"Breakfast With You," my new song!

Anthony and the Johnsons at Washington, D.C.'s Sixth & I Synagogue

We lost our beloved Fabchannel, but Pitchfork is coming up.

The Death of Fab Channel

It's SO sad! Fab channel has introduced me to many new artists. It's just extremely sad that they are ceasing operations in about one week from now.

Bummer!

Songs For Yesterday...

I just don't post here any more. I have moved onto creating music as well as appreciating it. I now write about my gigs, recordings and musical experience here:
http://benjaminwells.net/news.html

Here's the RSS feed.

Song: "Barack Obama"
Artist: Michael Franti

BenjaminWells.net

I just set up a new web site for my music:
BenjaminWells.net

Please go check it out and sign the guest book. I am excited about my new album, coming around the first of 2009. Much love friends...

The River Walk Gig

We played a gig at the River Walk in Breckenridge. Here is my 9 year old nephew starting us off on "Red Haired Boy." We played bluegrass and blues for two hours and everyone involved had a good time.



Here is our second song "Blackberry Blossom." Fun stuff... I'm the guy in the white shirt and baseball hat playing my Martin D18GE.

Me on Last.fm

Richie Havens

I saw Richie Havens last night in Breckenridge at the River Walk Center. What an amazing performer. I was able to shake his hand after the show and his gentle, kind nature, which comes through in his music, was apparent in person as well.

Here he is signing autographs after the show.



Here's a short, inadequate cell phone clip from my seat in the front row.




Here he is at the Cannes film festival singing freedom.

Richie Havens - Ouverture du 61eme Festival de Cannes
by RichieHavens

"Break Up," by Stefano Capobianco

Here's a great and inspirational interview with Stefano Capobianco talking about his song writing process and singing a beautiful original song of his called "Break Up."

Why I Would Not, Could Not Vote for McCain

Why I Would Not, Could Not Vote For McCain

He does not like the working poor
He's "fine" with 100 years of war
He takes his cues from those who lobby
Abolishing abortion is his closet hobby
He doesn't know much about the ways and means
But thinks it's o.k. to ship jobs overseas
He supports a foul war and the ones who incite it
But won't educate the soldiers who actually fight it
He does not support health care for our youth
And can't make up his mind which side is the truth

Ever Been to Amsterdam?

Amsterdam from Dennis Roelofs on Vimeo.

Don't Fact Check the Soul

"Don't Fact Check the Soul."

As you might know, I'm working on my own album of songs. I enjoyed this article by Rosanne Cash in the New York Times blog called Measure to Measure. The album is starting to surface-- and its pearls of wisdom like this that are helping me find it.

The Daily Mandala

For a moment of peace and creative inspiration, I visit the daily mandala.
http://dailymandala.blogspot.com/

"Caroline," Moses Atwood

Moses Atwood sings his song "Caroline" on Vimeo. I like Moses Atwood and the way he plays. He bends his face along with his notes. I like his song Caroline and I like Vimeo as an alternative to YouTube.

This and other tasty morsels of fine homemade music can be found here:
http://www.vimeo.com/UsFolk


"Caroline" Moses Atwood from CTD3 on Vimeo

Songs for My Album!

I'm making progress on the songs for my own album which I spoke of in this post. I have been having such a wonderful time playing these songs lately with my friends PJ, Nancy and Matt. They add so much to the sound of them. So here's what I have so far...

A Reason to Run
Outside
Like A Wink
Travelin
Status Quo
Dug A Hole
Innocent, Beautiful, Wise
Your Love is Like
The Moon and You
Family Wisdom
Breakfast with You

Some of them are done. Some of them are still just poems, but I'm working hard to get them to a place where I can record them. I have a goal of having a mastered CD done by the end of the year.

Listen to this!

Do yourself a favor today and listen to this!
http://caseyconnor.org/ballistics.mp3

It comes from here:
http://caseyconnor.org/

James Taylor's Steampunk Drum Machine

It's called the Gaddmatic. I just think it's cool. I found out about it here:
http://www.septembergrass.de/Articles.htm

Which I found out about here:
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=53260

Five Years Old, On the Box

Snow Machine

I live in a place where machines like this are necessary. Grab hold of your dogs and children, the snow machine is coming.