio, Once I Was An Eagle. The album is coming out May 28th, 2013, on Ribbon Music. You can get a taster from the album with her song, "Where Can I Go?" at soundcloud.com. We will certainly be covering her when she tours again.

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Laura Marling: Working Holiday Tour (New Orleans and Mobile)

Tour Dates 10/16 Gainesville, FL - High Dive 10/17 Savannah, GA - Live Wire 10/18 Charleston, SC - Tin Roof 10/20 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar 10/22 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café 10/25 Woodstock, NY - Colony Café 10/26 North Adams, MA - MMCA 10/27 Cambridge, MA - Club Passim Read More Laura Marling The Queen of England is coming to New Orleans! No not Queen Elizabeth, a young lady by the name of Laura Marling....

Laura Marling is currently on her Working Holiday Tour. She recently played the Parish Room at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Soul Kitchen in Mobile, Alabama.

Falling for Laura Marling

For the select few of you who haven’t discovered the talented folk singer Laura Marling, you are certainly missing out. The 22 year old prodigy from the UK was nominated for album of the year for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008 for her debut LP Alas, I Cannot Swim, while also taking home Best British Female Artist at the Brit Awards. Lastly, she snatched the coveted Solo Artist at the NME awards in 2011. England adores her, and she is quickly building a fan base all over the World.

Laura has come a long way from her upbeat pop song ‘London Town’, with haunting melodic tunes such as ‘Ghosts’ and ‘Tap on my Window’. She’s hooked up with Charlie Fink of Noah and the Whale, (who produced her first album), while also contributing vocals on their debut record. At the ripe old age of 18 she picked up a kid named Marcus Mumford to play drums with her and set sail for America. Following that she toured the states with Johnny Flynn, Nathaniel Rateliff, and the renowned quartet Mumford and Sons. With only five years under her belt and three solid records complete, this soulful artist is now taking America by storm, hitting notes even Jewel would be proud of.

With an impressive line all piling in for Ms. Laura, fans took their seats in the darkened Parish Room above House of Blues in New Orleans. This little blondie is no amateur in front of a crowd, making her presence known on the mic with an opening statement of "New Orleans is a very scary place...I hope to get out of here alive". Laughter and applause erupt from the fans. Laura played a solid hour set with tracks Rambling Man, Salinas, and always a crowd pleaser, ‘Sophia’.

The New Orleans gig had about 150 in attendance compared to about 30 in Mobile. Starting the night with ‘I Was and Eagle’, fans were in awe of her ethereal voice, spiritual lyrics, and her beauty, which served as a catalyst to the charisma she emulates onstage. She’s simply comforting to watch, cracking jokes and telling stories in between songs and tuning her guitar. This delightful artist brought the memories to us, smiling an infectious smile that all the great musicians and storytellers seem to have. Laura once again set the crowd on fire, while taking us on a journey to "speak because I can" and to not become "a creature I don't know".

Set List for both gigs

Laura Marling at Parish, New Orleans (10/13/12)

I Was an Eagle (new song)
Master Hunter (new song)
Blue Run the Game (Jackson C. Frank cover)
Sophia
Alpha Shallows
Little Lies (new song)
Once (new song)
What He Wrote
Rambling Man
I Speak Because I Can
Not My Curse (new song)

Laura Marling at Soul Kitchen, Mobile (10/14/12)

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Laura Marling's “Working Holiday Tour”

Read More Laura Marling With just an acoustic guitar and some incredible vocals, Laura Marling pieces together her lyrics and gives us so much life. Her music inspires anyone and her lyrics make so much sense to the youth across the world…

The Queen of England is coming to New Orleans! No not Queen Elizabeth, a young lady by the name of Laura Marling. She's dated Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford and Sons (Marling and Mumford broke up in 2010).

Some say she's the new Joni Mitchell, others, like myself, have just embraced all her great styles of music. Laura is touring solo this time around, and is one of the few artists out there today that may sound better without a band. Yes, I said it. Anyone who wants to see one of the best songwriters out there must see this rising talent!

