TAG: blues

Jan26

Jack Rose’s Luck in the Valley

There’s a posthumous record release party planned for Jack Rose’s Luck in the Valley scheduled for Saturday, February 13 at the Latvian Society of Philadelphia (531 N. 7th Street). Things get started around 7:00 PM. And while the guitarist obviously won’t be in attendance, a slew of those playing in his memory will be appearing. Tickets are $18.

Performers:
D. Charles Speer & The Helix
Thurston Moore/Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano
Michael Chapman
Pelt
The Black Twig Pickers
Glenn Jones
Byron Coley
Meg Baird/Chris Forsyth
Megajam Booze Band
DJ Ian Nagoski
Video clips curated by Tara Young

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Dec10

RIP Jack Rose (1971-2009) (Video)

There’s been a veritable shower of tears via the interwebs for this guitarist – and that’s how it should be.

He was an immense talent and a consistent entertainer. For those of  you lucky enough to have witnessed Jack Rose perform, pass along the stories. Unfortunately, that’s all the we have.

Memorial services will be held :

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Visitation: 1:00 PM
Service: 2:00 PM

Visitation and services taking place at:
Bringhurst Funeral Home
225 Belmont Avenue
Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
610-668-9900

Interment to follow at:
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
215 Belmont Avenue
Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
610-664-1591

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Apr08

The Black Keys: Interview

The Black Keys have come a long way from their lawn-mowing days of the not so distant past. 

By Daiana Feuer

On their latest album, Attack and Release, they’ve applied brass to their bare knuckles aesthetic, with producer Brian Burton, aka Dangermouse, sinking his tiger claws into this fine compendium of romantic gut-busters. Soft, then splintered, well composed and flirtatious, daggonit this album paints the lily! Over a little phone conversation with vocalist-guitarist Dan Auerbach, we/I got to gush about it.

URB: What is behind Attack & Release? It’s like there’s a narrative to it. Just looking at the titles, it goes almost like a story from one end to the other.
Dan Auerbach: It wasn’t intentional, I don’t think. It just happened to be the placement that we put the songs in. I think it may have been subconscious when we were trying to figure out the sequence.

What goes into these songs? Are they based on facts, or on …

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