Owsley Live - Listen!

Without many words - just listen (Owsley live in Nashville 2004):




Owsley - Live in Nashville 2004

+ + + News May 2010 + + +

I'm still shocked about the sad loss of Will Owsley.
But I want to give you a music news update for may 2010:

Mike Viola: Three albums in 2010 & Vinyl!
Mike has a new band: VICTOR. The new album "Electro De Perfecto" will be released soon.
He produces also CD with Ned Brower (from Rooney) called "Great To Say Hello" und finally works on a Kelly Jones & Mike Viola duet EP. All this in 2010? Maybe. But there's more:
"Hang On Mike", the last Candy Butchers album will get a re-release on vinyl. Mike is looking through demos and unreleased material (39 songs!) and wants to include this in the package as mp3s.
Read more here.

Ron Sexsmith
Ron finished his new record. Seems it will be released in 2010.
Producer is Bob Rock, who also worked with Metallica, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, the Cult, Our Lady Peace or the Offspring.

Aqualung
The new Aqualung CD "Magnetic North" was released some days ago. Have a listen!





David Mead
... is just now creating a new album of sun-themed music called Vitamin D. He writes in his blog: "Vitamin D is produced by our bodies when we are exposed to sunlight. It makes us happy. Until we are burnt to a crisp."
He already posted 3 songs here.

Rooney

While listening to Rooney - a band formed in Los Angeles in 1999 - you will rediscover a lot of Jellyfish or The Beatles sound.

Discography:
2003 Rooney
2007 Calling the World
2009 Wild One EP
2010 Eureka

Listen to their last EP - Wild One

You can order the new album "Eureka" (incl. autographed CD + T-Shirt) here:

http://rooney.hasawebstore.com/

Owsley

Will Owsley - or Owsley - an american songwriter & producer released two CDs in 2000 und 2004, both have written powerpop all over:

Owsley - listen @ amazon.com

The Hard Way - listen @ amazon.com

Sadly he stopped with his own music career and is now supporting other artists like Amy Grant.

Here's a little something to cheer those up who hoped for new material (like me) - a recording of a live performance from 1999:

Owsley - Live (1999)

Bleu - again

Last week (while expecting our baby any day...) there was an internet-stream of a Bleu gig. You still can watch it here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bleu-is-live

For all who haven't got the chance to see Bleu live (like me from Germany), I converted & cut the concert into a live album - here it is:

Bleu - Live 2010 @ Ustream

Bleu!

Another fav of mine: William James McAuley III, or short Bleu , is an american songwriter and musician. Besides his solo work (he has released three CDs: Headroom, Redhead and A Watched Pot) there are collaborations with Mike Viola (ELO, The Major Labels).

Bleu - No Such Thing As Love

Bleu - Come 'n' Go

A Watched Pot - Listen & buy at amazon.com

Official Website

Listen to new songs from his upcoming CD FOUR

(Ya Catch More Flies With Honey Than Vinegar, How Blue!)

PowerPop

Where to start?

Some years ago, while I started to discover new musicians and bands by this new thing named ... internet, I found a lot of similar music I could not sort by a genre. The songs where very melodic, pop-like and beatlesesque but anyhow different. Years later I learned the genre was named PowerPop.

So, for everyone who is into this music and especially for those who still are not - I created this blog. I will talk about my favorite artists like Mike Viola, Bleu, Owsley, Ben Folds (Five), The Nines, Ben Kweller, Jason Falkner, Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, Brendan Benson, David Mead, Jim Boggia, Nik Kershaw and more.

And I will post rare stuff by these artists (and I hope that's okay for them), but no official released songs or albums.