Sometime back in the 1800s (actually, it was March of 2014), I posted a column which I had hoped to update on a regular basis. I had titled it Down Under Down Under: Band Picks By My Favorite Aussie Musicians and it consisted of Australians choosing Australians in a musical landscape of sorts.
Archive for Angharad Drake
Frank Gutch Jr: Aussies Pick the Aussies, Part Deux (My Favorite Musicians From Down Under Pick Their Favorites) and The New Journalism (Ethics Be Damned, Full Speed Ahead!)
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alison Ferrier, Angharad Drake, Australia, bill jackson, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Heath Cullen, Homegrown Quartet, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jed Rowe, Kate Burke, King Curly, Lucy Wise, Luke Plumb, Melanie Horsnell, music, music videos, Pete Wild, Peter Daffy, radio, Records, Ruth Hazleton, Sweet Home Oregon, The Mae Trio, Tom Cooney on March 13, 2018 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Angharad Drake— Two Vancouver Shows Left; 2017 Releases Worthy of Note; and Speaking of Notes…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Angharad Drake, Attilio Panassidi III, Bobby Messano, Chris Bathgate, Chris Milam, Cindy Lee Berryhill, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elkhorn, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jared Tyler, Jeff Finlin, Jim Allchin, Lost Leaders, music, music videos, No Small Children, radio, Records, Sam Morrow, Scott Cook, segarini, Skye Wallace, Suitcase Junket, SUSTO, Sweet Home Oregon, The Great Sadness, Todd Adelman, Wes Swing, Whitehorse on June 20, 2017 by segariniOne down, two to go… Angharad Drake, as far as I know (I mean, I wasn’t there, Nanaimo being a lo-o-ong walk from Oregon), finished her one gig on Vancouver Island and is set to play two more in Vancouver before leaving for her homeland, Australia. Those will happen (barring God and Act of Congress— and we have seen how Congress has been acting lately) on Friday and Saturday, June 23rd and 24th. On Friday, she will play Trees Organic Coffee and Roasting House and on Saturday, The Heatley. Here is a sample for your listening enjoyment.
Frank Gutch Jr: Angharad Drake Plays the Corner Lounge; Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers’ J.D, Wilkes Circa 2008 (But Still Oh So Relevant); and Notes You Won’t Be Able to Get Out of Your Head…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Aine Tyrrell, Angharad Drake, Anna Cordell, DBAWIS, Diet Cig, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fassine, Frank Gutch Jr., Green Pajamas, Indie Artists, Indie Music, J.D. Wilkes, Jared Tyler, music, music videos, Neil Merryweather, Nu-Blu, Obscura Hail, radio, Randall Bramblett, Reckless Kelly, Records, Roselit Bone, segarini, Sweet Home Oregon, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, Vagabon on June 13, 2017 by segariniTomorrow night, Nanaimo, it all goes down. The very first Canadian performance of Australia’s folk-rockin’ Angharad Drake, and boy do I wish I could be there. Drake has been bending ears down in Oz for the past few years and is slowly developing a following as loyal as anywhere on the musical scene. No SXSWs or Bonnaroos for her. She is working her way up from unknown, but those will be part of her circuit next time around.
Frank Gutch Jr: These Are People I’ve Known (But Who Try to Keep It a Secret); Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 54.40, Angharad Drake, Arlon Bennett, Bow Thayer, C-Leb & The Kettle Black, Corner Lounge, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, John John Brown, Joseph LeMay, King Wilkie, Lighthouse, Louder Than Words, michael fennelly, Mick Hornbuckle, Mist & Mast, music, music videos, Nylon Union, OAMI, Powder Blues, radio, Randy Burns & The Morning, Records, Sarah White, segarini, Shayne Thomas Byrne, Skip Prokop, Skyboys, Son of Man, Sweet Home Oregon, Ted Pitney, The Fugs, The Heatley, The Life, The Living Sisters, The Paupers, Trees Organic Coffee & Roasting House on June 6, 2017 by segariniThe past week I have been revisiting some of my earlier DBAWIS columns and am shocked at how few people (as far as I can tell) know about them, even now. When I write about musicians, it is usually personal, both the person or people and the music, and I feel that sometimes they are more water under the bridge than anything. No one sends notes asking about someone I wrote about in 2012 unless something has happened since and there are so many truly talented people who deserve recognition. So this week, I am going to point toward artists you may have missed whom I think are above the norm in terms of talent and/or personality. And maybe I owe a few of them money, but that is neither here nor there.
