Acoustic Originals

John Dignam Performs His “Three Cliffs”

Acoustic Originals

We at The AV have learned a lot through this project: not only about the variety and quality of musicians endlessly challenging the defeatist notion that basically everything worth saying through the medium of popular music has been said already, but also about the people making this music, the audience listening to and watching it, [...]

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Chloe Swaby’s Acoustic Version of “Racing Car”

Acoustic Originals

Chloe Swaby‘s label, London’s Downtown Artists, describes her as “a young woman of contrasts.” More than merely a reference to her childhood love for both soccer (forgive us, Chloe, we’re American – “football” means something else here) and ballet, this polarity is reflected also in her effective mixture of English and American folk musicians/songwriters with [...]

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Thom Yorke’s Acoustic Version of Morning Mr. Magpie

Acoustic Originals

Until my pal and fellow AV enthusiast Julz directed me to this video, I was woefully ignorant of the fact that one of the tracks on Radiohead’s new album, The King of Limbs, was around for the better part of a decade before receiving the studio treatment. Whichever version of Morning Mr. Magpie you prefer, [...]

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Abigail Washburn Live at the Tin Angel

Acoustic Originals

There’s no question that bluegrass musicians – or at least cats playing in those kinds of outfits – are among the most versatile around. It’s unclear whether this is because its leading contemporary practitioners – the likes of Bela Fleck and Chris Thile – have succeeded in injecting a little bit of everything into bluegrass [...]

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In Memoriam: The White Stripes

Acoustic Originals

The White Stripes broke up last week. While this may have seemed like a foregone conclusion for a while now what with the number of Jack White side projects racking up faster than Rex Ryan foot jokes, the band’s demise was officially announced just recently. With their breakup the music world will lose one of [...]

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