To celebrate Earth Day, I took a walk around my neighborhood, taking pictures of flowers. It’s a good time of year for flowers, both planted and wild, and I live in a place with a variety of both. I posted the photos and my great aunt requested more wildflowers so this weekend, I went on a grand adventure to hunt down more flowers and ended up walking along ocean-side cliffs, rocky beaches, and a couple not so easy to get to random fields.  The soundtrack to my adventure was provided by Bilk, Pep Squad, Calva Louise and the brilliant new album from Sir Sly.  Now every time Bilk’s insistent earworm “Stop Pranging Out” comes into my head it will be accompanied, in my mind, by oddly juxtaposed relaxing ocean vistas.

As for next week’s soundtrack, it will hopefully include livestream sets from The Milk Carton Kids, Morgxn, Dean Lewis and more:

Monday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
5pm: School Night at Home f. Allie Crow Buckley, Ai Bendr, merci, mercy at itsaschoolnight Twitch
6pm: JR Moore at FB
Glen Phillips at FB
Sydney Sprague at Twitch
7pm: Monday Monday f. Patrick Joseph, Nina Storey, Abby Posner, and Joel Eckles at Clubhouse

Tuesday:
2pm: Break Through at Amazon Music Twitch
3pm: Jax on Cover Nation YT
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/FB/Twitch
5pm: Nick Frandiani at StageIt
The Dirty Nil at sidedooraccess.com
5:30: The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com

Weds:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
1pm: Lisa Loeb at StageIt
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
School Night at Home f. Willa Amai, SPAROH, Pom Pom Squad at itsaschoolnight Twitch
The Still Tide at Washington’s FoCo FB
Will Dailey at qdivisionvids YT
Kings of Ghost Town at Club Passim FB
6pm: Wheelwright at Twitch
Morgxn at sessionslive.com
Tune-Yards at noonchorus.com
Maggie Rose at boxoffice.mandoling.com
7pm: Joel Eckels at FB

Thursday:
4pm: Big Thief at noonchorus.com
5pm: Charlotte Cardin at www.momenthouse.com
Israel Nash at sessionslive.com
The Ghost of Paul Revere at boxoffice.mandolin.com
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at FB
Music Lives on at livexlive.com
Lord Huron at noonchorus.com
5:30: Sarah Jarosz at boxoffice.mandolin.com
6pm: The Milk Carton Kids at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Caamp at camp.mandolin.com
The Dirty Nil at sidedooraccess.com
Donavon Frankenreiter at nocapshows.com
6:30: Trevor Hall at StageIt
Raye Zaragoza at StageIt
7pm: Wrabel at sidedooraccess.com

Friday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
1pm: Chloe Foy at www.emusiclive.com
Ryan Hamilton at StageIt
4pm: Black Veil Brides at livefrom.events
5pm: Anberlin at anberlinmerch.com
Phillip Phillips at nocapshows.com
6pm: Dean Lewis at momenhouse.com
Moon Vs Sun at veeps.com
Lyle Lovett and Sarah McLachlan at lylelovett.com
Kris Angelis at The Hotel Cafe
6:30: Trevor Hall at StageIt

Saturday:
9am: The Snuts, Tom Rogan at seetickets.com  
11am: Yo-Yo Ma at dreamstage.live
2pm: Staind at staindlive.com
3pm: Low Cut Connie at FB
4pm: Joan Osborne at boxoffice.mandolin.com  
5pm: Max Gomez at FB
Ordinary Elephant at crowdcast.io
6pm: Tony Lucca at Mo’Verb Lounge
7pm: Dawes at nocapshows.com
Jackie Green at howlive.tv
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com

Sunday:
11am: Chris Thile at boxoffice.mandolin.com
12pm: JD Eicher at IG
1pm: The Dollyrots at StageIt
3pm: Shawn Mullins at FB
5pm: David Cook at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Mispo at StageIt
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB

FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube

To Keep in Mind:
May 13^th: The Milk Carton Kids at boxoffice.mandolin.com
May 15^th: Meg Myers at nocapshows.com (6pm)
May 19^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 20^th: Jukebox The Ghost at sessionslive.com (5pm)
May 28^th: The Franklin Electric
September 15^th: Ferris & Sylvester at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
September 17^th: Jukebox the Ghost at the Echoplex
September 18^th: Weathers at The Echoplex
October 5^th: cleopatrick at The Echo
October 14^th: James Gillespie at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
October 14^th: Transviolet at The Echo
November 9^th: Billy Raffoul at Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 18^th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
November 26^th: Dawes at The Fonda Theatre
November 27^th: Dawes at The Fonda Theatre
December 18^th: The Driver Era w/ The Wrecks at The Fonda Theatre
December 19^th: The Driver Era w/ The Wrecks at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Kaleo at The Novo

~ Kristen

I’ve made tentative plans with my sci-fi/fantasy book club to have our next meeting in person   and, let me tell you, book club has never felt so illicitly thrilling! I’ve also bought a ticket to another concert in the fall even though it’s still hard for me to fathom how the return to live, in-person music is going to go. I’m starting to pay more attention to show announcements and will do my best to include my Los Angeles picks on my list here until we revert back to an in person show list. In the meantime, I’m rather enjoying my remote showcases, particularly Monday/Wednesday with afternoons at Scruff of the Neck and the recent virtual return of It’s a School night in the evenings. Because of these showcases, last week was all about “Stop Prangin Out” by Bilk and “Freeway” by Briston Maroney until I fell down a familiar Twin Atlantic rabbit hole and listened to nothing but Free for three days.  Sometimes you just need comfort music.

Next week kicks off Season 3 of Tony Lucca in the Mo’Verb Lounge, finds Birdy joining Covers Nation and celebrates Earth Day with a couple choice music festival options.

And then we have…

Monday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
5pm: School Night at Home f. Alfie Templeman, Mamii, Rude Cat, Mamas Gun at itsaschoolnight Twitch
The Mountain Goats at noonchorus.com
6pm: JR Moore at FB
Glen Phillips at FB
Sydney Sprague at Twitch
7pm: Monday Monday f. Jay Nash, Matt Sucich, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Joel Eckels at Clubhouse

Tuesday:
10am: Birdy at Cover Nation YT
11am: Bandsintown #mostliked at Twitch
2pm: Break Through at Amazon Music Twitch
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/FB/Twitch
5pm: Aaron Lewis at aaronlewisvip.com
Joseph Arthur at City Winery
5:30: The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com
6pm: Rhett Miller at StageIt
8pm: The Dirty Nil at sidedooraccess.com

Weds:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11am: Bandsintown Discovery f. Seth Kessel, Nick Flessa, Bendingo Fletcher at Twitch
11:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
1pm: Lisa Loeb at StageIt
4pm: William Fitzsimmons w/ Rosie Thomas at IG/Twitch
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
School Night at Home f. Brooke Annibale, The Sunday Estate, Neil Frances at itsaschoolnight Twitch
6pm: Wheelwright at Twitch
Low Island on Bandsintown Plus
Tony Lucca at stagepilot.live
Tame Impala at momenthouse.com
7pm: Joel Eckels at FB

Thursday:
11am: Albin Lee Meldau at doors.live
3pm: Teenage Wrist at Epitaph Records YT  
4pm: Hamilton Leithauser at Bowery Presents Twitch
5pm: Jukebox The Ghost at sessionslive.com
The Aces at LiveNation Twitch
Christian Lopez at FB
Rainforest Benefit Concert f. Moon Taxi, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, The Hold Steady at fans.live
Eve 6 at grimvalue.com
The Ghost of Paul Revere at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Music Lives On at livexlive.com
5:30: eTown’s 30^th b’Earthday Celebration f. Nathaniel Rateliff, Sarah Jarosz, The War and Treaty at etown.org/30  
Metz at Lee’s Palace
6:30: Raye Zaragoze at StageIt

Friday:
9am: LP at livesessions.npr.org/live
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
12pm: Walk Off the Earth at universe.com
4:30: David Archuleta at ugapac.evenue.net
5pm: Switchfoot at switchfoot.com  
6pm: LP at Bandsintown Plus
Shelby Lynne at vip.shebylynne.com
We Came as Romans at thebarricade.live
Alex Wong Presents Show Yourself f. Rotana here
Parker Millsap at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Hootie & the Blowfish at sessionslive.com
The Dirty Nil at sidedooraccess.com

