It was a lucky connection to have made--basically I responded to an inquiry on twitter for a new contributor and my being in Champaign-Urbana was a good fit for the regional audience of the blog (Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, and now CU). The perks are nice: review passes to concerts, occasional free music to review and keep up with, and--perhaps best of all--a new network of friends and connections in the music/blog-criticism world. It's been fun. Here's a list of my posts with links (from most recent to oldest):
- grass|roots 4 :: Tony Rice
- grass|roots 3 :: Punch Brothers - Punch
- Review: Joe Pug – Canopy Club, Urban
- Review: Retribution Gospel Choir – Canopy Club, Urbana
- grass|roots 2 :: Review: Béla Fleck – Canopy Club, Urbana
- Review: Juniper Tar – “The Howl Street EP”
- grass|roots 1 :: Jerry Douglas
- Review: Spoon – “Transference”
- James Taylor & Carole King reunite, incite JT nostalgia
- Review: Jeff Tweedy – Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix AZ
- Favorites of 2009
- Review: Andrew Bird – Foellinger Auditorium, Urbana
- “Golden” Moments: Shifting Tastes & Musical Watersheds
- Review: Maps & Atlases / Elsinore / Walkmen – Urbana
- Review: Neko Case – Canopy Club, Urbana
- Sarah Jarosz: Song Up In Her Head
- Review: Thao w/ TGDSD Canopy Club, Urbana
- The Beatles as the World’s First International Cover Band
If you just read one, check out the one titled "Golden" Moments. I think it is fairly representative of the best part of having a blog that lots of people actually read.
