I have no intention of providing timely folk/alt-country/americana news. You’ll very rarely hear about tour dates, Letterman appearances or anything of the sort. I’m sure there’s some place better to get that kind of info. But I would like to share this news story about Danny Schmidt. At last night’s house concert with Rachel Ries, Anais Mitchell and Hayward Williams (yes! it was awesome) Danny’s name came up and immediately a complete stranger to me said she thought “Stained Glass” was a perfect song. I quickly agreed and have always thought so myself. In fact I compared it to Greg Brown’s near perfect song “The Poet’s Game”. And that’s where the bit of news comes in to play.
See, Danny’ Schmidt has just been signed to Red House Records, which has been home to Greg Brown for the past 25 years. His new record will be out on March 10. And that’s something to be thankful for. Here’s a recent live recording of “Stained Glass” plus “Leaves Are Burning” from 2008’s Little Grey Sheep.
Stained Glass (live in Netherlands 11/10)
P.S. Swedesplease has the bizarre circus/cabaret blues of the band Francis. The song is “Bad To The Bone”.
Tags: Danny Schmidt, Greg Brown