Saturday:
12pm: Band of Horses at veeps.com
Walk Off the Earth at livefrominside.ca
Carsie Blanton at FB
1pm: Vintage Trouble at sessionslive.com
4pm: Puddles Pity Party at sessionslive.com
6pm: Walk Off the Earth at livefrominside.ca
ARIZONA at gigs.live
7pm: Rival Tides at JoelCupcake Twitch  
1am: Six60 at veeps.com
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com

Sunday:
11am: SYML at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Alex Wong Presents Show Yourself f. Milck, Ruthie Collins here
Chris Thile at boxoffice.mandolin.com
4pm: Marc Broussard at sessionslive.com  
5pm: The Decemberists at boxoffice.madolin.com
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB
Taylor John Williams at StageIt

FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube

To Keep in Mind:
April 28^th: Morgxn at sessionslive.com (6pm)
April 28^th: tune-yards at noonchorus (6pm)
April 29^th: Whispering Pines at noonchorus.com (8pm)
April 29^th: Sarah Jarosz at signaturesounds.com/homesessions (5:30)
April 29^th: Charlotte Cardin at momenthouse.com (5pm)
April 29^th: The Milk Carton Kids at boxoffice.mandolin.com
April 29^th: Big Thief at noonchorus.com (7pm)
April 29^th: Wrabel at sidedooraccess.com (7pm)
April 30^th: Dean Lewis at momenthouse.com (6pm)
May 13^th: The Milk Carton Kids at boxoffice.mandolin.com
May 15^th: Meg Myers at nocapshows.com (6pm)
May 19^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 20^th: Jukebox The Ghost at sessionslive.com (5pm)
September 15^th: Ferris & Sylvester at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
September 18^th: Weathers at The Echoplex
October 14^th: James Gillespie at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
October 14^th: Transviolet at The Echo
November 9^th: Billy Raffoul at Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 18^th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
November 26^th: Dawes at The Fonda Theatre
November 27^th: Dawes at The Fonda Theatre
December 18^th: The Driver Era w/ The Wrecks at The Fonda Theatre
December 19^th: The Driver Era w/ The Wrecks at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Kaleo at The Novo

~ Kristen

72 hours of continues music streaming courtesy of livexlive plus two days’ worth of panels from WonderCon at Home and the wind-down of Spring Training baseball games made for a full weekend spent in front of the computer.  I’m starting to see in-person events pop up on some venue calendars which makes me wonder how many more nights and weekends will be spent in this way, surrounded by screens. Perhaps I should start preparing my back and knees which have very much benefited from this sitting on the cough version of concert-going.

This coming week features another round of live shows from Paste Magazine with acts such as Nick Waterhouse, The Driver Era, Run River North, Sir Sly, and Cary Brothers. All coming at you from my favorite space, The Hotel Cafe! We’ve also got a livestream from Lucy Spraggan who recently released one of my favorite new albums, Choices.

In addition:

Monday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
12pm: Vintage Trouble at Paste Magazine YT
12:45: Nathalie Miranda at StageIt
2:30: Night Beats at Paste Magazine YT
4pm: Black Veil Brides at WRAT 95.9FM FB
5pm: Scarypoolparty at Paste Magazine YT
6pm: JR Moore at FB
Glen Phillips at FB
Sydney Sprague at Twitch
7pm: Monday Monday at Clubhouse

Tuesday:
11am: Bandsintown #mostliked f. Julian Harper, Cloe Wilder at Twitch
12pm: Nick Waterhouse at Paste Magazine YT
2:30: Lee Pardini at Paste Magazine YT
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/FB/Twitch
5pm: Cordovas at livesessions.npr.org
Nick Fradiani at StageIt
La Santa Cecilia at Paste Magazine YT
5:30: My Silent Bravery at IG
The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com
6pm: Maroon 5 at live-now.com
Pandora LIVE f. Gwen Stefani and Jazmine Sullivan at pandora.live
Isolation Concerts for No One f. Andy Frasco, Shawn Eckels, Kitchen Dwellers, Mihali at stream.fans.live
7:30: Pearl Charles at Paste Magazine YT

