Have been listening a lot to KUTX 98.9 on the TuneIn Radio App (A great app that allows you to listen to most any radio station in the world). This song keeps getting a play & its fantastic!!!
Walker Lukens – Dont Wanna Be Lonely
SKYFEVER – “Get Out”
New song from Irish Band SKYFEVER. The lads are releasing a new album soon & this song is currently being played on radio stations all over the world! Even the great Alice Cooper recently gave them the seal of approval on his radio show. Have a listen & see what you think.
R.I.P Tom Petty
I started listening to Tom Petty when I finished secondary school around the time I was 18. I bought his Through The Years anthology because an artist I liked Pete Droge, had toured with him & said what a big influence he was. I was shocked how many of his songs I knew without knowing it was him all those years, when I subsequently got into the Travelling Wilburys I knew even more of his songs.
I bought pretty much all his albums from then on & had him on constant rotation. I got to see him a few years back when he played Dublin & he was fantastic. I arrived back from Canada the day of the show & went from the airport to the show & it was worth every penny.
I’ve never really been sad or down about a musician dying before but for some reason it hit me hard. When it was prematurely reported he’d died and then word got out that he was alive but in critical condition I stayed up until about 1am constantly refreshing Google News to see if there was any updates & hoping there would be good news. By the time I woke up at 6am he’d unfortunately passed.
You can see from the tributes from other artists etc what a lovely man he was & how much he influenced people.
Below is a song that I read had been wrote years before but recorded for the first time for the Anthology record, for nearly any other band it would of been one of their best songs & almost certain to be recorded/released as soon as possible but Tom had such an amount of hits it could be held on to for so many years.
“Tales From The Tour Bus” Animated Show
In what seems like a great idea; “Tales From The Tour Bus” an animated Country Music TV show detailing the wildest stories of Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette & others premiered in America the weekend! It’ll have tales from most everyone in country music so in theory in could be a real funny watch
UPCOMING EVENT – Jesse Dayton – Whelans Upstairs – Oct 31st
Texas’s Jesse Dayton comes to Whelan’s Upstairs on Oct 31st!!!! Jesse has worked with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell (Official) & more and this will be his one & only Dublin show. Tickets are only €16.50 including booking available through the link below.
The Psychedelic Furs – The Academy Dublin – August 24th
80s band The Psychedelic Furs played Dublin last night to a jam packed Academy crowd. The lads were in great form & played all the hits, surprisingly they played “Pretty In Pink” (below) about 3-4 songs in! They played pretty much every song I could of hoped for & definitely worth going to see when they come back!
Mark Olson – Whelans Upstairs – Oct 24th
Jayhawks founder Mark Olson is returning to Whelans on Tuesday Oct 24th!!! Mark is releasing his new album “Spokeswoman Of The Bright Sun” on September 1st on Glitterhouse Records and its some of his best work. Check out the new video for the single “Dear Elisabeth” featuring Ingunn Ringvold!
Tickets for the Whelans show are only €16.50 including booking available from;
http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/mark-olson/
Recommended Listen – Wild Child – “Fools”
Have a listen to this song & see what you think. Wild Child are a band from Austin, Texas that are on the rise. So far they’ve released 2 albums and both are worth a listen. This is a song off the new album & the live video makes it sound even better.
If you like it I’d suggest trying other songs like Crazy Bird, Pillow Talk & Victim To Charm a lovely song about a break up which the fantastic line “Boy, I hear she’s the one crazy how fast you knew once we were done”.
If you like em you can support them here;
Recommended Venue – The Continental Club – Austin, TX
The Continental Club
James McMurtry in The Continental Gallery
The Continental Club is like the Whelans of Austin, Texas. It runs a couple of gigs each night & is divided up into two sections. The Gallery, a small room upstairs that runs mostly acoustic concerts and the main room that usually has full bands play. Its had a who’s who of people play at it and generally the entrance fee to gigs is around $10. As the concerts are usually back to back you can just stay in the venue and watch each act play without paying any extra.
For instance when I was there I got to see William Harries Graham, Jon Dee Graham & James McMurtry all play the main room for $10. Add in that Lonestar beers are $3 (so the more you drink the more you save) and you have all the reasons you need to go to Austin. So if you’re in or around Texas, or want to plan your calendar around their line up as I have, then you could do worse then go to The Continental Club!
Thanks!
Busy week this week for Left Of The Dial Music!!! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who attended the Lol Tolhurst Q&A and DJ Set and also Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express show, both in Whelans! Two completely different shows with great audiences. We’ll keep you updated on our next set of gigs along with all the news for upcoming gigs, albums & competitions!
