Ok, it's ealry yet, but I don't think I'm going to come across anything cooler than Corb Lund. This came up in another thread, but I figured it was worth a thread of its own. And Yes, I realize that he's been around for a while, but he's new to me, and I'm sharing.
Holy crap, I had no idea that people still made music like this. It's like the ghost of Phil Ochs came back, with balls.
From the uber-catchy "I wanna Be in the Calvary" and "Horsesoldier, Horsesoldier!" to the haunting "Student Visas", about the CIA involvment in 1980s Nicuragua, Corb nimbly uses the english language in ways that seem so easy, yet nobody else gets it quite right. As a lyricist Phil Ochs is probably the only one I can really compare him too, though I think Corb blows poor Phil away.
Anyhow, if you like Folk Music, or Country Music, or History... You owe it to yourself to check out Corb Lund.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=10895726The four songs they have posted on Myspace are awesome. Hell, three of them were the ones I mentioned above, and the fourth is hillarious (if only becuase, as much as I love working in the garage, I'm pretty hard on equipment).
On Youtube there's a live version of Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! Where he explains that the song was written for "Nerds like me who stay up all night watching World War Two documentaries"
Fellas, he's one of us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa7N7MsTp80-Sik
