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Concert: Emmylou Harris on Oct 7th at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande.

Don’t let this show sneak by you. One of legends of American music, Emmylou Harris arrives with the equally-remarkably talented Buddy Miller this Wednesday night at Clark Center of Arroyo Grande. Break the glass on a reserve sick day, because this is a clear reason to stay up late on a Wednesday evening. Plus, we’re giving one lucky winner a pair of tickets, but act quickly, because we’ll be drawing a name tomorrow morning.

Emmylou Harris
With Special Guest Buddy Miller
Wednesday, October 7 at 8pm – Doors at 7:30pm

Emmylou Harris
Though other performers sold more records and earned greater fame, few left as profound an impact on contemporary music as Emmylou Harris. Blessed with a crystalline voice, a remarkable gift for phrasing, and a restless creative spirit, she traveled a singular artistic path, proudly carrying the torch of “cosmic American music” passed down by her mentor, Gram Parsons. With the exception of only Neil Young — not surprisingly an occasional collaborator — no other mainstream star established a similarly large body of work as consistently iconoclastic, eclectic, or daring; even more than three decades into her career, Harris’ latter-day music remained as heartfelt, visionary, and vital as her earliest recordings.

Buddy Miller
Soulful Americana songwriter, singer, and producer Buddy Miller began his career in the early ’60s as an upright bassist is high-school bluegrass combos. Later, he traveled the back roads of America as an acoustic guitarist, eventually landing in New York City, where his Buddy Miller Band included a young Shawn Colvin on vocals and guitar. He also forged an enduring relationship with country-rock iconoclast Jim Lauderdale. Miller eventually landed in Nashville, where he did session guitar and vocal work on albums by Lauderdale, Victoria Williams, and Heather Myles, among others. He self-produced his criminally overlooked solo debut, Your Love and Other Lies (Hightone, 1995), and followed it with 1997’s equally superb Poison Love. By this point Miller was the lead guitarist in Emmylou Harris’ band, and Harris returned the favor with backing vocals throughout Poison Love. Released in 1999, Cruel Moon continued Miller’s string of home-recorded masterpieces; this time around, Steve Earle dropped by for the sessions. A big part of all Miller’s recordings was the songwriting and harmonies of his wife, Julie Miller. The 2001 duet album Buddy & Julie Miller brought her contributions to the front of the mix and delivered them with gritty, soulful country arrangements enhanced by the interplay of his scowl and her lilt. Their 2009 recording, Written in Chalk, is steeped in American music tradition. Whether it’s country, blues, boozy swing, or rock, this husband-and-wife duo lays it all down with authenticity, great humor, and honest emotion.

Steve Earle & Emmylou Harris – Goodbye

Contest: Beach House

Beach House at Big SurThere may not be a better way to celebrate the earth-goddess of fall than this. Hear the lovely sounds of Beach House under a canopy of stars on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at the Fernwood Resort in Big Sur.  Scroll down to enter to win as well as listen and view this dreamy act. The show starts at 8:00pm, and includes opening acts The Fresh & Only’s, Ganglians, Inner Beauty, as well as a DJ set.

Beach House

Alex Scally (guitar/keyboards) and Victoria Legrand (vocals/keyboards), the latter of whom is the niece of French composer Michel Legrand, create the dreamy lo-fi sounds of Beach House. The Baltimore duo formed in 2005 with Legrand’s Nico-like vocal hush and Scally’s delicate instrumentation. Within a year, Beach House charmed indie music enthusiasts across the blogosphere with their languid songcraft, while the eerie warmth of “Apple Orchard” landed on Pitchfork’s Infinite Mixtape MP3 series in August 2006. Two months later, Beach House issued their eponymous debut album for Carpark.

With their sophomore release Devotion, Beach House prove once again that they’re one of the more strangely named bands around. Their music is so lonely, so haunting, that the only beach house it evokes is a deserted one, stranded on a winter night so desolate that summer isn’t even a memory. Then again, that atmosphere is precisely what made Beach House’s self-titled debut so striking, and Devotion is even more so, since Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally bring more focus, depth, and warmth to their unmistakable sound. Tracks like “Gila” and “Turtle Island” show that all the pair need to build a mood are their vintage-sounding drum machines, keyboards, and layers of Legrand’s womanly, velvety voice, but Beach House spend just as much time expanding their horizons as they do delivering their definitive sound. Devotion begins with “Wedding Bells,” which, with its fuzzed-out guitar, keyboard filigrees, harpsichords, and pedal steel, is one of the duo’s most elaborate songs yet.

Listen To: Beach House – Master Of None

Watch Beach House’s “All The Years” Video

Contest: Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne“Whether or not one appreciates Browne’s recorded catalog is immaterial; his gift as  a songwriter is enigmatic, unassailable, and singular.” – Thom Jurek, Allmusic Guide

With the summer waning into early darkness, it probably best to make the most of these remaining warm nights. Thus, this is a no brainer. Enjoy the relaxed lawn seating of a sunset concert with Jackson Browne as he plays with a band. The show is next Tuesday, August 18th. It starts at 7pm with no opening act,and with a curfew of 10pm, means you can still be home to catch the evening news. We’re offering you a chance to win a pair of tickets. Scroll on down, and we’ll pick a winner on Friday, giving you plenty of time to get Wednesday covered. Tickets are also available here at Boo Boo Records as well as at the door.

JACKSON BROWNE

In many ways, Jackson Browne was the quintessential sensitive Californian singer/songwriter of the early ’70s. Only Joni Mitchell and James Taylor ranked alongside him in terms of influence, but neither artist tapped into the post-’60s Zeitgeist like Browne. While the majority of his classic ’70s work was unflinchingly personal, it nevertheless provided a touchstone for a generation of maturing baby boomers coming to terms with adulthood. Not only did his introspective, literate lyrics strike a nerve, but his laid-back folk-rock set the template for much of the music to come out of California during the ’70s. With his first four albums, Browne built a loyal following that helped him break into the mainstream with 1976’s The Pretender. During the late ’70s and early ’80s, he was at the height of his popularity, as each of his albums charted in the Top Ten.

In 2004, the two-disc The Very Best of Jackson Browne hit the shelves as Browne was being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by fellow Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen. Around this time Browne took to the road and played intimate acoustic shows around the globe. The 2005 release Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 was compiled from these concerts and appeared on Inside Recordings, an independent label founded by Browne. Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 appeared in 2008, while an album of new material, Time the Conqueror, followed later in the year.

All Ages. (7 and under admitted free in Lawn Seating only when accompanied by paid adult.)
Rain or Shine. Please no outside food or beverages. No pets.