Unearthed Music

Ryan Ferreira

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Ryan Ferreira is a Brooklyn based guitarist/composer who works with ambient sound. In his own words his artistic ambition is to create " ambient soundscapes that provide a comfortable open environment for the listener." I have been enjoying the simplicity and stasis of his music lately via his webpage and his bandcamp page. Sometimes I am moved to use a lot of words when I hear music. Other times I am not. The compositions of Ryan Ferreira are not asking you to think too hard about what you are hearing, just to interact with it in an unhurried and placid way. 

    

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Gigs We Dig

Norm Sherman CD Release Party TONIGHT!

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From the oldest epics chiseled onto tablets in the third millennium BC, to the Herculean friezes of Greece and Rome, a man's place in history has always been determined not but the strength of his character or the size of his heart, but by the smell of his fingers, and sound of his guitar. -Norm Sherman

Norm Sherman is the host of the award winning weekly flash fiction podcast The Drabblecast who also brings his spoken wit, sardonic sense of humor, and literary acumen to the stage. His previous album featured classics such as Daddy Drinks Because You Cry and everybody's favorite Everybody's Got Nipples. In celebration of the release of his second album, The Esoteric Order ofSherman, he will be hosting a record release concert with his long time stage partner Dusty Magnum (aka DaveWhoDigs). In addition to the concert, the evenings entertainment will also include variety acts by Paco Fish, Marla Meringue, and a few more surprises to add to the nights rambunctiousness.

The event will be hosted by the good people at the EMP Collective at 306 East Redwood Street in Baltimore MD at 8:00 pm tonight! The space will be also be featuring the art work of Ryan Haase with his collection entitled Night Sweats – A Thousand Ways to Die. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Furthermore, you can follow the event via twitter by way of The Drabblecast and myself, DaveWhoDigs for live updates throughout the evening. There will be burlesque, magic, music, door prizes, and a bathroom obstacle course – what's not to love? Come on out Baltimore and get your weird on with Norm and Dusty.

The Esoteric Order Of Sherman will be available via itunes January 24th.

Norm Sherman: Mongolian Deathworm ( Just Another Lonely Night)

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Weekly Roundup

Bonus Roundup: Jan 8 – 14, 2012

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Bonus Roundup is way for us to quickly share more of the great music sent our way. I wasn't sure it would become a regular feature but I don't see the submissions of cool songs and videos slowing down any time soon. That's not a complaint.

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Mp3s

The Jolly-Boat Pirates

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The Jolly-Boat Pirates were a free jazz project on Umlaut Records that lasted from 2004-2008. The ensemble was a quartet of three Swedes and one American – They were Niklas Barno on trumpet, Devin Gray on drums, Joel Grip on double bass, and Lars Ahlund on saxophones. Furthermore, their time together happened to coincide with the time of my undergraduate study at the Peabody Institute of Music where they were also studying.

The Jolly-Boat Pirates had a few years on me at the time, I suppose they still do now, but the point is that seeing them perform and hearing this kind of jazz music making felt and sounded like something I had never experienced before. It felt somehow more organic, more open to responding to itself as it created itself. Their live performances had a way of messing with my sense of time. You cannot always tap your foot along in a measured way when you listen to them, but I was engaged in the kind of way that allowed large quantities of time to slip away undetected. I found them to be completely engrossing then, and I still do today. Recently I have re-discovered the first of their two releases and have gotten hooked on their sound all over again.

The Jolly-Boat Pirates: Bro

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Unearthed Music

Everyman Of Parts – Arid Eyes

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Everyman Of Parts – Arid Eyes

I think I always liked Badly Drawn Boy more than most people seemed to. A lot of this stems from the fact that I loved About A Boy. Yea, jerks, I mean the sentimental Hugh Grant early-oughts heartwarmer. Mostly, i just worship at the alter of Nick Hornby (which in turns stems from my complete obsession with High Fidelity). But, tender admissions aside, Badly Drawn Boy's full-hearted, diverse, sometimes acoustic warblings always struck the right chord for me.

Everyman Of Parts is the musical project of Andrew Sheron who plays almost every instrument of his upcoming album, Travelling Time. Sheron is chanelling Mr. Gough something fierce here, which is refreshing really. It's a form of honest, meandering indie rock that's been lost in the current reverbed, synthy haze. The songs of Travelling Time are comforting with an underlying fierceness. Sheron's talent is always evident as he jumps around genres and woos you with his words. 

Check out Everyman Of Parts on Facebook and pick up the album on his Bandcamp page.

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Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: Jan 1 – 7, 2012 – BONUS ROUND

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Each week, we receive a ton of great music from bands, labels, PR people, and more. We do our best to listen to everything and share our favorites in our Weekly Roundup posts. But oftentimes, there is simply too much music to include (though I've certainly tried). While planning some changes for the new year, we realized it could be a good idea to add periodic "bonus" roundups to let even more be heard. We're happy to kick that off right now!

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