Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Dear Companion Cold Spring’s very own Daniel Martin Moore has teamed up with renouned cellist Ben Sollee (of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet), for a collaboration seemingly sent from the heavens above. Recorded close to home, the two focus on “the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and …
Tag Archive: The Seedy Seeds
Sep 28 2009
Music Happenings Tonight
I’ll get the Weekly Concert Calender back up and running tomorrow, but for now here are a couple of things going on tonight: In Kentucky… Southgate House Parlour Pokey LaFarge (Kentucky-born) Blues/Country/Roots Andy Friedman & the Other Failures (Brooklyn) Country/Folk/Rockabilly Margaret Darling (of The Seedy Seeds. Look for her in Junebaby as well, a band that features members of Pomegranates …
Sep 25 2009
MidPoint Day One Review
It’s Just Water, It’s Just Music As Thursday afternoon rolled along in Cincinnati, Ohio, it appeared that the weather gods were not about to play nice with music fans by putting an end to the dreary weather. But the rain and sometimes-chilly winds didn’t stop the fans from coming out to celebrate the eighth annual MidPoint Music Festival’s Kickoff Party on …
Sep 20 2009
30 Bands I Want to See at MidPoint 2009
Out-of-Town Picks Like a lot of people, my first taste of Chairlift came about because of their hit song “Bruises” that was featured in an iPod commercial. But when they opened for Peter, Bjorn and John this past April at the Southgate House, I saw a band that was about more than writing catchy songs that could become radio-friendly hits. In the …