Weds:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11am: Bandsintown Discovery f. 19&YOU, Flo Gallop, Michigander at Twitch  
We Are Ava at Saint City Orchestra FB
11:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
12pm: Rozzi at at Paste Magazine YT
2:30: The Driver Era at Paste Magazine YT
4pm: Nashville Briefing f. Gable Bradley, Sophia Scott, Nate Fredrick at sessionslive.com
4:30: Indigo Girls at FB
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
Lael Naele at The Relix Channel Twitch
Black Veil Brides at 94.1 WJJO FB
Them Vibes at FB
Cory Henry at Paste Magazine YT
6pm: Tony Lucca at Mo’Verb Lounge
Joshua Radin at sessionslive.com
UPSAHL at upsahl.headliner.live
Charlie Puth at yoop.app
Wheelwright at Twitch
7pm: Joel Eckels at FB
7:30: Run River North at Paste Magazine YT

Thursday:
11am: UPSAHL at upsahl.headliner.live
12pm: Girlpool at Paste Magazine YT
2:30: Sir Sly at Paste Magazine YT
4:30: Melissa Ferrick at Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation FB
5pm: Brian Fallon at noonchorus.com
Aoife O’Donovan at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Twisted Pine at signaturesounds.com/homesessions
Jensen McRae at Paste Magazine YT
5:30: Gabe Dixon at StageIt
6pm: Hippo Campus at noonchorus.com
Devendra Banhart at Bandsintown Plus
6:30: Raye Zaragoza at StageIt
7:30: Sons of Silver at Paste Magazine YT

Friday:
9am: The Weather Station at livesessions.npr.org/live
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Lucy Spraggan at veeps.com
12pm: Moon vs Sun at Paste Magazine YT
2:30: Fences at Paste Magazine YT
3:45: Nathalie Miranda at StageIt
4pm: Jesse Malin at Rolling Live Studios
5pm: Sister Hazel at www.sisterhazel.com
David Archuleta at StageIt
6pm: Emily Kinney at The Hotel Café
Black Veil Brides at 1051TheX FB
The Blind Boys of Alabama, Marcus King at watch.mandolin.com

Saturday:
10am: Milky Chance at YT
11am: Thao Nguyen, David Diggs at YBCA 100 Summit
12pm: The Ninth Wave at dice.fm
2:30: Debi Nova at Paste Magazine YT
3pm: Low Cut Connie at FB
4:30: The Trews at Horseshoe Tavern
5pm: Aaron Lewis at www.aaronlewisvip.com
Azure Ray at Paste Magazine YT
6pm: Lee Dewyze at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Joe Russell (The Head and The Heart) at Bandsintown Plus
7:30: Joyce Manor at Paste Magazine YT
9pm: Matt of The Classic Crime at Twitch
Jake Shimabukuro at www.bluenotelive.com
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com


Sunday:
2:30: Natalie Bergman at Paste Magazine YT
3pm: Shawn Mullins at FB
5pm: Cary Brothers at Paste Magazine YT
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB
The Wild Feathers at nugs.net
7:30: Jeff Rosenstock at Paste Magazine YT

FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube

To Keep in Mind:
April 7^th: Oshima Brothers at boxoffice.mandolin.com (5pm)
April 9^th: The Sherlocks at sessionslive.com
April 11^th: Andrew Bird at sessionlive.com (5pm)
April 11^th: Campfire Session at sessionslive.com
April 15^th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
April 17^th: AWOLNATION at veeps.com (2pm)
April 21^st: William Fitzsimmons w/ Rosie Thomas at IG/Twitch (4pm)
April 22^nd: Jukebox The Ghost at sessionslive.com (5pm)
April 29^th: Whispering Pines at noonchorus.com (8pm)
April 30^th: Dean Lewis at momenthouse.com (6pm)
May 19^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 20^th: Jukebox The Ghost at sessionslive.com (5pm)

~ Kristen

2020 brought a lot of loss and heartache, but nothing hit me harder than the last-minute cancellation of my favorite week of the year at SXSW. Last week, SXSW returned, in an online format and I’m pleased as punch to report that the event was by far the best conference/festival/online event I’ve attended in the past year. I could tell you all about the tech trends, up and coming innovations and inspiring conversations. I could rattle off my list of top films and TV shows watched or detail new products I sampled or interactive events I attended. But the overall takeaway is that the magic of SXSW was there and for me, this feels like it could be the turning point to slowly getting back some of what was missing from the past year.

