Richard Buckner : Still Looking For You

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Jay Haeske Video Reply

Richard Buckner is a songwriter I am not listening to enough nowadays, but that wasn’t always the case (see my review of his album Bloomed here). So I am lucky I found this fine, intimate acoustic rendition of Townes Van Zandt’s Still Looking For You.

Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard : Big Sur

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jay Haeske Video Reply

A musical and lyrical marriage made in heaven, two of my favorite singer/songwriters singing a song heavily inspired/partly written by Jack Kerouac who is one of my most-beloved writers.

The original version of Big Sur can be found on the Jack Kerouac tribute CD/DVD project One Fast Move Or I’m Gone (Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur). Not sure if that is even available anymore (it was released in 2009), but it’s got a very special place both in my heart and book/CD/DVD shelf.

Jeff Tweedy : Remember The Mountain Bed (Live At Farm Aid 25)

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Jay Haeske Video Reply

Ex-Uncle Tupelo and now Wilco singer/songwriter and guitar player Jeff Tweedy just as I like him best. Solo, acoustic and heartfelt (actually, the same can be said about most artists).

Dawes : All Your Favorite Bands

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Jay Haeske Video Reply

Dawes were previously unknown to mw, but I just listened to their new album of the same name on iTunes. I wasn’t totally convinced, but this song was pretty much the track that captured my attention straight away. Definitely well worth sharing on here, especially in this fine version. Enjoy.

Eric Andersen : Thirsty Boots

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Jay Haeske Video 1

I swear, I really should be calling myself Johnny Come Lately from now on. Can you believe I never heard that excellent song – a Folk classic, covered by the likes of Dylan and Judy Collins, never before until yesterday? I can’t, and I’m ashamed.

Greg Brown : All Of Those Things on A Prairie Home Companion

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Jay Haeske Video Reply

Greg Brown, who recently turned 66, returned to A Prairie Home Companion a year ago to record this song. I do not know if it’s a newly written one or from one of his albums I haven’t yet bought. It’s not one of his most catchy songs but rather shows him at his most introspective, yet hopeful. And I haven’t got to mention that voice. Classic Greg Brown stuff.