Just a few snaps from the concert we held at the Corner Bloc Coffee Shop on Halloween. We had an awesome time with The Happy Maladies, Lindley Wolfgram & The Bell & The Hammer. All of them have beautiful but very different music.
Our next concert is on Nov. 13th. Come hear Artists & Authors, Randy Bicknaver, & CB Smyth and Marissa Rinehart.
Enjoy.
Ok so I thought I had just heard about Josh Garrels from my friend Russ. Turns out my memory sucks and my friend Matt had told me about him quite a while ago. Matt is from the same town as Josh. Hence his indignation when I asked if he had heard of him.
Either way his music is amazing. I’ve been listening to the album Jacaranda lately. Incredible writing this fella.
Matt, my apologies to you.
This is a little bit late none the less worth talking about. We went to a House Show at a friends house on Sunday night. Having never been to a house show before we had no idea what to expect. It was fantastic. We got to meet and hang out with a bunch of people we’d never met and probably would never have crossed paths with. The music was fantastic!
Randy played first. He wrote some music to a poem I had written a few years back so I thought I knew what to expect. He was good a couple years ago but his writing has matured so much. His lyrics are incredibly deep and also pretty funny at times. He has a very Iron & Wine/Nick Drake sound. He’s not an online sort of guy so you just have to physically stalk him if you want to hear his music.
The Bell & The Hammer were next. I’d never even heard of them except for knowing that Dan is part of the Koala Fires. With that I was slightly expecting some punk rock and somewhat unsure of what we’d be hearing but there was to be none of that punkishness this evening. They have some great melodies along with beautiful voices on the both of ‘em. I cannot get “When You Die” out of my head. I’m sure there are lots more words that could describe what they do. If you need a few, consider these: calm, beautiful, and complicated.
They are working on their first album as we speak and if you get a chance to see them live, you should jump on that like a kangaroo. Now go listen!
Word.
Just got turned on to these guys by Russ. Totally worth the watch.
Topher, wish you were here to jam with.
