When I decided to post these two new videos from two of the sexiest, most talented women I know making music right now, I tried to think of a good post name. The first that came to mind was “Video Vixens.” I googled it just to see what would come up. Oops. Then I came up with “Stripped Down Sets.” Googled it. Damn.
I sort of ran out of ideas there, so I checked to make sure my security settings were up to date and came up with the relatively lame (and much more tame) content title you see here. Don’t let my lack of flash keep you from checking these ladies out.
The first video is of the inimitable Bernadette Seacrest at Criminal Records doing “Cabbagetown Girl.” The composition is by Charles Williams, on guitar, and the background provided by videographer, Justin Kenagy, provides perfect background to make this song relevant for those who have never spent an afternoon in Cabbagetown. You can catch Bernadette & Her Provocatuers tonight at the Highland Inn Ballroom.
For over half a century Cabbagetown remained home to a tight-knit, homogenous, and semi-isolated community of people whose lives were anchored by the mill, until it closed in 1977. Afterwards, the neighborhood went into a steep decline which didn’t end until Atlanta’s intown renaissance of the mid-1990s.
The second video is of another incredibly talented woman, Grace Potter, performing for our own Paste Magazine at the 2009 Bonnaroo festival. Grace is sitting under the dragon singing the Dylan classic, “I Shall Be Released,” with the kind of immediacy and delicacy that makes every Grace Potter performance remarkable. You gotta go to Paste to see this one.
by Gunter Grass. All are welcome.
