"Plasticities" by Andrew Bird

Electric Bluegrass

From the show at 3rd & Lindsley last night:

Griffin House

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Elenowen on The Voice

Here's a great singing duo my wife and I first heard on the NBC show, The Voice. I'm not ashamed to admit that I think The Voice is a good TV show. Here's Elenowen's audition clip:




A shot of them performing in Nashville recently:



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Andy Davis At Last

Here's a photo of my good friend Andy Davis playing at 12th & Porter a couple weeks back. Also, enjoy the video below...





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Brett Dennen Up Close

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"You Learned to Play Guitar on Which Song?"

Never underestimate the power of a song. I've always loved Paul Simon's music, but here is a great gesture from a great songwriter:



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The Civil Wars Up Close

If you aren't familiar with The Civil Wars, you should be. I mean, it's not 1861 anymore. Here's a photo of them performing at the recent Grammy Block Party here in Nashville:



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"Still Crazy After All These Years" by Paul Simon

A couple weeks ago I came across this song in my iTunes library. I couldn't help but put it on repeat while I put some clean laundry away. I think the song resonates with me because of the combination of how reminiscent the chord changes feel and the rolling conversational lyric. Without compromising the story, he manages to fill the song with some great rhymes (pay attention to the ways he sets up rhyme for "years" in the song title every time).

At least he's singing in English...



Keep writing,

Ben