April 2009
4 posts
Standing Room Only at Kennedy Center!
Wow.
Thanks to everybody for the great Kennedy Center show tonight! Millenium Stage was packed. They print 350 programs, and I don’t think they had any left! We sold more cds than ever. (Many thanks to Jean for all her help!) So nice to see fans, friends and people just visiting D.C from all over the country.
If you missed it, you can watch the video here!
Set list:
playing with the...
Kennedy Center this Thursday!
Friends,
If you’ve ever been to a show of mine, you likely know that I came to D.C. by way of New Jersey. I have to admit something.
One of those things that you’re never supposed to admit if you live right outside of our nation’s capital with easy access to its monuments and museums….. I have never been to the Kennedy Center. Not once. Not ever. In my life. I’m...
March 2009
16 posts
“A hack is a writer who second guesses his audience. When the hack sits down to...”
– Steven Pressfield in The War of Art.
The Clearwater Concert: Pete Seeger's 90th... →
if i can make it i’m going…
i lovermont
my friend seth glier emailed me a few months ago and asked if i wanted to open his show at boccellis in bellows falls, vt on 3/13. i debated doing it for a long time - wasn’t a very big guarantee, wasn’t able to find another show in the northeast for the night after, etc. wasn’t sure it’d be worth it. left va on thursday. played maxwells in hoboken that night with jess...
Musicthatmakesyoudumb →
explains a lot!
new free luke brindley sampler available now...
hey everybody. you can download the new 5 song sampler from noisetrade below. it includes:
“Wrecking Ball” from Five Songs EP
“On Your Side” from Five Songs EP
“Hold on to the Mystery” from Luke Brindley
“Never Alone” from Luke Brindley
“Lose You Now” Unreleased!
pay what you want or download for free just by sharing with a...
need a new playlist? →
the latest playlist from val’s list- hello morning sign - features luke alongside lisa hannigan, lilly allen, leftover salmon, chris isaak and more!
Geddy Leesburg
so i asked the people who have been playing with me recently to send me a pic and blurb to put on the new site. my friend todd wright - who’s been playing bass with me but isn’t really a bass player - sent me this:
When Jaco Pastorius passed tragically in 1987 he left a deep crevasse in the collective heart of the bass wielding community. A dark cavernous void unfilled until now…...
February 2009
25 posts
new site
we’re working on a new site - keeping it simple - no need to duplicate all the other info out there (facebook, myspace, etc) but still need a home for all the music info. should be live in the next few days.
on the road again
on the road again (in the car with no stereo) driving to ann arbor, mi.
why? show tonight at the ark.
take a chance tuesday featuring luke brindley
doors at 7:30. show starts at 8. tickets are FREE.
free as in you don’t have to pay for tickets. free as in walk in and just enjoy the music. free as in you really don’t have an excuse not to come out and say hi.
see you tonight in...
the last 2 nights playing to packed audiences in my hometown were really mind-blowing. thank you to everyone who came out, everyone who brought friends, everyone who stopped by to say hi. (special thanks to jean and brittney for selling cds both nights!) let me know what you thought of the show, what your favorite new or old tunes were, and send me any pics!
musicians live for nights like those-...
set list 2/21
playing with the light
don’t want to lose you
darkness done
crazy one
loving arms
ain’t about to
on your side
mystery
know your love
love minus zero/no limit
mad love
hudson river
dervish
surrender
supernova
wrecking ball
**encores - the new instrumental, queen of my heart
set list 2/20
queen of my heart
darkness done
playing with the light
loving arms
ain’t about to lose you now
on your side
know your love
surrender
love minus zero/no limit
dervish
hudson river
can’t save yourself
hold on to the mystery
wrecking ball
and yes…there were encores…a new instrumental as yet unnamed and everybody wants
going to change it up a bit for tonight....
NBCWashington.com →
luke talks with nbc washington about friday’s and saturday’s jammin’ java shows.
have we mentioned luke is playing at jammin’ java on friday & saturday? get tickets at www.jamminjava.com
up on an airplane, headed to Memphis
showcasing tonight (ONLY!) at Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN
here are the details:
8:30 pm ~ Official Showcase ~ RoomNatchez
10:30 pm ~ Market Monkeys Showcase ~ Room 1817
11:30 pm ~ Newsong Showcase ~ Room 1703
12 am ~ CDBaby Showcase ~ Room 1905
1 am ~ Ronda Barton presents: Help Me, Ronda ~ Room 1813
free lance star hypes tomorrow's show →
“Publications like The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Paste and even Playboy have fawned over his acoustic-driven, Americana stylings.”
featured artist on val's list →
she finds good music so you don’t have to
(along with m. ward, fiction family, william fitzsimmons, stephen kellogg and the sixers and more)
Working on a new instrumental. Much needed I think. It’s in open C (CGCGCE). Hard to stay away from cliches in this tuning sometimes - especially since I use it so much - but so far it’s working out.
toledo free press article →
article about my show in ann arbor 2/24.
wamu / metro connection →
here’s a link to a live radio interview / in studio acoustic performance i did this week on 88.5 WAMU - the NPR station here in DC. jess bennett sings with me. we talk a bit with david furst and play “wrecking ball” and “on your side” live.