The only thing that fell drastically short of the usual expectations for SXSW was the music showcases Yes, I was able to discover some new talent and sure, it was fun to see the artists perform in their own countries or backyards. The chat happening alongside the performances also made it easy to connect with both the bands and other like-minded fans and industry professionals. However, nothing will ever ever be able to replace live music, that intangible connectedness it fosters and the feeling that hits when watching a new favorite band perform for the first time.

Based on what I saw last week, moving up the ranks of “must see” acts include Nadia Reid, Hachiku, Alexander Biggs, Ryan McMullen, and Lilla Vargen.

Let’s see who else we can add to that list next week:

Monday:
11am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
AHI at swansongproject.co.uk/podcast
12:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
5:30: Kate Vargas, Eric McFadden at FB
6pm: JR Moore at FB
7pm: Monday Monday at Clubhouse
Sydney Sprague at Twitch

Tuesday:
10am: The Blue Stones at Amazon Music Twitch
11am: Bandsintown #mostliked at Twitch
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/FB/Twitch
5:30: My Silent Bravery at IG
The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com
6pm: Rhett Miller at StageIt
Shakey Graves at boxoffice.mandolin.com
7pm: Marlana (Milo Greene) at noonchorus.com

Weds:
9am: Lewis Watson at Twitch
11am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Bandsintown Discovery f. hoorsees, Cannon, SWIMM at Twitch  
12:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
4pm: William Fitzsimmons at Twitch
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
Molly Jenson at StageIt
Rhett Miller at StageIt
6pm: Tony Lucca at Mo’Verb Lounge
Lady A at CTRL_Music_ Twitch
Billy Strings at nugs.net
Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) at noonchorus.com
7pm: Wheelwright at Twitch
7:45: Soul Asylum at FB
8pm: Rhett Miller at StageIt

Thursday:
11am: Amazon Music Sessions at AmazonMusic UK Twitch
4pm: March to Rise: A Benefit Concert for Middle Church f. Ani DiFranco, Norah Jones, Emily King, Elizabeth Stanley
Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon) at StageIt
5pm: Roses and Revolutions at sessionslive.com
Stephen Kellogg at sktheexperiencetour.com
Jenny Owen Youngs at noonchorus.com
For King and Country at YT
Tedeschi Trucks Band at nugs.tv
Matt Sucich at Levon Helm Studios
Bobby Bazini at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Music Lives On at livexlive.com
5:30: A.J. Croce at boxoffice.mandolin.com  
6pm: Matthew Logan Vasquez at privyo.io
Billy Strings at nugs.net
Julien Baker at audiotree.tv

Friday:
9am: Aaron Lee Tasjan at livesessions.npr.org/live
11am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Lewis Watson at Twitch
Pillow Queens at dice.fm
2pm: Rufus Wainwright at veeps.com
3pm: AJR Acoustic Livestream
4:30: The Imagineries at American Songwriter FB
5pm: Switchfoot at switchfoot.com
Christian Lopez at dreamstage.live
Stephen Kellogg at sktheexperiencetour.com  
6pm: Billy Strings at nugs.net
Rhett Miller at StageIt
Show Yourself Virtual Tour f. Tom Prasada-Rao, Chris Pierce, Alex Wong here
Bluebird on 3^rd at nugs.tv
7pm: Wheelwright at Twitch
Pillow Queens at dice.fm
ALSO: Music Lives 2021 f. John Mayer, Betty Who, Dylan Dunlap, Ferris & Sylvester, lovelytheband, Savannah Sgro at livexlive.com (starts 3pm)

Saturday:
12pm: Band of Horses at veeps.com
Carsie Blanton at FB/YT
12:30: The North Will Rise Again f. Red Rum Club at Liverpool Music House
1pm: Waterparks at veeps.com
3pm: Low Cut Connie at FB
4pm: Hawthrone Heights at hawthorneheightsstore.com
5pm: Moon Taxi at boxoffice.mandolin.com
5:30: Jeremy Messersmith at jeremymessersmith.bandcamp.com
6pm: The Cactus Blossoms at boxoffice.madolin.com
Blue October at getbackuptv
Fantastic Negrito at boxoffice.mandolin.com
7pm: The California Honeydrops at fans.live
9pm: Matt of The Classic Crime at Twitch
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com
ALSO: Music Lives 2021 f. John Mayer, Betty Who, Dylan Dunlap, Ferris & Sylvester, lovelytheband, Savannah Sgro at livexlive.com (starts 3pm Friday)

