Full Show Friday: Amanda Shaw and The Cute Guys - Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation 2023

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Amanda Shaw and The Cute Guys!

Every April (and first week in May) we have a special showcase for bands who are playing this years Jazzfest in NOLA. Today we will focus on Amanda Shaw and The Cute Guys who will be playing Sunday April 28th. 

Let's get down with some Cajun music and killer fiddle work from the amazing Amanda Shaw and her band. This is a great set from last year down in New Orleans. 

Pro Shot, Pro Sound, Enjoy!

New Video/Song from Sour Widows "Cherish"

The Bay Area based Sour Widows share a new video/single "Cherish".

Regarding the song Maia Sinaiko states 

"'Cherish’ is a plea for love disguised as a curse against the world, I started struggling with my mental health in my late teens, and the loss of my partner at age 21 - as well as the tumult of our relationship - exacerbated those issues. I was a very angry person, and I went through several years of being emotionally volatile. Both wanting to connect and be seen while being enraged at the state of my life, I would lash out just to make contact with someone, even if that contact was hurtful. To cherish something is to love it for all that it is. The song says everything I couldn't say to my family and friends in that grief-stricken state; I hope it can serve as a reminder that we all deserve to be cherished through our hardships, even when we are at our most difficult to love.”

Check it out below:

Album Review: Metz - Up On Gravity Hill

Hey all, got a new review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!!!

It is of Metz's newest album Up On Gravity Hill.

RtBE have reviewed all of Metz's albums (we think) and they keep opening up their sound which is good as it couldn't really go anywhere else after pairing with Steve Albini for Strange Peace. This one is more open to different influences and pretty solid. We agree with lead singer/guitarist Alex Edkins when he says: 

“We’ve never been heavy enough for metal or hardcore purists, but we're way too heavy for indie rock. We just don't have a lane—and that's okay. We exist outside the lines of delineation. I think this record is even more like that”

Support the artist, buy the album, read the review and peep some video below:

Chris Smither Covers Tom Petty's "Time To Move On"

Folk/blues guitarist/songwriter Chris Smither covers Tom Petty's "Time To Move On".

RtBE loves Wildflowers (the deluxe edition, not so much) so we will always check out covers from the album. This is a good one.  

Regarding the tune Smither says 

"it's just a great song by a guy who had an uncanny knack for turning out pop hits that don’t sound like they’re meant to be pop hits.”

"Time To Move On" features longtime colleague/producer David “Goody” Goodrich on guitar, Zak Trojano’s drumming, and BettySoo’s harmony vocals,

Check it out below:

Album Review: Call Me Spinster - Potholes

Hey all, got a new review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!!!

It is of Call Me Spinster's newest effort, Potholes.

Support the artists, buy the album, read the review and peep some video below. 

Live Review: MonoNeon Live @ Blue Note NYC 4/11/24

Hey all, got a new review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!!!

It is of MonoNeon's recent live set at the Blue Note NYC on 4/11/24, the early show. 

Definitely check out MonoNeon live, read the review and peep some video below of a show later in the run. This was with Mike Stern sitting in, who RtBE also dig:

Album Review: Leyla McCalla - Sun Without the Heat

Hey all, got a new review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!!!

It is of Leyla McCalla's newest album Sun Without the Heat. 

RtBE are huge fans of McCalla's, having dug everything she has done, especially 2019's The Capitalist Blues which topped our Favorites list that year and was high on our decade's end list. 

Support the artist, buy the album, read the review and peep some video below: