Someone's finally taken up the mantle of The Band. Introducing The Felice Brothers...
Three brothers from upstate New York create songs that invoke dusty back roads, Dylan songs heard through a swinging screen door and the bittersweet feeling of dying summer light.
Usually I shy away from artists that wear their influences so prominently, but not this time. From heart-wrenching tales of drug abuse (Rockefeller Druglaw Blues) to breaking hearts (Going Going Gone ), The Felice Brothers manage to draw from their musical forebears while remaining lyrically centered in 2007. I can't stop listening to this record- it's exactly what I want from American music right now- the outlaw sound of border towns and rainy days spent with whiskey and old records. Go catch a show by these boys, currently touring America for the first time in their '87 school bus.
More songs and tour info here: http://www.myspace.com/thefelicebrothers You can buy their album, Tonight At the Arizona, on vinyl (comes with the CD as well!) from Rough Trade or Amazon UK.
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You can find it in the U.S. from the fine folks at CDBABY.com and listen to two minute snippets of each song...
http://cdbaby.com/cd/felicebrothers
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Wait...it's "permanently out of stock" but you can at least listen there...
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At last!
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You can get it on iTunes as well, though I have stopped actively promoting that as an option until they do away with DRM.
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Great song, I'm going to blow through my eMusic account, right quick. They've got this album for mp3 download.
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This is good stuff.
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awesome kate. thanks for this!
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Appreciate the introduction; a poignant listen.
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I really dig this! I'm going to keep it on my radar. Even though I've stopped buying vinyl for space reasons, it does sound tempting!
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20 year old school bus - that's how I travel.
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kate, you're the second person i've heard mention drm. what is it? i've never heard of it...
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it's like the freewheelin' bob dylan is back from the dead. thanx kate!
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this is sooo good. can't wait to hear more. nice discovery, kate!
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Cali- DRM means "Digital Rights Management". It is basically copy protection placed on everything from CDs to DVDs. Some DRM places spyware on your computer when you insert a CD. Some, like when you buy music from iTunes, makes it so that you can only copy the music you have bought a limited number of times or keep it on a limited number of computers. I completely disagree with the concept of DRM and think it is really bad for the music industry (which is basically dead anyway). A great resource (and a much better explanation) is available here: http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/
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i love it. from Bob Dylan to Wilco, with blessings from the ghost of Woody Guthrie, thanks for the trip, Kate. (;
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Rainy days, whiskey and old records, perfect! Nice post.
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Sounds just phenomenal. I had not heard of them before, but you had me when you said they were picking up after the Band. Great sound. I love that one song and will have to check out more.
And thank you for the nice comments on my Byrds post ,,, #2 will be up tomorrow.
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Yea I love this music, fits my mood perfectly right now and thanks for the introduction.