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    Idol Thoughts Week One

    I’ve been watching American Idol off and on for  four years. I don’t know why? It goes against almost everything I believe in musically, I guess it’s my guilty pleasure. Well some seasons I watch all the way through and others I can’t take. But whenever I watch AI, I blog about it here.
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Featured

New Orleans Singer/ Songwriter Andrew Duhon

This is why I love the internet. I just heard  Singer/Songwriter Andrew Duhon, from New Orleans, Louisiana.  He is a ...

Live jams from Daryl Hall

Have you been to Daryl's house yet? One of the most intriguing and best uses of celebrity webcasting I've come across, ...

Singer-composer-guitarist Raúl Midón

Singer/guitarist Raul Midón is a contemporary soul singer whose impassioned acoustic guitar playing -- a mix of rock, classical, ...

Cresent City Boogaloo

My absolute favorite mashup of musical styles is probably soul/jazz/funk. The take on this style is as arbitrary and varied ...

Wil Blades

I was tuned into Wil Blades last year around August or September. He played a gig at the Green Mill ...

Concert Reviews

Soul-Filled Evening at The House of Blues

Well you didn’t have to search for soul on Friday night at the House of Blues in Chicago, the place was drenched in it, with performances by Marc Broussard and Toby Lightman. Toby Lightman was wonderful to hear in person, I had heard of her, mostly through youtube clips and a feature piece [...]

Talent Derserving Wider Recognition

The Ryan Montbleau Band

I’ve been listening to Live @ Eddies attic, selections from the the Ryan Montbleau Band and I just kept getting different vibes, soulful, rootsy, funky. They bring it from all directions, sometime within the same song. There is no neat little A&R box you can tuck this band away in, they easily gravitate from “Already [...]

Websites of interest

Live jams from Daryl Hall

Have you been to Daryl’s house yet?
One of the most intriguing and best uses of celebrity webcasting I’ve come across, has to be Daryl Hall’s  “Daryl’s House”.  Yes, that is Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates.. Sara Smile, Rich Girl two of my  all time favorite tunes. But the idea is that Daryl jams and [...]

TV Shows

American Idol – Week Two_ The Big Stage (Country week already?)

Sorry so late with the update but my TiVo tanked and I had to searh out the performance online. Amazing how easy that is to do…now, thanks iTunes. Well we have arrived at Country Week earlier than usual this year. I guess Simon wanted to get it over with..Country week is notirious for claiming an [...]