– Hallgeir (photo)
– Hallgeir (photo)
18-July-2013 – Hebridean Celtic Festival – Stornoway, Scotland
In order to prepare well for an upcoming Van Morrison concert @ Notodden Blues Festival in early August, I’ve collected setlists & put together some statistics from this summer’s concerts. Videos are also embedded in this post.
Slieve Donard Resort & Spa, Belfast – 22 July
Slieve Donard Resort & Spa, Belfast – 21 July
Heb Celt Festival, Stornoway – July 18
sorry… can’t find VM’s setlist for this concert…. yet…
Larmer Tree Festival, Salisbury – July 17
Cornbury Festival, Oxford – July 7
*8 concerts played, but I miss one setlist..
The clips from this tour shows he’s in excellent form…
Yuma Sun is fast becoming the band to look out for in Norway, and after a year of extensive touring they really gave us a good and tight show. What’s even more promising is that the new songs are better than those off the debut album, Romanza. We’re looking forward to see them in the future, and we are looking forward to their new album (hopefully this fall).
Oh, and by the way, you can now buy Romanza on vinyl (and CD of course). Check out their facebook page.
Continue reading Photo Special: Yuma Sun live at Vikedal Roots Music Festival 2013
Next week I’m visiting a local festival, Vikedal Roots Music Festival. It is the 15th year anniversary for this gem of a festival and they have some really great acts on their program.
It is located in Vikedal a beautiful little place here in the western part of Norway. They are setting up several stages and have concerts in the church, the harbour and in a big festival tent.
We are talking about 23 concerts in 3 days, all of them firmly placed in the roots oriented music scene. Sometimes it’s roots-rock other times more folksy stuff.
The festival has given us some very good concerts through the years, and we have a long and loving relationship with this little, but great festival.
We here at Johannasvisions will try to see as many shows as we can, and we have chosen some favorites from this years
Here are our three must see artists at Vikedal Roots Music Festival 2013:
1. Ida Jenshus (with band)
Ida Jenshus is always a safe bet, she and her band delivers on all shows, and she has a terrific band. Her latest release is less straight country and more into the Daniel Lanois /Emmylou Harris sound scape. We love it!
Here’s a concert taped for the Norwegian Broadcast Company (NRK). 22 minutes of great music with Ida Jenshus and her band:
Place/Time: The Harbour, Thursday 11th July at 21:30
Our next choice is the up and coming “prairie-rock”-band, Yuma Sun.
2. Yuma Sun
We have seen Yuma Sun in concert a few times, and they’re getting better with each show. They’ve toured extensively the last year and we are really looking forward to hear an even tighter band. As I write this they are playing at The Hove Festival, one of Norway’s biggest festivals.
Yuma Sun – Another Day:
In between all the gigs they are recording their second album. Hopefully we will get a release this fall.
Place/Time: The Harbour, Thursday 11th July at 23:30
Continue reading Vikedal Roots Music Festival 11-14 July
All the early Roman kings
In their sharkskin suits
Bow ties and buttons
High top boots
Drivin’ the spikes in
Blazin’ the rails
Nailed in their coffins
In top hats and tails
Fly away, little bird
Fly away, flap your wings
Fly by night
Like the early Roman kings
Early Roman Kings is one of four songs he performed live each night on the “2013 US Spring Tour” (23 performances). It’s live debut was @ Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota on 7 November 2012. And it was played 7 times during this “US & Canada fall tour”.
In this post I have collected videos & Audio clips. There are some really great performances here!
Band:
2012-11-07 – St. Paul, Minnesota:
2012-11-19 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
2012-11-21 – Brooklyn, New York:
Continue reading Bob Dylan – Early Roman Kings – Different Live Versions (Audio & Video)