Laura Marling final leg of US Tour
10/11 Austin, TX - Lamberts
10/13 New Orleans, LA - Parish
10/14 Mobile, AL - Soul Kitchen
10/16 Gainesville, FL - High Dive
10/17 Savannah, GA - Live Wire
10/18 Charleston, SC - Tin Roof
10/20 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
10/22 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
10/25 Woodstock, NY - Colony Café
10/26 North Adams, MA - MMCA
10/27 Cambridge, MA - Club Passim

Buy her latest album A Creature I Don't Know and all her other releases at LauraMarling.com.

Must play video: Laura Marling "Don't Ask Me Why / Salinas" Live - Sideshow Alley.

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SXSW 2012: March 17

SXSW day four. Continuous updates from Dan. Please read our previous SXSW coverage. Bands we previously covered: Nada Surf, Mumford and Sons, and Laura Marling.

UPDATES:

Nada Surf at Mellow Johnny's KEXP show (03/15/12)

NADA SURF
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Nada Surf at Waterloo. We are in line for the Third Man Records truck. We can hear some Nada Surf. Sounding good. Heard them at Mellow Johnny's acoustic on Thursday as well. Bike ride earlier today weather has been great. Need a shower and then back to music

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band at Yard Dog Day Party (03/17/12)

IAN MCLAGAN
www.ianmclagan.com

AOL is not working so here hoes an update for day. We saw Ian McLagan from the faces at the Yard Dog Party. It's an art shop with space in back for bands and parties. He doesn't really have a voice, but for 66 years he sings his heart out with a joy that so many others miss. Saw a couple no name bands as well. Not worth any more mention than that.

MUMFORD AND SONS
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Now we are sitting outside the LBJ museum on a beautiful night waiting for Mumford and Sons. There must be 10,000 people inside.

Overall really good shows and they have been able to make the jump from small to large crowds in a short period of time. I'd seen them once before when they were third on the bill at the 400 Bar with Laura Marling.

They brought on a marching band from the local high school at one point. It was quite the scene with at least 40 people jumping down on the stage....

New material sounds great (no info on when it's coming out)....

No picture because sitting behind a fence didn't work well...

Early this afternoon, we tried to get into multiple day parties and had no luck, so we eat BBQ sitting on a curb and then went to Flatstock, a poster show.

Edward Sharpe is finishing up and ended with "Home", which gets a lot of airplay in Minneapolis.

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Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know

Laura Marling is quite the prodigal child, although not a child, but so youthful for a person with such amazing music writing ability. Her first album, Alas I Can Not Swim, was released in 2008 (the same year she won the Mercury Music Prize), where she became a fairly staple name on the indie/folk music scene. 

After an extensive period of touring, Marling decided to take three months off. She travelled a little, through England and Scotland, and spent a good deal of time in London coffee-shops doing crosswords, but it was not so very long until she began to write the songs that would form this album. “And then suddenly they all came at once,” she recalls, “within a period of about two months.” 

Her third album, A Creature I Don't Know is due for release in the next couple of days. It's a prime example of Laura's ability to create lyrics and showcases her brilliant voice perfectly. It's not the most uplifting of albums with Sophia, the album's first single, and All My Rage, which she describes as “a bit of fun … about taking it all on the chin.”, being the most uplifting (musically) of the tracks. 

It's noticeable that most of the songs have themes surrounding the idea of womanhood. With ideas drawn from life experience, books she's read (eg. a biography of John Steinbeck, Robertson Davies's Rebel Angels) and elements of "make believe": “Someone told me a good writing tip is to write conversations with people you can't have conversations with — that it's quite useful for developing characters. I did that a lot while I was writing this album. There's kind of a lot of one-sided conversations in it.”

