10th Anniversary Show Update

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Quick Update

Ok, two things, first I will not be able to broadcast Sunday night during the Super Bowl as originally promised as I'll be stuck at work.

Second, due to limited funds I will be hitting the local thrift stores tomorrow to see if I can find a working secondhand computer to run the continuous stream so you folks can listen to parts of the show you missed during the live broadcast. If I can't find one then unfortunately this will have to wait until next payday. Have a great night everyone!

Jeff Givens and The Mugshot Saints - Bleeding Ink

I've always known that my good friend Pete Berwick would never steer wrong me when he refers other musicians to me, and stayed true to that when he introduced me to Jeff Givens last spring.

Jeff's latest, Bleeding Ink, has been out for a while, and is a journey that begins with Love Brings You Home,  which is an honest tale about love, and afterwards takes you to Seven Hot Memphis nights, where you almost feel the summer heat, you really feel like you're out there partying with him right in Memphis.

The journey that you find yourself taking while listening to Bleeding Ink might take you to a strip club, or finding that love isn't easy, no matter what you might have or might not have in life, and still might fall in love again.

This album really runs the gauntlet of the human experience, and through it all you can even taste the whiskey and the bourbon. On the biography on his website Jeff is described as " road-seasoned troubadour. As a contemporary musical gypsy, Jeff travels the country, meeting folks from every aspect of life and listens to their stories. He lives this life, documenting it all in his songs".

When you listen to Bleeding Ink you also vicariously live these songs as well. I highly recommend that you stop reading this, and grab your copy right now.

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jeffgivensandthemugshots2

New Day and Time for the Live Streaming Broadcast

Join us on camup on Tuesday nights starting at 8 pm (EST) starting January 8th! Follow the Facebook page for more details.

Indie Spotlight on Facebook
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Show Update

Happy Holidays everyone!

I just wanted to give a quick update for those who haven’t caught or watched the recent “Facebook Live's. 

According to the Poll I published on Facebook last week, it seems that there is an overwhelming positive response to the live streaming broadcast returning, and broadcasting on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. (est). Look for this after the New Years Holiday.

This will be the final run of live streaming shows, to run through the 10th anniversary of Indie Spotlight.  This spotlight series will be called, appropriately enough, “One More Time”.

While I will use Facebook Live to report “behind the scenes” the actual live show will resume on the Indie Spotlight page on camup.tv (https://www.camup.tv/users/indie-spotlight-live). I will no longer archive past shows on soundcloud.

And finally I do have plans for at least one musician interview when the live show restarts, stay tuned for details.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone, thanks for all the support and I’m looking forward to a positive and fun 2019!

Pete Berwick's Latest, Island

I got an early Christmas present this year, an advance copy of Pete Berwick’s latest album, Island.  If you are at all familiar with Pete (and I would think that most people that follow this page would be) then conventional is not a term that I think any of us would ever associate with him, and Island continues that trend.

To say that this is “country” or “rock” or any other genre would be misleading at the very least, Berwick’s music doesn’t fit into any of those molds and instead breaks all of them. Island is the latest of what might be called his natural progression, beginning with Only Bleeding, through the nastyness of the music industry that became Ain’t No Train Outta Nashville, the brute honesty of Just Another Day In Hell, which continued with Give it Time, and started to see things a little differently with The Legend of Tyler Doohan.

When I listen to Island I’m hearing what I consider the best of Pete Berwick, who is now at the part of his musical journey where he is comfortable with where he is right now, musically as well as personally. When you listen to his past albums before listening to this one, you really feel as though you’ve followed someone going full circle, and are glad you followed his journey with him.

Grab it now, you won’t regret it.

https://peteberwick1.bandcamp.com/album/island

Facebook Live from 11/26/18

It worked after 3 takes in case anyone was wondering lol