Two of our favorite babes (now HOW can I say that when the Americana Fest yielded such a high percentage on the distaff side…and WHERE did the word DISTAFF come from anyway?
 
As a noun, a distaff (also called a rock[1]) is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax, and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fiber. Fiber is wrapped around the distaff, and tied in place with a piece of ribbon or string. The word comes from dis in Low German, meaning a bunch of flax, connected with staff. As an adjective the term distaff is used to describe the female side of a  family." from the WIKI!
 
And Beans, FYI-that's the word of the day. But I digress. Eilen Jewell and her band and Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles are cruising down the east coast this week! Kick Ass! http://www.sarahborges.com/calendar.html
 

Now Eilen's "Sea Of Tears" so far is in the lead for the most watched Music Fog video with an astounding 27,400 views (James McMurtry is next in the Music Fog YouTube sweepstakes with nearly 25,000 for our video of Choctaw Bingo) But I digress again…we just recently taped Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles in Nashville, and we are sure that she will run up some big numbers as the months slide by. She and the boys are road doggin' it, old school-like…hey, it is what ya gotta do these days to get to the audience. Not to mention, then you have to deliver live…and they are magnetic in concert. Here's proof in a low key stripped down setting…imagine what they are like full tilt!

-Jessie

The Band Of Heathens boys know how to work it! There is always something extracurricular going on, whether it is a download, a contest...and that is of course aside from touring and gigging, they just keep moving. And that's a real good thing as they spread the gospel message of the BOH soul stew of roots music.

Tomorrow is an especially big day as Austin City Limits debuts the set they shot with Band Of Heathens this summer. And this week's episode is coupled with a brand new set from Elvis Costello and The Sugarcanes. I got to attend both of these performances (ain't bragging, just LUCKY!) and I can't wait to see them, because they were nothing short of stellar. As they say, check your local PBS listings for Austin City Limits tomorrow, November 7th!

And back to the bus we go for the Band Of Heathens from Nashville in September.

-Jessie

Music Fog is happy to present Cracker's brand new video, which comes from their latest album Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey and features Patterson Hood from the Drive-By Truckers.

By the way, Cracker will be undertaking a very special tour of Iraq next week for U.S. soldiers, and for safety reasons the promoter is unable to give specific dates/cities. Interestingly enough, the band won't even get their itineraries until arriving in Kuwait and Iraq. As co-founder David Lowery explains, "After writing a red meat politically incorrect song in the slangy dialect of US serviceman in Iraq, it's no surprise that we were asked to walk the walk in addition to talking the talk". 

So be it.  Yalla Yalla. Here is "Friends."

-Jessie