Interestingly, all 10 tracks are played in the same tuning. Accounting to Marling herself: “The reason was probably as simple as because I was bored of the other tuning, and it's always nice to feel as if you don't know your instrument again... It's DGDGBD – but the B string, if you make it B flat then it's minor and if you make it A then it's a seventh. It's quite a hard tuning.” A Creature I Don't Know also showcases experimentation with finding different techniques for her own voice. “Sometimes there's certain angles where I can position my head and get this different sound, and I do find it quite interesting,” she says. “There's definitely a few wobbles in my vocals, and there's a proper R'n'B vibrato bit in one of the songs.

 

A Creature I Don't Know is to be released on September 9 through EMI.

She's also playing some shows around the UK and in North America.

Check out her website for more details.

www.lauramarling.com

Sally

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SXSW: Summary

(This is a re-post from the archive.)

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SXSW: SUMMARY
You know, the festival is only four days, but it really seem like weeks.

While having every band in the world merge at one place might sound like a great idea... sometime their appearance conflicts with other artists that you also want to see. So one of the biggest problem I had was sacrificing who to see.

Music happens from daylight (probably closer to 10am start) until two in the morning, or even later.

I usually started my day around 8am, working out my schedule for the day. Sometime it's logistics, sometime it's time-issues, but usually I have a full day's worth of stuff to do. I don't follow my schedule to a T, but there are certain items that I absolutely cannot miss (scheduled interviews takes priority over shows).

Camera Obscura - Setlist (3-19-09)	The May Fire - Set List (3-18-09)
Proclaimers - Set List (3-19-09)	Glasvegas - Set List, La Zona Rosa, Austin TX (3-20-09) - From Bob
Late of the Pier - Set List, Austin TX (3-21-2009)	Crimea - Set List, Austin TX (3-21-09)
Superdrag - Setlist, Guero's (3-19-09)	Wave Machines - Friends, Austin, TX (3-18-09)
Jay Jay Pistolet - Friends, Austin TX (3-18-09)	May Fire - Havana, Austin, TX (3-18-09)
Meiko - Cedar Door, Austin TX (3-19-2009)	Superdrag - Guero's (3-20-09)
Primal Scream - Austin, TX - Photo from Bob	Ed Harcourt - Cedar Door, Austin TX (3-19-2009)
Kate Tucker - Cedar Door, Austin TX (3-19-2009)	Diane Birch - The Garden Party, Austin TX (3-21-09)
The Gin Riots - Rio, Austin TX (3-21-2009)	Goldielocks - Rio, Austin, TX (3-21-2009)
Crimea - Austin TX (3-21-2009)	Babies Loves Jeremy Jay - Austin, TX (3-21-09)
Jeremy Jay - Club de Ville Austin, TX (3-21-09)	Melissa Auf De Maur - The Garden Party, Austin TX (3-21-09)
Camera Obscura - La Zona Rosa, Austin TX (3-20-09)	Solid Gold - Beauty Bar, Austin TX (3-20-09)
Laura Marling - The Garden Party, Austin TX (3-21-09)

WHAT WORKED
- Offline gmail. This worked! I read/did most emails offline and when I was connected, all emails were sent, marked as read, etc.
- iPod Touch, worked like a charm. I was able to grab onto various (free) wifi to receive emails or websurf (maps), etc.
- Austin Convention Center's SXSW wifi stayed up most 99% of the time. Wonderful!
- Cash (ATM) availability
- Blocking off 6th street for pedestrians

WHAT SUCKED
- AT&T Network, apparently everyone in Austin had an iPhone
- Walking......
- Sony Memory Stick not supported on my laptop
- Bands playing 30 minutes or less
- Badges are ridiculously expensive ($600-$700). I think they should make it more affordable, especially since most places don't bother to check for a badge and/or were free. If there was a cover charge, it is usually under $10.

I guess my problems are not really that bad.

