music of the moment

Well here are three things that make you an interesting artist to me:

1. Born and raised in the Austin, Texassss music scene
2. Discovered as a songwriter by Prairie Home Companion (Go Minney)
3. Mentored by T-Bone Burnett

Enter, Sahara Smith (PS, you're named after my favorite movie!). I heard an NPR report on her a couple months ago which put her closer on my radar. Diggin her--definitely a hybird of country and bluegrass with a little Ryan Bingham feel. She also made the list of albums missed in 2010.

She is coming to Cvile this month and I'm hoping to hear this catchy song:

continuing the summer concert series

So this is going to be an epic year of concerts for the big LL. The summer concert series started with a little southern rock, then some paramore (heart), followed by a little funky jazz, and now McBetty and I are hitting up a little Ryan Bingham next week. This artist used to be a bull rider, HOT, and wrote many of the songs that were featured in Crazy Heart, the award winning movie from last year. He has this low, sexy voice that just makes your insides melt:



Later this summer we got our annual DMB concert, which I hear will be the last for a couple summers. Apparently, for the first time in 20 summer, DMB is not touring next summer for 2011. Sad.

Then of course we got Little Big Town (yeah!) and Sugarland tickets for the early fall. Now that will be a good concert as well! Gotta love some good music.