This week, my Wayward Son column focuses on Ben Grimes, a Kansas City musician returning home to play a show after having moved to Nashville a year ago. The former Golden Republic frontman is bringing his newish project, Soft Reeds, to the Record Bar on Wednesday, November 26 (also on the bill: Hidden Pictures).
Grimes is not alone in this gig, however. Joining him on stage that night is Jon Yeager (that's him on the right lookin' all gypsylike), who moved to Nashville this past August, both to
photo: Jim Wright
It's been a while since Pete Yorn has bothered to update his website and MySpace page, so kudos to Heather Browne's I Am Fuel, You are Friends for posting two new, exclusive tracks from his upcoming releases. According to her blog:
"'Shotgun' is from Pete's new full length, produced by Mike Mogis and recorded in Omaha. This is fresh from the mastering lab, and feels both darkly brooding and soaring at the same time and 'Sans Fear' is a highly winsome tune from the Frank Blac
Danko Jones' Never Too Loud is more of the same from the Canadian three-piece. It's good, but after listening to the album a couple times, it's become clear that Jones' sexual braggadocio is starting to wear a little thin. KISS did it to death with stuff like "Love Gun" and "Dr. Love" nearly 30 years ago. Listening to Never Too Loud is a stellar rock album, but halfway through it, you start to feel like you're sitting next to that dude at the bar who won't stop going on about all the "top-shelf