Frank Gutch Jr: Canada! Drake Is Coming! (Angharad Drake, That Is); The Omniverous Trailers;
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Angharad Drake, Blindfaller, Capability Brown, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eric Corne, Fiction Nation, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Kevin Prchal, Lester Quitzau, Mandolin Orange, music, Music Radio, music videos, Nanaimo, Omnivore Records, Picture The Ocean, radio, Records, segarini, Sheldon Gomberg, Sweet Home Oregon, Vancouver on May 30, 2017 by segariniThere are musicians who are outstanding and there are musicians who are unique but seldom do you find one who is both. I have found maybe a small bucketful during my lifetime who rise to the fly (as fly fisherman are wont to say) and most of those would be under your radar but they are there, regardless of cynics’ belief that music is dead. My problem is that when they do come along, I am so like Chicken Little that few believe it. Most take my loud cries of ecstasy as another of my many elaborate hoaxes, though I wonder how they know because they haven’t heeded my advice anyway. You want to know what discouragement is? Discouragement is posting a video or audio track, getting 17 “likes” but only three more views or listens than when you posted it. I guess it is most times easier to click a button than to actually listen.
Frank Gutch Jr: A Journey and the Soundtrack to my Life; Angharad Drake’s New Album; The Big Bright In the Studio; Plus Notes…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alternate Root Magazine, Angharad Drake, Beth Ditto, Beth Garner, Blue Sky Boys, David Gogo, DBAWIS, Don & The Goodtimes, Don't Believe a Word I Say, fotheringay, Frank Gutch Jr., House of Records, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jesse Ed Davis, John K. Samson, Journey, Larry Coryell, Leonard Bernstein, Mario Lanza, music, music videos, radio, Records, Red Foley, Road Runners, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sandy Denny, segarini, Six Fat Dutchmen, Sweet Home Oregon, T. Texas Tyler, The Big Bright, The Live Five, The Moguls, The Record Company, Victory At Sea, Wes Swing on April 19, 2017 by segariniAnd I don’t mean the band Journey recently inducted into the supposed Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. God knows what those clowns think when they make their choices but when I look at the possible choices they could have made besides those guys… well, I won’t go there. Let me just say that I understand when people are upset when I make such statements because they have a soundtrack to their lives as well, but this isn’t their column, is it? I look at it this way— Journey had hits, yes, and made CBS one hell of a lot of money, but they didn’t have an original bone in all of their collective bodies and you will never change my mind. Hall of Fame? Not even close. Not while the hundreds more deserving are locked out. Change that to thousands.
Frank Gutch Jr: Lady Gaga? Really? How About the Real Women in Music?
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Acoustic Guitar Weekly, Adam Dawson, Aer Stephen, Angharad Drake, Anthony David, Any van Keeken, B.J. Cole, Chloe Albert, Daisy House, Dave McGraw, DBAWIS, Devon Sproule, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Gibson, Frank Gutch Jr., Fur For Fairies, Green Pajamas, Gris de Lin, Helen Shanahan, hymn for her, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jeff Kelly, Jeff Plankenhorn, Jon Gomm, Lady GaGa, Mandy Ferrarini, Marty Pawlina, music videos, Patreon, Paul Curreri, radio, Records, segarini, Susanne Kelly, Sweet Home Oregon, Tamikrest, The Gold String, The Silver Lake Chorus, Three Chords & The Truth on February 7, 2017 by segariniMy yardstick for music is a simple one. If everyone likes it, it can’t be worth a shit. Think Hitler as a rock star. He, too, had a following, though few would own up to being part of it after the finale. What is it that makes everyone so enamored with this musician as opposed to this other musician who is playing practically the same thing? Hell if I know. How does one become a hit overnight? Hell if I know. Why are people attracted to certain artists, en masse? You guessed it. Hell if I know. But I can goddamn guarantee you that while you are talking about the Lady Gaga halftime show, and my guess is that most of you talking about music are, you’re missing a few thousand musicians worth hearing, some of them playing music way outside the formulaic box the Gaga has built for herself. Taylor Swift? I love some of her songs but there are songs as good as that out there if you take the time to listen.