Sunday:
11am: Show Yourself Virtual Tour w/ Alex Wong, Melissa Ferrick, Mary Bragg here
11:30: The North Will Rise Again f. Ist Ist at Liverpool Music House
12pm: Grandson at YT
Passenger at FB
Diane Birch at StageIt
John Smith at boxoffice.mandolin.com
3pm: Shawn Mullins at FB
AJR at IG
5pm: Brandi Carlile at veeps.com
Parker Millsap at signaturesounds.com/homesessions
Jackie Greene at YT
Carrie Newcomer at boxoffice.mandolin.com
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB
Madison Cunningham at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Taylor John Williams at StageIt

FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube

To Keep in Mind:
March 31^st: Joshua Radin at sessionslive.com (6pm)
April 2^nd: Emily Kinney at The Hotel Cafe (6pm)
April 2^nd: Lucy Spraggan at veeps.com
April 9^th: The Sherlocks at sessionslive.com
April 11^th: Andrew Bird at sessionlive.com (5pm)
April 11^th: Campfire Session at sessionslive.com
April 15^th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
April 21^st: William Fitzsimmons w/ Rosie Thomas at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 19^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)

~ Kristen

SXSW is online this year. I’ve not been feeling any kind of way about it…until today.  Today, I registered for one of my favorite non-music events of recent years, Wisconsin’s Cheese Fest (this year titled “Cheesin’ Around at #SXSWisconsin”)! I’m not sure what to expect but something will be sent to my home (fingers crossed for cheese!) and there will be a limited capacity live event with Nick Offerman.  Now I’m getting excited to see what kind of magic my favorite week of the year might provide in this new, remote setting.

Last week, I continued listening to my top SXSW picks in between repeated listenings of Garrison Starr’s new album, Girl I Used to Be. I also was introduced to a couple great new artists (Jackson Wooten, Bones Owens), got emotional (again) with the re-stream of the Jagged Little Pill cast’s Holiday special, and celebrated with Jared (of Jared and The Mill) as he embarked on his new project, Wheelwright.

You can catch Wheelwright on Twitch next week to hear some of the new tunes (I am a fan). Also, we celebrate Garrison Starr’s album release, continue debating how we feel about the Clubhouse App with Monday Monday songwriter’s night and more:

Monday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Women for Women Fundraiser f. Charlotte Church, Twelft Day, Ana Silvera, Maya Youssef at FB
Nashville Meets London f. Eddy Smith & The 507 at FB
11:30: Scruff of the Neck at Twitch
1pm: Maggie Miles at Audiotree.tv
3pm: International Women’s Day Concert f. Renee Elise Goldsberry, Fletcher, Madison Reyes at universe.com
4:30: International Women’s Day Celebration with Madison Violet and Friends at Sound of Music Fest FB/YT
6pm: Sydney Sprague at Twitch
JR Moore at FB
Mobley w/ Sarah Jaffe and more at mobleywho.com/tour
HAIM for GITS fest at grammymuseum.org
7pm: Monday Monday at Clubhouse

Tuesday:
11am: Bandsintown #mostliked at Twitch
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/Twitch/FB
5pm: Chris Thile at ucsb.edu
Hunter Hayes for GITS fest at grammymuseum.org
5:30: My Silent Bravery at IG
The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com
6pm: Shakey Graves at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Haley Knox at #BeApp
Rhett Miller at StageIt

Weds:
8am: Lewis Watson at Twitch
AHI at Folk Music Ontario YT
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Nashville Meets London f. Michael B. Whit at FB
11pm: Bandsintown Discovery f. nodisco, Whitehall at Twitch  
Oh Land at FB
12pm: Saint John and the Revelations at YT
11:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
2pm: William Fitzsimmons at FB/Twitch
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
6pm: Tony Lucca at Mo’Verb Lounge
Wheelwright at Twitch
Patterson Hood at noonchorus.com
8pm: Tash Neal at Relix Twitch
Rhett Miller at StageIt

