PHOTOS/VIDEO: Daniel Martin Moore & Ben Sollee @ ear x-tacy – 2/16
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore played an in-store show at ear x-tacy yesterday in support of their brand new album, Dear Companion out NOW on Sub Pop records. We’ve been psyched for the new album for a while now and have loved everything we’ve heard. We knew it was going to be special (hey, Jim James even produced it and participates on a few tracks). After seeing their in-store performance, they’ve gone to the next level in our book.
With some help from Cheyenne Mize (talent on more instruments than I can list and an amazing voice) and Dan Dorff (who may have stolen the show with his STOMP performance to the title track “Dear Companion”, see video below), they provided a packed store with one of the best in-store shows I’ve seen there. With the recent news surrounding ear X-tacy, it was a great feeling to see such a huge crowd come out to support not only Ben and Daniel, but the entire Louisville music scene as well.
As one person in the crowd yelled out, to much applause, “We have an awesome record store!” Ear X-tacy owner John Timmons had some great things to say about how amazing everyone has been for their support of the store and support of artists before introducing Ben and Daniel. By all means I encourage you to listen to his words and to keep supporting not just ear X-tacy, but all of Louisville music and local artists as a whole. We really do have great artists and music right here in our hometown, just watch and listen to these videos of Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore, Cheyanne Mize, and Dan Dorff for proof of that.
If you haven’t already, go pick up their new album and go get your tickets to their show at The Brown here in Louisville on February 26, 2010. If you need more incentive, a portion of the proceeds from Dear Companion go to Appalachian Voices, “an organization devoted to ending mountain top removal and finding a better way forward.” This has long been a cause of Sollee and DMM, and I’m glad to see them continuing this effort in a such a spirited manner.
“Dear Companion”
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