New Ben Sollee

[FiddleCastro]

  Awesome stuff

New Song "DIY" here:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/09/ben_sollee_read.html

[Jon T.]

Really liking this new album.  Ben takes a big step here, vocally and musically.   Got to see him play a few of these songs a couple of weeks ago and they're great live, as well.

[wolof7]

Half-Made Man is his best work yet 

he was recently on Stuff You Should Know Podcast and it was a really interesting topic and inteview with Ben on Music and Emotion. Played DIY I believe, great performance.

http://podcasts.howstuffworks.com/hsw/podcasts/sysk/2012-09-20-sysk-music-and-emotion.mp3

[slappymoe]

i know it's a long shot but........

i have 4 extra standing room tix for saturday's show.  i'll be the mildly inebriated guy outside headliners trying to sell them before the show.    discounted (15 bucks).    tell your family and friends.

he played wfpk's live lunch today, sounded great.

[Jon T.]

great article

[mahg33ta]

I knew of Ben Sollee through his MMJ connections but never explored him until he was announced at Forecastle and Newport.   I enjoyed both his albums and his shows but put it all back on the shelf once Newport was over.

Curious, I grabbed the new album and really like it.   I agree that it's strongest work yet.   I've come back to it a bunch over the last week and I'm now thinking of trying to see him live again next week, since he's in Boston at a dinky venue.

Check it out if you haven't yet....

[FiddleCastro]

Sollee made the album in Louisville with Kevin Ratterman engineering and recording. Ellis joined him along with My Morning Jacket's Carl Broemel, Alana Rocklin, Jeremy Kittel and Abigail Washburn. Sollee said that he trusted the band completely, which allowed him to let go and set aside the perfectionism that drove the making of "Learning to Bend" and "Inclusion."

Ha! I was listening this weekend and was wondering if Carl was playing pedal steel on one of the songs.  It had such a Carl vibe