Frank Gutch Jr: Getting Your Fa-La-La-Las (Christmas Compilations & Suggestions); Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags All I Want For Christmas, Amy van Keeken, Angharad Drake, bill jackson, Buck Curran, Bullseye Canada, Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, Daisy House, DBAWIS, Devon Sproule, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elouise, Frank Gutch Jr., Get Yer Fa-La-La-Las Out, Green Monkey Records, Green Pajamas, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jaimie Vernon, Jim of Seattle, Julian Taylor Band, Kirsti Gholson, music, music videos, Ophelia Hope, Paul Curreri, radio, randy bachman, Records, Rumer, See By Sound, segarini, Sweet Home Oregon, Taking Care of Christmas, Tal Goettling, Tom Dyer on December 6, 2016 by segariniNothing says Christmas like a curmudgeon and nobody is more of one than Jaimie Vernon which makes me wish I knew some of the stories behind his long career in music and, also, in life. Regaling you with tales of chicken wire and whoopee cushions would make this a lot easier to write— nothing like fart jokes to liven up your reading— but it is Christmas season and I must put aside the slings and arrows, as humorous as they might be.
Frank Gutch Jr: Earlier, On Planet Normanium (Part One)— Research Turtles Redux and Baseball As We Never Knew It; Plus N-n-n-notes!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Angharad Drake, DBAWIS, Dead Horses, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fielder's Choice, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Gutch Jr., Gooseball, Great American Canyon Band, Gypsy, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jack Lee, Joe Norman, jud norman, KSHE, music, music videos, Normanium, Otis Clay, Peter Green, radio, Records, Research Turtles, Rick Norman, Robocobra Quartet, Rumer, segarini, Shook Twins, Starting an Earthquake, Sweet Home Oregon, Terry Manning, The Chicago Coalition For the Homeless, Thom Hell, Trevor Hall, Will Varley on November 8, 2016 by segariniSome things just will not let go. Seven years ago I discovered the Research Turtles. For the last two, I had hoped for a reunion. I now know it will not happen. Even if they got back together, they would be a different band. They have grown as individuals and probably matured musically beyond that band and could never capture what they once had, but for five years I envisioned success and that period gave me hope in a world pretty much without hope, the music business morphing into something beyond my recognition, the Eks and the Westergrens of the world using what I consider stolen music to build huge bank accounts for themselves and others off of the labor of musicians. That Research Turtles do not today exist is not surprising, for who would want to hand their creations to someone else for a pittance while they made millions.
Frank Gutch Jr: Amy van Keeken & Timeloop Touring Western Canada; Spotify: The Boil On the Ass of the Music Industry; Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags . Evie Sands, Adam Marsland, Amy van Keeken, Angharad Drake, Beachy Head Music Club, carl anderson, Daisy House, Daniel Ek, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Hammond, Duggy Degs, Elephant Revival, Filligar, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Lisbee Stainton, Morphine, music, music videos, Nigel Godrich, Pacific Soul Ltd, radio, Records, Rob Martinez, Rumer, Sam Wilson, Schuyler Fisk, segarini, Shook Twins, Spotify, Sweet Home Oregon, The Green Pajamas, The Sundowners, thom yorke on October 4, 2016 by segariniLots of good stuff happening out there and it’s time we plugged in to some of it if only to counter the “real” musical happenings being covered by all of the sites who think that Kanye West canceling (or postponing) a show is news. I get it. No fun finding out your wife is being held at gunpoint. Just not headline news in my part of the world.