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Sunday, October 28 Dondero Redux
We look forward by looking back tonight, as we revisit our in-studio session recorded last month with singer-songwriter David Dondero. His latest release, Simple Love, is another fine traveling tapestry of relationships, strange but true tales and widespread locales-- all the kinds of elements fans of his past work have come to expect. As usual, the week ahead finds Dondero out on the road, this time as part of a bill that also features Richard Buckner. The duo plays Dante's in Portland this Friday night.
Tomorrow night finds indie veterans Yo La Tengo at the Aladdin Theater. Hoboken's finest have been putting out consistently great, if mostly under the radar music for nearly 25 years now, and have shown no signs of slowing in recent years. Their most recent release, I Am Not Afraid of You & I Will Beat Your Ass, mixed the occasionally horn-drenched pop bliss of some of their later work with the more challenging noise excursions of their early years. That album came out last year on Matador.
MP3: Yo La Tengo- "Beanbag Chair"
Later in the week, it's the Siren Nation Festival, self-described as a festival "showcasing women's music, performance art and film, focusing primarily on artists from Portland and the Pacific Northwest." Four days of screenings, performances, workshops and more begin with the kickoff party at the Holocene Thursday night, and run through Sunday. Musical performers at this year's festival include Alela Diane, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, Swallows, Blubird, Team Dresch, and more.
Also this week: The Parson Redheads at Holocene (Monday), Architecture in Helsinki at the Wonder Ballroom (Tuesday) and WOW Hall in Eugene (Wednesday), Rocky Votolato & Jesse Sykes at the Hawthorne Theater (Wednesday), Apostle of Hustle at the Doug Fir (Thursday), and Kelly Joe Phelps at the Aladdin Theater (Friday), among others.
OPB in-studio with David Dondero
Comments:
On Sunday, October 28 at 11:30pm, Richard Anderson said:
Not everybody knows who Porter Wagner was. I think it is particularly classy that you noted his death. And... the song of his that you played was just flat-out outstanding! "[Expletive] brilliant" as Bono would say.
Your program gets better and better with each passing week. "[Expletive] brilliant" as Bono would say.
-Richard
On Sunday, October 28 at 11:48pm, Richard Anderson said:
Well... trust me to misspell the man's name. I just read the NYT mini-obit and discovered that it is "Wagoner". Sigh.
-Richard
On Monday, October 29 at 0:08am, jpetersen said:
Hey thanks, Richard.
Yours aren’t the first expletives left here, but they might be the first used positively. Anyway, the kind words are appreciated.
Yeah, I think it was really good to see guys like him and Charlie Louvin (not to mention Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Bobby Bare, and Jerry Lee Lewis before them) make the kinds of records they were able to before they died (those of them that have, I mean). Wagoner’s, in particular, was outstanding just because of how great his voice still sounded at 80. Some of those others, while still able to do great work, had really weathered. Then, when you imagine that he was opening for the White Stripes at Madison Square Garden just this summer, that’s really amazing.
This is from the AP article:
“I stopped making records because I didn’t like the way they were wanting me to record,” he said. “When RCA dropped me from the label, I didn’t really care about making records for another label because I didn’t have any say in what they would release and how they would make the records and so forth.”
After his New York show in 2007, tears came to his eyes as he recalled the reaction.
“The young people I met backstage, some of them were 20 years old. They wanted to get my autograph and tell me they really liked me. If only they knew how that made me feel, like a new breath of fresh air. To have new fans now is a tremendous thing."
That gets to me.
On Tuesday, October 30 at 6:34am, Loren Depping said:
Flat Mountain Girls! Right on, Jeremy! : )