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The Golden Age Of Music: The Civil Wars

February 9, 2012Erik Kain

The Civil Wars talk about music and piracy in the age of the internet and social media. The Civil Wars have lots of videos up on YouTube, many of them nicely shot amateur stuff in color and black-and-white. John Paul White and Joy Williams have a captivating look about them as they stare into one another’s eyes, […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Bradley Nowell, byline=E.D. Kain, Civil War, File Sharing, Golden Age of Music, John Paul White, Joy Williams, Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen, Lifestyle, Media, Music, Napster, Nashville, Online Piracy, Piracy, Rhapsody, Social Media, Spotify, Tech, The Civil Wars, YouTube

The Golden Age of Music: Justin Townes Earle

October 24, 2011Erik Kain

I’m blogging an ongoing series on the ‘Golden Age of Music’ a series dedicated to post-Napster-era music and musicians. This time I’ll be talking about Justin Townes Earle. Justin Townes Earle has a familiar-sounding name for a reason. Son of folk singer Steve Earle, Justin is named after his father’s musical hero, Townes Van Zandt. So even […]

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Americana, Arts & Entertainment, Arts and Entertainment, Bruce Springsteen, byline=E.D. Kain, Folk, Harlem River, Jerry Lee Lewis, Justin Townes Earle, Music, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, The Golden Age of Music, Townes Van Zandt, United States

Disney Should Make a Country Western Animated Musical

September 9, 2011Erik Kain

I’m not really a country music fan. I do enjoy alt-country groups like The Avett Brothers, and I enjoy a few country artists like the Zac Brown Band and, lately, a few of Josh Turner’s songs, but for the most part I’m pretty uninterested in country. However, I do listen to country music on the […]

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Arts, byline=E.D. Kain, Classic rock, Country music, Disney, Josh Turner, Media & Entertainment, Music, Musicals, Pop music, Taylor Swift, Zac Brown Band

Exile Vilify

August 10, 2011Erik Kain

New song from the National.

 

Good stuff.

Music

The Civil Wars cover ‘Dance Me to the End of Love’

August 3, 2011Erik Kain

Yet another Leonard Cohen cover, via Roderick T Long:

 

Too damn good.

Music

Open-Source Hip Hop

July 22, 2011Erik Kain 3 Comments

Via Kottke:

 

When I read Jason Kottke’s blog, I feel like The Joker asking:

“Where does he get those wonderful toys?”

But instead of toys it’s Youtube videos and innumerable other interesting time-wasting awesome sauce.

Humor, Music

The Avett Brothers Unplugged

July 20, 2011Erik Kain

Too awesome:

Tags: The Once and Future Carpenter (CMT Unplugged), The Avett Brothers, The Avett Brothers Videos

 

Encore!

Tags: Where Have All the Average People Gone (CMT Unplugged), The Avett Brothers, The Avett Brothers Videos

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