I’m watching Norah Jones perform on Austin City Limits (thanks TiVo). Awesome performance, I wish you could buy MP3’s of these. If anyone knows of a way to get a copy of this performance, let me know. I’d only heard a few of her songs previously and hadn’t noticed that her voice has a very…

I got the new Vienna Teng and Indigo Girls discs today – very good stuff. I’d heard a lot of the songs on Vienna’s new CD Warm Strangers already, and they sound great in polished CD form. Often I prefer the debut album of most artists to their sophmore effort (they’ve generally had longer to…

I finally saw The Samples live in concert tonight. They played a great show at the Fox Theater in Boulder including a bunch of songs from my college days. My only regret was forgetting to bring my camera – doh! I was looking forward to seeing what kind of shots I could get using the…

Adam just told me that Vienna Teng‘s CD Waking Hour is now available on Apple’s iTunes Music Store (direct link for iTunes users). Waking Hour is a really great album – highly recommended. Congratulations Vienna! If you get a chance to see her perform live, you should really do so.

I put new strings on my guitar this evening. It was the first time I’d changed the stings in several years… Years ago, I bought a couple dozen sets of D’Addario strings that I love, but they are in a box… I think… somewhere. So I put on a set of light Dean Markley strings…

I haven’t been playing my guitar very often over the last few years and I miss it. I used to play quite a bit, but now my strings are all rusty and badly need to be changed. Since I got the iPod and the opening of the Apple Music Store a few months back, I’ve…

‘Random’ on 1600 songs is great. On my way to work this morning my iPod gave me this playlist: Vienna Teng – Lullabye for a Stormy Night(check her out, she’s great) The Commitments – I Never Loved a Man Hayseed Dixie – Centerfold Bob Seger – Against the Wind Toad the Wet Sprocket – Something’s…

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending a house concert at Eric’s. I’ve been listening to Vienna Teng‘s music for several months but this was my first opportunity to see her live. Sometimes when you get to hear a musician live, their performance doesn’t stack up well against their recordings. Vienna Teng was even…