Just Good People

25/01/2024

Excellent!! Check it out and add it to your collections!

For what it's worth, new album "Two Banjos In Discussion," now available on Spotify.

31/07/2023

Available tomorrow, the 1st! Should be great! (as usual)

Fatea Showcase Sessions Autumn 2023:See
Fatea is proud to announce the new Fatea Showcase Session Autumn 2023:See is ready to download
Once again we've looked at the fantastic releases that have come through the Fatea office and put together an eclectic mix of some of the best rising names across the acoustic spectrum for your enjoyment.

Featuring 16 incredible artist we think you'll be amazed and captivated by the strength of the songs that will be available for you to download on the Fatea Showcase Session Autumn 2023:See compilation.

01. Meltwater Ghosts - Pendle Hill
02. Bernadette Morris - Fanore
03. Chloe Et Les Vaillantes - Home Body
04. Neil Pearlman - O, Is Alainn an t-Aite - Biodh an Deoch Seo n Laimh Mo Ruin
05. Yvonne Hercules - Olive
06. Heather Ferrier - Engine For The Sound
07. Holly Ebony - Selkie Child
08. Lost Revellers - The Fire Hills
09. Ferna - Open Up
10. Izzie Yardley - All We Have
11. The Browns - Forgive And Forget
12. Laura Loh - Cold Morning
13. The Jeremiahs - Misery Hill
14. Neev - Fast Patterns
15. Billie Maree - Whale Eyes
16. Chris Ricketts - Old And New Friends

"See" is the 62nd download in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series and will be available from August 1st until October 31st 2023. This is the 16th series of releases

The download comes to you at no charge. Support the artists involved by listening to the download and then more of their songs, buying their albums, going to their gigs, writing about them on Facebook, publicising them on Instagram etc.

The 2023 Fatea Showcase Session Front Covers are artworked by Neil King

www.fatea-showcase-sessions.co.uk Giving Artists A Voice

10/07/2022

CC! A long-time favorite of Just Good People and ShockPop!!

In this episode we lose our guest due to COVID. (Before the show, not during.) We play 4 new tunes and review and old Steve Gadd tune. We also talk a whole lotta nonsense, musiuc theory, song forms, technique and about how Emily can talk to the ...

17/05/2022

Deep in the San Fernando Valley, behind the train tracks and amidst dilapidated warehouses, was rock n' roll's best kept secret. Sound City, America's greate...

19/04/2022

Don't forget to grab this!! Give a listen! Support the artists!

Fatea Showcase Sessions Summer 2022:Maelstrom
Fatea is proud to announce the line up for the new Fatea Showcase Session Summer 2022:Maelstrom
Once again we've looked at the fantastic releases that have come through the Fatea office and put together an eclectic mix of some of the best rising names across the acoustic spectrum for your enjoyment.

Featuring 18 incredible artist we think you'll be amazed and captivated by the strength of the songs that will be available for you to download on the Fatea Showcase Session Summer 2022:Maelstrom compilation.

01. Emma Gale - Go As I Am
02. The Low Drift - Deadwood
03. SG Moon - Bird On Fire
04. Becky Dellow - Rolling Wave
05. Jeremy Squires - Omens
06. Open Water - Waiting For The Daylight
07. Isle ‘ave A Shanty - Fishermen Of Ely
08. Agent Starling - Midsommer
09. Hunz - Honey
10. Phill Snell - I’m Going Where The Chilly Winds Don’t Blow
11. Tomorrow Bird - All I Need
12. Eve And The Garden - Breathe
13. Sarah Dearlove - Brown Paper Bag
14. Dom Prag - South Medomsley Strike
15. Carnan - Calmac Kenny
16. Siena Christie - Northern Lights
17. Ringlefinch - Ophelia
18. Sam Lyon - Every Second Counts

"Maelstrom" is the 57th download in the Fatea Showcase Sessions series and will be available from May 1st until July 31st 2022. This is the 15th series of releases

The download comes to you at no charge. Support the artists involved by listening to the download and then more of their songs, buying their albums, going to their gigs, writing about them on Facebook, publicising them on Twitter etc.

The 2022 Fatea Showcase Session Front Covers are artworked by Adam Jenkins

14/02/2022

IPO Chicago 2022 Artists From Chicago   Alpine Subs Phil Angotti The Artist Formerly Known As Vince Band August Hotel The Band Calderisi Beyond The Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club The Bon Mots Dolph Chaney Michael Steven Cohen Christopher Elam Daydream Review The Embryos Gal Gun Go Time Golden Rich...

18/09/2021

Long-time favorite of Just Good People and ShockPop!
Give this a read and support how you can!

FRIENDS OF THE WOLFE & THORN PODCAST CONCERT SERIES #2 presents Montz & Luke at Providence Cafe

03/07/2020

Wow! This is amazing! Concept album by the multi-talented Molly Pinto Madigan! Lovely lovely lovely....

25 track album

20/05/2020

some goodness within....

There's no better time than now to nurture your love for acoustic indie music.

30/04/2020

Always, ALWAYS a great collection! Check it out TODAY!

Fatea is proud to announce that the new Fatea Showcase Session Summer 20:Beats is available to download
Once again we've looked at the fantastic releases that have come through the Fatea office and put together an eclectic mix of some of the best rising names across the acoustic spectrum for your enjoyment.
www.fatea-showcase-sessions.co.uk
Please share, lets get these artists heard

08/04/2020

RIP John Prine

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Grandpa Was A Carpenter · Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two ℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, I...

