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The Dead South Revives a Love of Bluegrass

The Dead South Revives a Love of Bluegrass and Hopefully Blogging!! So it’s been a long time since I spent an afternoon on the hunt for new music. Maybe even longer since I searched the Roots Music Bluegrass chart, but I did just that yesterday. I discovered several bands that I hadn’t heard of previously. I will try to write about several of these bands later in the week, but The Dead South is an initial favorite, The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass band hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The band formed in 2012. However, the band’s fortunes took off…

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My Fastest Training 5K-Music by Bryce Janey

Tuesday night before bed I checked what kind of temperatures to expect yesterday morning. The temperatures were predicted to be in the mid-30s, which is perfectly acceptable, to this weather runner! My temperature law is that anything below 30 is just a little too cold! Anyway, I was thinking about adding some distance to my 5K run and running four miles. I actually did a little work around the house before my run, so I decided to stay with my 5K run. When I was contemplating my run I want to map the route before hitting the road. I previously…

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Voodoo In the Shadows – Fiona Boyes

Voodoo in the Shadows – Cajun Blues from Australia I may not have known about blues artist Fiona Boyes., until the last few years,  but the Blues music world certainly did!  Consequently, Fiona is Australia’s most celebrated and successful blues artist. Here are a few of the latest awards….. Professin’ the Blues, received the 2017 Acoustic Album of the Year award from Blues Blast Magazine The Blues Foundation in Memphis has honored her with 6 Blues Music Award nominations, including Acoustic Album of the Year and Best Acoustic Artist in 2017. In 2003, she won their International Blues Challenge, representing the…

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A Little Heart Scare? Not! – Music by Anthony Gomes

Peace, Love and Loud Guitars - Anthony Gomes

The Run – 3.13 Miles  So today was my first run since Thursday the 25th of last month. I took off last week because of a head cold with lots of nasal congestion. Anyway the run was pretty good except for a little heart rate scare that slowed me down. I completed the first mile in 10:50 and was running fairly comfortably. My HR was around 145-147 beats per minute (bpm). The rate dropped a little over the next half-mile and didn’t hit 147 until I got to the top of a short hill near the 1.75 mile mark. I…

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Santa Fe Trail – New Native American Flute from Douglas Blue Feather

Hey All! I will try to post later in the day the list of the 13 albums that I will be trying to listen to this week. I made the list from my Release Radar on  Spotify. The list has a lot of new albums from musicians I like, so I can’t wait to listen to them. First New Music from Douglas Blue Feather   This morning though I decided that the first album I was going to listen was going to be Santa Fe Trail. The latest release from Native American flute player Douglas Blue Feather and guitarist Danny Voris…

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New CDs From the Princeton Record Exchange – Yeah!

While we were raising four kids my wife and I rarely spent money on ourselves. So when it came time that two oldest boys started to buy CDs,  I was thrilled when we found Tunes Used CD store in Marlton,N.J. At the time they had bins and bins of  cheap used CDs. Thanks to the fact that my taste was slightly different than their typical clientele my CD collection skyrocketed. I found albums from a ton of Americana artists that I couldn’t find anywhere else, at prices I could afford!! Texas music artists like: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram and…

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Steve Krase Band – Just Waitin’ – Gets A Body Moving!!

Just Waitin’ – Steve Krase Band Over the last few years one of my favorite blues harmonica players has been Steve Krase. So the other day when I saw his latest release Just Waitin’  on Spotify I knew it would be going into my music rotation. The other morning I decided that it would be the soundtrack for my morning walk. “Settin’ the Woods on Fire” opened the album and started my walk off on the right foot. The only problem was the song sounded a lot more rockabilly than bluesy! Not that it was a problem because Krase handled…

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Peaceful Being by Richard Noll leads to Being a Peaceful Being

Over the last month Peaceful Being the debut album from Richard Noll has been he soundtrack for many of my morning yoga routines and meditations. Overall, it has become one of my favorite albums. And listening to it has led to some of the most relaxing and calming meditations I have ever had. About Richard Noll’s Music Richard Noll is one of the few recording artists who plays primarily recorder and he is amazing! On Peaceful Being he plays both tenor and alto recorders. He also plays an electronic wind instrument, the EWI 4000s. But he doesn’t stop there. He also plays…

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My Yoga and Walking Challenges Lead to a Month of Runs…

  A few weeks after I started my 21-day Yoga Challenge I realize that wanted to add some more to my exercise regime. I thought back and remembered how I started to gain weight, when I stopped babysitting Oliver two plus years ago. While I was babysitting I would take him for two or three 30 minute walks during the day. Once those walks stopped on came the weight! Anyway I thought even though you won’t be pushing a stroller you can walk twice a day numb nuts! So I created the 30-day Oliver Walking Challenge. The aim of the…

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The High Cost of Low Living a Great Soundtrack for a Slow Run!

The Run – (if you can call it that) Yesterday afternoon I looked at my Fitbit totals for the day and saw that I only had recorded 2,200 steps. Now I had proof that I had sat around all day!. So my thoughts maybe I’ll run became I have to run today if  want to get to 10,000 steps! As I prepared to run, I decided that the plan was to run. a minimum of two miles or a maximum of 30 minutes. My main focus during the run was not how fast I was running but keeping my heart…

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