DAY ZERO (Tuesday)
Travelling… nothing too exciting. My least favorite state was the one with the road tolls (I think this was in Oklahoma). We did stop in Oklahoma City to see Blackwatch Studios (myspace). We got to hear a few songs from Minneapolis' Cedar Avenue (official/myspace) band from their forth-coming long playing record. The few songs we heard were incomplete, but it sounds really layered with a variety of tracks.

By the way, if the name Cedar Avenue sounds familiar to you, it is because Kristin reviewed their debut album a while back.

DAY ONE (Wednesday)
Getting my barring was hard. I didn't know where any of the streets were. So when people text me: come over to (name of venue), I replied and ask what the cross streets were. Since walking around was my main means of transportation, I ended up crossing out outlier venues immediately.

Wednesday was evening-only, so I mostly went to see some British acts over at Friend's. These guys were all from the London area, with the exception of Liverpool's Wave Machines (official/myspace). These guys creeped me out with their masks that they wore on stage - however, due to heat and comfortableness, they took them off half way into their short set. Also caught a bit of Jay Jay Pistolet (myspace), whose singing voice is very peculiar... it's like he sounds like he's sing out the side of his mouth.

When Mumford & Sons (myspace) took the stage, it was very, very, very crowded. The audience loved them and it's apparent that these guys are going to blow up this year.

The Havana Bar had some Spanish showcase, featuring mostly Mexican bands such as Songs For Eleonor (myspace), Satin Dolls (official), Cosmopolitan (myspace), and Los Fancy Free (myspace). With the exception of The May Fire (official/myspace) and Spain's Capsula (official). We like Spanish acts, so be sure to read more Mexican Summer and my coverage of Los Fancy Free.

DAY TWO (Thursday)
I think this was the big press day, I got to meet & greet Victoria who setup the interview with Solid Gold (myspace). She was kind enough to have me in the Myspace Music event, featuring some artists that I really enjoy: Kate Tucker, Meiko and Ed Harcourt.

To kick off the party was The Real You (myspace), a power-pop band from Seattle, Washington. According to their biography, they've been on constant tour since forming in early 2007 - so I'm sure you'll run into this young band eventually.

I haven't been keeping up with Kate Tucker (official/myspace), but apparently her latest project is with a band called The Honeydove (myspace) - who debuted at SXSW! Unfortunately, I had prior commitments, but I would've liked to have seen her new band play at the Beauty Bar.

Anyway, the nicest bit about her set was that she wanted everyone at the event to get a copy of her last album, "I want to give you my music!"

So if you weren't at the event, you missed out. Hey, maybe you can stop in and say hi to her in Washington:

04/05/09 Sunset Seattle, WA
05/21/09 Chop Suey as honeydove Seattle, WA

Read more Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden on W♥M.

Meiko (official/myspace) had a guest trumpet player on for most of her set (she requested him on for the rest of show because I guess she felt more comfortable with having someone else with her). She actually started her set with "Piano Song", which ironically just her and her guitar... She made some funny comments, such as "I've never played to a bunch of porta potties before".

You get the impression that she was happy to be there, and maybe it's yellow-iest dress combined with her orange/red dyed hair, but she looks gorgeous.

Ed Harcourt (official/myspace) was very engaging…. During "Until Tomorrow Then", he got down to the audience and walked around, singing and putting his hands around people while everyone was filming and taking pictures. Enclosed is a video evidence.

Harcourt is releasing a new six-track EP called Russian Roulette out on May 5^th, but SXSW audience were privy to some of his new songs courtesy of Dovecote Records and Directv. Pay close attention to "Caterpillar", as this is a personal song about his newborn daughter being placed in an incubator as they helpless sit and wait.

Went to an open-door new talent showcase, this was not an official sanctioned SXSW event (you'll find that there are many, many unofficial events), so I don't have a listing of who played at what time. They were all giving away their CDs, but I couldn't bother to pick them up (this would require me to carry around stuff, and I didn't have a hand bag ready). Reminder for next year: bring a man purse.

