The Current Music Blog: October 15, 2008 Archive

The Stream 10/15/08

Posted at 8:46 AM on October 15, 2008 by Barb Abney

Some new info on the third release from Franz Ferdinand, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.

Going to CMJ? The official schedule has been announced.

Stats on In Rainbows finally released.

Today In Music History:
1947 - Chris De Burgh ("Lady In Red," "Don't Pay The Ferryman") was born.
1965 - Jimi Hendrix signed his first record contract.
1977 - Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" was the #1 single.
1979 - Abba played their first North American concert in Vancouver, Canada.
1994 - R.E.M.'s Monster was the #1 album.
2000 - Dave Edmunds had a triple heart bypass operation.

Live Blogging 10/15/08

Posted at 9:38 AM on October 15, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:05 a.m. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
They will release Cardinology on October 28th.
They're playing Target Center on Wednesday, December 10th with Oasis.
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10:45 a.m. Eagles Of Death Metal
Heart On will be released on the 28th.
You can pre-order it here.
They are playing The Fine Line Music Cafe with The Duke Spirit on November 8th.
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10:35 a.m. Dressy Bessy
They're playing The Turf Club with The Melismatics on October 29th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Ray LaMontagne
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Ray LaMontagne with the tune "You Are The Best Thing" from Gossip In The Grain which was released today.
He dropped by for an in-studio interview/performance while he was in town recently.
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10:00 a.m. Delta Spirit
They're playing The Fine Line Music Cafe with Nada Surf on November 28th.
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9:50 a.m. Local Music - Aviette
They're about to embark on the Draw Fire Records Bio-Diesel Bus Adventure to CMJ along with Kid Dakota, Sam Keenan, Stook and the Jukes and the Bill Mike Band. The bus leaves on Thursday, October 23 at 11:00 a.m. and returns to the Twin Cities on Sunday, October 26 at 9:00 a.m.
See them off before their journey, this Friday evening at Turf Club.
Learn more about Aviette here and/or here.

9:40 a.m. Of Montreal
They're playing First Avenue on October 25th.
Read their blog.
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9:35 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
They're playing First Avenue on November 2nd and on November 17th.
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9:20 a.m. Albert Hammond Jr.
He'll be featured on World Cafe today.

"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 3:03 PM on October 15, 2008 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

Linnea Doyle of Mpls writes today: "My husband Patrick and I will be celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary and these three songs were a very, very important part of our special day. I want to surprise him with a litte bit of radio love."

1) Mason Jennings, "Sorry Signs on Cash Machines"
2) U2, "Beautiful Day"
3) Ulrich Schnauss, "A Letter From Home"

"My two sisters and brother had Pat and I rewrite the lyrics to the Mason Jennings song, as a love letter to each other. They then played the 'new' song for us during our ceremony. As we walked down the aisle together at the end of the ceremony, 'Beautiful Day' was performed by a string quartet. And we could think of no other song that described our souls flying away as well as the floaty 'A Letter From Home,' which we danced to for our first dance ... it was like we were the only ones in the room. Happy 3rd anniversary to Patrick!"

Great story Linnea, and congratulations to you both!

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