Robert Earl Keen new CD now streaming!

Here is REK’s new album:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?_r=0

:medal :medal :medal

Thanks Miki! :wave

Not sure for what but heres some luv Auntie :cheers

Just checked latest dates for REK’s tour. Check out June 18. TBF. Yesssssss!!!

I just looked at the credits, and one of the mandolin players is Dennis Ludiker - who also plays with Milk Drive. That guy is damn good on both mandolin and fiddle (and it runs in the family - his dad, I think, was a champion fiddler, and his sister is the fiddler in Della Mae). Anyway, I thought it was an interesting bit of trivia. I remember seeing Dennis play tiny venues in Austin with Billy Bright just a few years ago.

all sorts of good stuff on the new cd

if ya’ll don’t have a copy yet or are one of those people who don’t buy music(a met a person who actually confessed to this last month!)…anyways, here’s the quote taken right out of the cd when you open it. thought it should be posted here

Why Bluegrass?

When I listen to music, I want the sound to wash
over me like a wave. I like to imagine the band or
the singer or the soloist in the same room with me.
Preferably, it’s a tiny wooden room that shakes in
time with the music. I want to put my head against
that magnificent upright bass and feel the thumping
drive of each note. I like to imagine sitting on
the floor watching the guitar player curled around
his instrument strumming for his life. How great is
it to hear people in a little bitty room singing
three-part harmony? How great is it to be smack
dab in the middle of that singing?

I’ve been lucky. My lifelong love of bluegrass
taught me how to feel music as well as hear it.
I’ve spent countless hours banging out fiddle tunes
and murder ballads with rank strangers. We never
missed a beat because we spoke only in bluegrass.
I’ve played my own brand of music from Gruene Hall
to Town Hall and loved every minute, but nothing
compares to a tiny room full of bluegrass picking.

So that’s what we did here. We played bluegrass
in a tiny room until it shook and the music washed
over us.
-Robert Earl Keen-

here’s a another link from an interview last year
http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/exclusive-qa-robert-earl-keen-explains-why-hes-going-bluegrass-his-new-album

looking forward to his set!!

5T - that is perfect in so many ways.

Thank You. :slight_smile:

Auntie Hope :festivarian2 :green :evil :evil

Here’s some quality links of new songs off his new cd, Happy Prisoner. Really loving this release.
Enjoy music lovers!

Robert Earl Keen - The Happy Prisoner (Part 1& 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaOYw1cOIps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4pAb20pgMI

Robert Earl Keen - “Hot Corn, Cold Corn”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWJ8m8tNATs

Big Show Tiny Stage: Robert Earl Keen - '52 Vincent Black Lightning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpO89x4wphc

Robert Earl Keen - Footprints In The Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZE0FjUxkOA