Also went over to check The Elevaters (myspace) and Rumspringa (myspace) at the Hi-Lo venue. While Elevaters were fun and energetic, it seems the drums/guitar duo of Rumspringa had a lot of problems with their equipment. They had to cut their southern-sounding melodic set short after four (?) songs, quote from the singer, "my shit ain't working."

DAY THREE (Friday)
The busy day. Walked all over town basically. My only out-of-the-way venue was at 3 o'clock to see Superdrag (official/myspace) at Guero's, which I thought was far walking there. I ran into one of our RV family, who we'll call Rose because she looks like a pint-sized Pippettes, complete with dress and all. We walked back across the river so I can make it to my Asteroids Galaxy Tour (official/myspace) interview (this was delayed because of some miscommunication).

Afterward, headed over to Beauty Bar to see Solid Gold play, mustache and all. I can tell the audience was having a good time, especially the girl at the backstage.

Then snuck over to see this punk(ish) band that MTV was covering. I didn't catch their name, but it sounded something like Dirty____ Something. The singer had bleach blonde hair and eye shadows.... and likes to walk around with no shirts on.

Evening was spent mostly at the Scotland show: We Were Promised Jet Packs (myspace), Dananananaykroyd (official/myspace), Camera Obscura (official/myspace), The Proclaimers (official/myspace), Glasvegas (official/myspace), Primal Scream (official/myspace). I was in-out so I did end up missing Glasvegas & Primal Scream, but thanks to Bob for sending in some pictures.

DAY FOUR (Saturday)
Saw a few bands in the daytime at the Press Here Garden Party at the French Legation Museum across the Freeway (this is actually closer than it sounds). The walk there was interesting, and I discovered a no-seating Wendy's on the right side of 7th Street. Yep, I ended up having dinner there since they were making these chicken things that's not available in Minnesota.

I got to the Garden just in time to see Jeremy Jay (myspace), and enjoyed the most of the day with The Soft Pack (myspace) and Diane Birch* (myspace) before heading over to 900 Red River to see Jeremy Jay again.

Listened to Camera Obscura afterwards with those Peelander-Z, as I previously mentioned.

Headed back to the Garden to see Melissa Auf De Maur (official/myspace), who started her set with three cover songs: Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang", Danzig's "Devil's Plaything", and The Smiths "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before". Although the first two went off pretty well, she totally messed up on "Stop Me" - which is understandable because that song has a lot of Morrissey's lyrics and also they had only practiced it the night before in their hotel room.

It wasn't long before people started filling up the seats at the Garden to see Laura Marling (official/myspace). She was joined on stage by Marcus Mumford, I think. He played percussions and sang backup, although I have to say that Marling would've done just fine with her lovely voice and acoustic guitar.

Saw Late of the Pier at the Bat Bar later that night. Since it was being broadcast live on Directv, I think the pressure got to the band and it was just embarrassing to watch. Towards the end, they seem to not be so nervous, and the (rather long) setlist ended with men in death masks coming on stage to carry the band offstage. I don't have Directv, is there a way for non-subscribers to watch this?

Honey Ryder (myspace) was really happy to be Austin, I think this was their first ever US appearance or something. I believe also that their name came from a James Bond girl ? I don't know much about them, but they seem to have a wider audience and following in the UK, where their single "Fly Away" entered the UK Top 40 at #31.

GoldieLocks (myspace) is 75% English and 25% Swedish from Croydon (South London). She raps to DJ Sports (?), who is wearing this Skeletor T-shirt. After the show, she wanted to give everyone in attendance her EP, which actually went pretty fast. As I previously mentioned, keep an eye on this one.

There's no denying that The Gin Riots (myspace) have quite a few hardcore fans here, as evident by a bunch of Gin Riots T-Shirt in the audience.

It's been a few years since The Crimea (official/myspace) toured in the US, so I was happy to be there for them on their second and last SXSW appearance. They were the last band on my list, so it was kind of a relief when it was all over.

