townesvanfaulkner

Hey, I have to share with y'all the amazing concert experience we had this weekend. Last Friday, I didn't know Jose Gonzalez from Adam. Amy scored tix to a show and a demo CD through her work. Lucky for us, this shit has blown me away.

Ok, this dude's parents are Argentinian, but he is born and raised and still lives in Sweden. I would swear that he is the reincarnation of Nick Drake, except that he has a bit of Latin flair in his guitar playing, which is nylon stringed, mostly fingerpicking. I'm totally in love with the guy.

I found these two sets available online. One from the wonderful rbally, which I've been pimping; the other from kexp.org, which has a wonderful archive of live, in-studio performances. You should browse this archive while you're at it. Anyhoo, check this dude out. I listen to a lot of people who are basically just "rock musicians", "folk singers", etc and that's ok. But, this guy is an "artist".

http://www.rbally.net/2006/06/jose-gonzalez-on-kcrw.html

http://www.kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=3175&pID=528&fID=1141&artist=JR