Thursday:
10am: Amazon Music Sessions at AmazonMusic UK Twitch
5pm: Garrison Starr at dice.fm
Tedeschi Trucks Band at nugs.tv
Music Lives on at livexlive.com
6pm: Nathaniel Rateliff at Bandsintown Plus
The Weather Station at noonchorus.com
Pandora Live f. Haim, Brittany Howard, Chika at pandora
Grouplove at momenthouse.com
7pm: Andrew St. James at The Chapelsf IG

Friday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Lewis Watson at Twitch
12pm: Virtually Green Note f. Emily Faye, Molly-Anne, Beth Keeping at dice.fm
2pm: Rufus Wainwriht at veeps.com
4:30: Chris Thile & Aoife O’Donovan at celebrityseries.org
5pm: Ryan Cabrera at sessionslive.com
Molly Burch at IG
6pm: Wheelwright at Twitch
Casey Neill at noonchorus.com
Ordinary Elephant at Me&Thee Coffeehouse YT/FB
St. Paul and the Broken Bones at stream.fans.live
Japanese Breakfast at Bandsintown Plus  
Daughtry at gigs.live

Saturday:
12pm: Chantal Kreviazuk at sessionslive.com
3pm: Low Cut Connie at FB
Pete Yorn at veeps.com
4pm: Wynonna Judd at City Winery  
Celtic Thunder at StageIt
5pm: Stephen Kellogg at sktheexperiencetour.com
Craig Strickland at sessionslive.com
6pm: Aloe Blacc at Bandintown Plus
The California Honeydrops at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Rhett Miller at StageIt
Stevie Redstone at The Hotel Cafe
9pm: Matt of The Classic Crime at Twitch
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com

Sunday:
12pm: Grandson at YT
Striking Matches at StageIt
1pm: Diane Birch at StageIt
The Dollyrots at StageIt
3pm: Shawn Mullins at FB
4pm: Celtic Thunder at StageIt
5pm: Carbon Leaf at carbonleaf.bubbleup.live
Jackie Greene at YT
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB

FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube

To Keep in Mind:
March 18^th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
March 24^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Cary Brothers at IG/Twitch (4pm)
March 24^th: Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold at noonchorus.com
March 25^th: Bobby Bazini at boxoffice.mandolin.com
March 28^th: Brandi Carlile at veeps.com (5pm)
March 31^st: Joshua Radin at sessionslive.com (6pm)
April 2^nd: Emily Kinney at The Hotel Cafe (6pm)
April 11^th: Andrew Bird at sessionlive.com (5pm)
April 15^th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
April 21^st: William Fitzsimmons w/ Rosie Thomas at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 19^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)

~ Kristen

I spent most of last week immersed in the Folk Unlocked Virtual Conference. This was, by far, the best example I’ve seen of a festival/conference/convention capitalizing on the virtual environment while maintaining the live experience and community spirit. I truly felt like I was “in it”. I caught about 120 artists over the span of the week, a lovely combination of known favorites (The Accidentals, Nadia Reid, AHI, Jade Bird) and new discoveries (Hannah Bethel, Holly Arrowsmith, Riley Pearce).

One of the highlights was the Global Music Marathon Closing Party, a massive, live zoom event where teams of international artists talked about their experience collaborating virtually while sharing some music in pre-recorded video collages while the audience joined in via a massive group chat. Even with people turning in from around the world, or perhaps because of it, the event held the kind of magic fostered by collaboration and community, that you can only really experience at a conference or festival. Well done Folk Unlocked!

I was so busy with Folk Festivals, I wasn’t able to catch up on new releases, but I’m very much looking forward to diving into Sydney Sprague’s debut album “maybe I will see you at the end of the world” and will endeavor to do so before her Twitch stream Monday evening.  Other picks this week include Dreamers streaming from The Roxy, Flawes celebrating the release of their new EP and a 3 day festival out of Minnesota called Land of 10,000 Streams.