And as corrected by superfan Christopher, Tara Blaise shared the stage to sing backup for the band.... Highlight of the show was then Davey Macmanus stepped down and sang in the center of the audience.

* A note on Birch is that she has these incredible legs, but too bad they were well-hidden behind her piano on stage.

Laura Marling

Tour Dates 06/09/08 Oran Mar Glasgow, Scotland 06/10/08 St Phillip’s Manchester 06/11/08 St James’ London 06/12/08 St Paul’s Birmingham 06/13/08 St James’ London 06/16/08 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn,NY 06/18/08 Mercury Lounge New York 06/29/08 Glastonbury Festival 06/30/08 Cypress Avenue Cork, Cork 07/01/08 Ireland Tour - Whelans Dublin 07/02/08 Auntie Annies Belfast 07/04/08 Quart Festival Kristiansand 07/31/08 Cambridge Folk Festival 08/03/08 Splendour In The Grass Festival 08/05/08 The Factory Sydney 08/06/08 Northcote Social Club Melbourne 08/09/08 Field Day Festival London 09/05/08 Bestival - Isle of Wight 09/06/08 Bestival - Isle of Wight 09/07/08 Bestival - Isle of Wight Discography [2007] London Town EP [2007] My Manic and I [Jan 2008] Ghosts [Feb 2008] Alas I Cannot Swim [Jun 2008] Cross Your Fingers [2008] iTunes Live - London Sessions - EP Read More Laura Marling sailing to the top in Reading, England http://weheartmus... With just an acoustic guitar and some incredible vocals, Laura Marling pieces together her lyrics...

 

 

Laura Marling - Ghosts

I got a press release that singer/songwriter Laura Marling will be debuting in America with her album, Alas I Cannot Swim, confirmed for August 19^th on Astralwerks Records (although available digitally via iTunes and elsewhere on May 20^th). This is kind of odd, but I've always associated Astralwerks with techno/dance, because Marling is more folk pop, than anything else.

Longtime readers to W♥M might have remember our mention of Mrs Marling, back when she was only seventeen... it looks like she's come a long way in just a year, selling out most venues where she performs live.

So far, for this year, she'll be in States in New York for two performances:

6/16/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
6/18/08 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

I am assuming more US dates are to follow, but in the meantime, she's doing UK dates (see sidebar for more details).

So, here's a little trivia about her Song Box: Apparently the boxset intended for Alas I Cannot Swim had a bunch of stuff designed by Marling, including postcards, trinkets, a concert ticket to see her in March (obviously no longer valid), and were really designed to associate to each of her songs. According to her:

Nobody buys records any more and people are listening to MP3s on bad headphones, using music for wallpaper. I want people to love music, I want people to treasure it, not just my songs, but treasure music.

Seeing as it's something well out of my comfortable price range (it's over $50 to have it imported to me), I will just have to deal with the cheap CD-R my friend gave me.

Maybe things will be more affordable once her album is available domestically... I am hoping for a reproduction of the said-Song Box.

Links: www.lauramarling.com myspace.com/lauramarling www.astralwerks.com

Laura Marling sailing to the top in Reading, England

Laura Marling @ Way Out West, Bush Hall,Apr.3rd(Pictures courtesy of Alex Hern Check out his blog)

With just an acoustic guitar and some incredible vocals, Laura Marling pieces together her lyrics and gives us so much life. Her music inspires anyone and her lyrics make so much sense to the youth across the world. Not to mention she is only 17. She sounds a lot like Kate Nash, but has many other influences that include Ryan Adams and Babyshambles. She just signed a few months ago a side label part of EMI, and is also playing at a big venue in England called Way out West. Shes had a few dates with Kate Nash and played a few headliners throughout the U.K. over the last couple of months. I've been listening to her stuff non stop over the last year.. Lets hope she comes to the states soon, Minneapolis is the place!!
Make sure you watch this video. Check her out below!!!!

Laura Marling Myspace Page

-Brody
www.britrockatthetop.com

Laura Marling - London Town