Be a tourist in your own city.
The Hamilton Music Awards are this weekend! I made an HMA Playlist featuring some of this year’s nominees. There are too many to list but here’s a good sample. Check out the official HMA website for the full rundown of nominations. Hamilton Music Awards 2013 from ihearthamilton on 8tracks Radio. Harrison Kennedy – “Chairman Of … Read more
The Baltimore House 43 King William Street This event was a long time in the making and I couldn’t wait to complete the journey with Ghosts of Memphis. The journey, that is, of making their debut album, The Devil and the Details. If you’ve been following, I was with Trevor Howard the very first day … Read more
Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been creating monthly Playlists of local music (and beyond) that have been the soundtrack to my tour around the city. I even got to bring my Playlists to life with the first I Heart Hamilton event, The Playlist 1.0. While getting nostalgic and thinking about the past twelve … Read more
Boxcar Sound Recording Studio 468 Cumberland Avenue Back to Boxcar for me for another Ghosts of Memphis session. Trevor Howard and Gerry Finn are in the home stretch now – the album is almost complete! It was just Trevor and producer Matt Montour in studio finishing up a few more bits of recording. First up … Read more
Tom Waits Tribute The Casbah 306 King Street West I’m probably the last person who should be writing a blog about a Tom Waits tribute. I know nothing about Tom Waits. Avi and I tried to dig into this enigmatic artist with a little Wikipedia and YouTube action prior to the show, but he just … Read more
Boxcar Sound Recording Studio 468 Cumberland Avenue Get caught up on my chronicle of the Ghosts of Memphis sessions at Boxcar! Emotions ran high at Boxcar Sound as I checked back in on the process of the new Ghosts of Memphis album. They’re nearing the end of the recording and it was just Matt Montour … Read more
Boxcar Sound Recording Studio 468 Cumberland Avenue I’m back with another Boxcar adventure! Read my previous installments of the Ghosts of Memphis chronicle. The banjo is a tricky instrument; that’s the lesson of the day. I learned this through yet another visit to Boxcar Sound Recording Studio for Part Five of our chronicle of the … Read more
Boxcar Sound Recording Studio 468 Cumberland Avenue Have you been following my Boxcar sessions? Get caught up on my chronicle of the new Ghosts of Memphis album in past entries. It had been a couple of months since I last dropped by Boxcar Sound Recording Studio to check in on the progress of the new … Read more
Boxcar Sound Recording Studio 468 Cumberland Avenue To continue our chronicle of the making of a record at Boxcar Sound Recording Studio, I got to visit the studio for a third time to sit in on another recording session for the new Ghosts of Memphis album (comprised of musicians Trevor Howard and Gerry Finn). For … Read more
Gage Park 1000 Main Street East Boxcar Sound Recording Studio 468 Cumberland Avenue Avishka and I were excited to be invited back to Boxcar Sound Recording Studio for day 3 of the making of the new Ghost of Memphis record. First we took a little detour. Having arrived early, we had some time and decided … Read more