Last night was our concert at the Kimball Theatre with Marc Cohn. The opening artist was someone I had not heard of before and I wasn't really knowing what to expect... her name was Amy Correia and she blew everyone away! Before the concert, Marc said that he was searching for someone to go out on tour with him and the minute he heard her cd, he knew he wanted her to be his opener. She kind of reminds me a little bit of Madeleine Peyroux, with a little less Billie Holiday and a little more rasp/edge. She has been described as, “The love child of Patsy Cline and Jeff Buckley.” And a great description from the New York Times reads, "...not just another quirky girl, the label often affixed to women who use their heads as aggressively as their hearts. She must face the fact that the music industry isn’t very good at promoting women who are more like the cat that eats the canary than the fragile bird itself." Ok, enough of my ranting and raving. Go download some music on iTunes and check out her website here. And thanks to everyone who came out last night for the concert... it's because of our amazing Tide fans that we are able to continue bringing live music to the Kimball Theatre!

Next week will be an amazing week for live music in this area. Check out these upcoming shows:

1/20 Wyclef Jean the Norva
1/21 Band of Horses the Norva
1/22 Marc Cohn the Kimball Theatre
1/24 Ween Toad's Place
1/25 Mike Doughty the Jewish Mother
1/27 Ani Difranco the Norva

Mark your calendars! And hey... if you can't find anything you like in this list, Joey Lawrence and Marie Osmond will be at the Hampton Coliseum on 1/28.
Happy Friday!

There is this artist that I was introduced to recently and her cd hasn't come out of my car stereo for atleast a week. In fact, some of you may have heard of her before because I hear that she went to the college of William & Mary. Her name is Thao (full name, Thao Nguyen) and she is way cool. Her album doesn't officially hit stores until January 29, but when it does, you should go get a copy for three reasons: 1) it is awesome. 2) it is really awesome. 3) did I mention Thao is awesome?

I tend to gravitate towards music that is different, but still melodic enough to sing along to in the car. This album falls perfectly into that category for me. Below is one of my favorite songs from her new album We Brave Bee Stings and All. Enjoy!

:: Download "Beat (Health, Life and Fire)" by Thao here ::

From rollingstone.com :
"Pre-production is underway for Heavier Than Heaven, a biopic about Kurt Cobain based on the Charles Cross biography of the same name. Courtney Love reportedly wants Ryan Gosling to play Cobain and Scarlett Johansson to play her."

I'm sure she does. Getting Scarlett Johansson to play Courtney would be like getting Will Smith to play Kurt... sure, he's a good actor, but probably not the most fitting. And because it's never too early in the morning for some Nirvana, here you go.

Have you heard Wild Sweet Orange yet? They are from Birmingham and I think they might be one of those slow-grow indie bands that could be huge in a few years. Not only do they write good songs, but they make cool videos too! Check out their video for "Wrestle With God" here. (for Windows Media)


:: Download "Wrestle With God" by Wild Sweet Orange here ::

There are people who like live records and then there are people who obsess over collecting live material from their favorite band. Well, here is a website for the obsessed. Not only can you find full concerts from artists like Josh Ritter, Gomez and JJ Grey & Mofro, but you'll also find full concerts posted from bands you haven't even heard of (but are actually good). And for all you Grateful Dead fans, you can scan through the 3,194 concert links here and see which ones you don't have. Jackpot!

Sunny Day Sets Fire

Yesterday it was 74 degrees and sunny here in Williamsburg... in the middle of January! It looks as though everything is back to normal today, with gray skies and that yucky anticipation of rain, which never really comes. In recognition of mother nature's evil, evil taunting yesterday, here is a new song from a band called Sunny Day Sets Fire. I love their jangly guitars and poppy chord progressions, reminiscent of music from the 60's. Although the band is based in London, it's members are from Italy, Hong Kong, the UK and Canada. Cool stuff, eh?

:: Download "Stranger" by Sunny Day Sets Fire here ::