As for the rest:

Monday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
4pm: May Erlewine at FB
5pm: Kate Vargas and Eric McFadden at FB
Della Mae at FB
6pm: Glen Phillips at FB
JR Moore at FB
Sydney Sprague at Twitch
7pm: Monday Monday at Clubhouse

Tuesday:
11am: Bandsintown #mostliked f. goodboy noah, Jackson Wooten at Twitch
12pm: Flawes at YT
Grace Weber at sofarsounds.com
1:30: Michigander at The Current FB/YT
2pm: Breakthough Live Series at AmazonMusic Twitch
3pm: Ron Gallo at Rough Trade NYC IG
4pm: Hayes Carll at YT/Twitch/FB
5pm: Joshua Henry at The Relix Channel Twitch
Gerard Way, Julien Baker, DeathbyRomy at Sound Mind Live FB
5:30: My Silent Bravery at IG
The Band of Heathens at bandofheathens.com
6pm: Candace Devine at ursalive.com
Rhett Miller at StageIt
9pm: Marcus King at Rolling Stone Twitch

Weds:
8am: Lewis Watson at Twitch
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
11pm: Bandsintown Discovery f. Wilmah, Ava Kay at Twitch  
11:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
12pm: Glen Phillips at FB
Saint John and the Revelations at YT
5pm: Plain White T’s at FB
6pm: Tony Lucca at Mo’Verb Lounge
Jared & The Mill at Twitch
Dreamers at nocapshows.com
7pm: Joel Eckels at FB
Liz Phair at boxoffice.mandolin.com
8pm: Rhett Miller at StageIt

Thursday:
10am: Amazon Music Sessions at AmazonMusic UK Twitch
11:30: Scruff of the Neck TV at Twitch
Emmy The Great at dice.fm
2pm: Rufus Wainwright at veeps.com  
3pm: Cloud Nothings at Rough Trade NYC IG
4pm: Arlo Parks, Odie at Bandsintown Plus
5pm: Hannah Bethedl at FB
Tedeschi Trucks Band at nugs.tv
Ben Folds at Jorgensen.uconn.edu
5:30: Alive at The Bluebird Presents at StageIt
6pm: Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon) at StageIt
7pm: Andrew St. James at The Chapelsf IG

Friday:
10am: The Dunwells at FB/YT
Lewis Watson at Twitch
11am (-7pm): Land of 10,000 Streams Online Music Festival at landof10Kstreams.com
12pm: The Hold Steady at livesessions.npr.org/live  
5pm: Anberlin at anberlinmerch.com
Tash Sultana at www.momenthouse.com
Stephen Kellogg at sktheexperiencetour.com
6pm: Glen Phillips at FB
Jared & The Mill at Twitch
3 Doors Down at boxoffice.mandolin.com
Rhett Miller at StageIt

Saturday:
11am (-7pm): Land of 10,000 Streams Online Music Festival at landof10Kstreams.com
Scott Helman at sessionslive.com
12pm: The Hold Steady at stream.fans.live
1pm: CT Folk Presents Homegrown Folk f. Stephen Kellogg at State House  
3pm: Low Cut Connie at FB
4pm: Sarah Jarosz, Gabriela Lena Frank at louisvilleorchestra.vha.tx
Alicia Witt at StageIt
5pm: Pawnshop Roses at 118 North FB
6pm: JP Hoe at sidedooraccess.com
Los Lobos at Bandsintown Plus
6:30: Citizen Cope at vip.citizencope.com
9pm: Matt of The Classic Crime at Twitch
ALSO: Isol-Aid Festival at isolaidfestival.com

Sunday:
10am (-7pm): Land of 10,000 Streams Online Music Festival at landof10Kstreams.com
11am: Communion Presents at live-now.com
12pm: Grandson at YT
3pm: Shawn Mullins at FB
4pm: International Women’s Day Virtual Concert f. Debi Nova, Andy Allo, RuthAnne at ursalive.com
5pm: Donavon Frankenreiter at nocapshows.com
Jeremy Messersmith at landof10kstreams.com
6pm: Joe Pug at YT
Cordovas at FB

FB = Facebook, IG = Instagram, YT = YouTube

To Keep in Mind:
March 9^th: Shakey Graves at boxoffice.mandolin.com (6pm)
March 11^th: Garrison Starr at dice.fm (5pm)
March 18^th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
March 24^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Cary Brothers at IG/Twitch (4pm)
March 24^th: Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold at noonchorus.com
March 25^th: Bobby Bazini at boxoffice.mandolin.com
April 15^th: Lord Huron at noonchorus.com (5pm)
April 21^st: William Fitzsimmons w/ Rosie Thomas at IG/Twitch (4pm)
May 19^th: William Fitzsimmons w/ Abby Gundersen at IG/Twitch (4pm)

~ Kristen