07.17.09

Not exactly an interview or a review, but full of love

Posted in cricket spazzes, rumors, some albums we done liked others we ain't, talk to us - July 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm by Cricket

A night that ends with Jon Snodgrass (of Drag the River) singing for you is a very good night indeed. Even better if he is actually singing live for you and not just playing on the old Ipod.

Jon had a quick layover on his way to Memphis to play with Cory Branan (a show that I could not attend, no I don’t want to talk about it, I might cry). [Seriously, we need to find a way to supplement our income so that we can pursue our rock star lifestyle because the day job thing is getting old. What gives, universe?—Daisy] We met up for drinks with a couple other friends. [Which I could not attend. No, I'm not at all bitter, why do you ask?—Daisy] There wasn’t time for a podcast or really even a formal interview but I did learn a few things about Jon, about myself and about the world. Here they are in no particular order:

09.19.08

As seen from the inside out

Posted in east nashville, some albums we done liked others we ain't, talk to us - September 19th, 2008 at 11:56 am by Cricket

Under a magnificent, sprawling tree, there is an unusual house on a mysterious street in Nashville. On this funny little street the weather is never quite like it is in the surrounding neighborhood, sun shines through rain clouds and snow falls from the clear blue sky, sometimes only on the extraordinary little house. The light there, day, night or dawn, always seems slightly purple. The grass is scraggly and pathetic but gigantic flowers bloom all around. In this house lives a mysterious little family, The Joiners. Does the odd little house on the peculiar little street make the Joiners different from everyday people, or is it the Joiners that make the street strange?

08.13.06

In the gutter with Ben Nichols

Posted in talk to us - August 13th, 2006 at 11:35 am by Cricket

[We can't always get the coverage we want, but fortunately HCT has agents all over the globe. A few days ago our pal, Ethel, had a conversation with Ben Nichols of Lucero. We'll let her tell the story…—Cricket]

It’s past two on a New York Saturday morning. My clothes are covered in splatters of beer and less identifiable filth. My feet must really be killing me from the pounding they’ve taken for the past few hours, because there’s no other reasonable explanation why I would have chosen to sit on the curb with my feet in the gutter. At least, that’s what I told myself at first. The other reasonable explanation crouches two feet away, and NOW would be the perfect time to ask him some burning, insightful questions. Yet the only flotsam in my whiskey sea brain is “I am sitting in a New York gutter outside CBGB’s with Ben Nichols. This is awesome.”

07.11.06

A few words with Scott from The Avett Brothers

Posted in talk to us - July 11th, 2006 at 11:33 pm by Cricket

If you’ve been hanging around these parts for a while you probably already know how much we at HCT love The Avett Brothers. I’ll pretty much do anything I can to keep them at the front of your minds, get you buying their albums and keep trying to convince you to see them live. Recently I had a chance to ask Scott Avett a few questions about the band and music. Maybe if all my raving hasn’t yet convinced you, you’ll like him enough to give The Avett Brothers a chance?

Hard-core Troubadours: I’ve had a hard time defining your sound and I see every reviewer saying something different. How do you define your music? Is there even a label you can put on it?
Scott Avett: This question is asked all of the time and we don’t have an answer. I am not sure if we are even qualified to name what we do. I do believe you can label it, I just don’t know what that label is. What label would you place the Violent Femmes in?

06.25.06

Talking to Corb Lund, cowboy musician

Posted in talk to us - June 25th, 2006 at 5:11 pm by Mimi

Vindication is one of the best feelings in life. I have a history of liking artists who later turn out to be Scientologists or who do things like insult their fans while black-out drunk. So the fact that Corb Lund is dryly hysterical, not full of himself, and an actual, honest-to-God cowboy makes my month.

When I talked to him about what it means to be a Canadian cowboy, Corb was spending a week or so of downtime at his home in the Edmonton area (Edmonton is a city in Alberta, which is a province in the western part of Canada. Canada is the country north of America on maps—just to be clear.). He’s been touring pretty solidly for the last couple of years in Australia, Europe and the States. Cricket and I saw him in Nashville a week before I talked to him, and you can tell that they’ve (The Hurtin’ Albertans) worked the kinks out of their routine. [Yes, it was very smooth and totally unkinky.—Cricket]

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