19/01/2020

Rest in peace, good sir....

Olney, 71, fell silent and dropped his head in the midst of his set at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach on Saturday night.

30/12/2019

30/12/2019

30/12/2019

The first woman to win CMA's Musician of the Year. (y) (y)

Fiddler Jenee Fleenor is the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year Award. Her work is partly responsible for the instrument's resurgence.

06/11/2019

Heard a bit of this album in the record shoppe today. Never heard of Jon & Jodi before but I was/am impressed. I didn't buy the album as it was a tad pricey, but I can still share it here with you. Ever hear of them??

Jon & Jodi Two Songs Lady Bug and Time Wins from an album Listen to their harmony

28/08/2019

Long-time favorites of Just Good People and ShockPop ! Get to this Big Smith show if you can!

We, the men of Big Smith, couldn't be more excited to be playing Columbia, Missouri this Saturday, August 31! This is our first headlining show there in more than 7 years! We'll be at Rose park with opener William Elliot Whitmore, along with our special guest local lad done good Michael Schembre! Tickets available, see link and event in the comments below. Please consider spreading the word to friends and family! Everybody sings! Come see us every chance you get!

17/07/2019

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In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. *** John Denver – "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" HIT #1: June 7, 1975 STAYED AT #1: 1 week For most of its lifespan...

08/06/2019

Long, long time favorite of Just Good People has a new release! Check out "The Shade From Our Trees" from the force of nature that is Josh Woodward!

My newest album is finally here!

03/06/2019

In the late summer of 1967, Bobbie Gentry’s first hit, ‘Ode to Billie Joe’, was inescapableSo ubiquitous was the song on the radio that Bob Dylan was moved to parody...

05/04/2019

A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s have been digitized and made available online for free listening.

03/04/2019

As a musician, you should be collecting money from MANY income streams. Do you know what they are? Royalties. Earnings. Income. Revenue. Scratch. Bones. Loot. Notes. Moolah. Dough. There are a lot of words for money. There are also a lot of ways for musicians to get paid today. Independent artists n...

27/03/2019

Just do it!!

Event: Big Smith, Location: George's Majestic Lounge Fayetteville,AR, Starts: 4/27/2019 9:00:00 PM -05:00, Price: $20.00 - $25.00

22/01/2019

Come and see us at Eden Festival June 6th to 9th. Scotland!

19/01/2019

hello Dolly...

"PMS Blues" and "Me and Little Andy" are among the little-known songs in Dolly Parton's catalog that should've been huge hits.

05/01/2019

Our illustrious leader has made it into the finals at the Cygnet Song & Tune Writing Comp. So he'll be there next Sunday. AND! He has a rare solo show. The BEST part is that you do not need a ticket to see this show!
(The second best part is that there'll be pizza.)

29/12/2018

CC and the kids entertaining folks at the air terminal! They got pluck!

10/12/2018

Something wonderful!

from the album Goodguy Sun

19/11/2018

amazing sound! check out Woski!

Woski · Single · 2018 · 5 songs.

09/10/2018

Be there!!

BIG SMITH CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT – FINAL SHOW OF 2018!!

Big Smith is thrilled to announce that for the 3rd year in a row, we will perform NEW YEAR’S EVE, December 31st, 2018 at the beautiful and historic GILLIOZ THEATRE in downtown Springfield, Missouri! There will be no opening act this year, which means all Big Smith, all night, playing all your favorites ‘til midnight and on into the first moments of 2019!

TICKETS GO ON SALE this Friday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m. You can buy them at the Gillioz box office, 325 Park Central East;
by calling the box office, (417) 863-9491;
or online at http://gillioztheatre.com/event/Big-Smith-NYE-2018.

Take a look at this year’s VIP ticket package – this from the Gillioz website:

“If you want to really celebrate the New Year in style, grab up the limited VIP experience that includes dinner featuring Springfield's award-winning Crosstown Barbeque - LIVE MUSIC with Dallas Jones, a special Moonshine Bar and a limited edition commemorative poster from local artist Patrick McWhirt complete with all the Big Smith autographs! The Gallery hosts this special hayloft experience prior to Big Smith taking the stage to get you through the midnight hour!”

It was December 31st of 2016 that Big Smith reunited on the Gillioz stage after some 4 & ½ years of wandering in the hillbilly wilderness -- a dark, misty terrain littered with broken banjo strings, shattered brown jugs marked ###, and forlorn-looking washtub basses abandoned next to the jawbones of once-vigorous and stubborn Missouri mules, now disembodied and bleached white as a reminder of a sun that once shone through the hand-carved half-moon portals of what were once proud, oft-visited outhouses.

What were we talking about?

Oh yeah, New Year’s 2016!

At the time, the show was imagined as a one-off event, but the love and appreciation that was sent to the stage by our hometown people was beyond overwhelming and affirming for all the cousins, so much so that we agreed to repeat the event the following year. These concerts at the Gillioz were the first two concerts Big Smith had played since getting back together. By the time we take the stage this coming New Year’s Eve, it will be with four more shows under our belts for the year, with still more in the works for 2019, all because of the encouragement from a hometown crowd, assembled at the Gillioz to hear some hillbilly music on New Year’s Eve. Thank you!

These annual celebrations at the Gillioz are truly meaningful for the guys, as we get to transition to new beginnings with our hometown fans, in our hometown – with people and a city that have been so good to Big Smith since we first started playing downtown on South in 1996. Come ring in the new year with your favorite band made up of six first cousins! Big Smith wants to make mirth and merriment with you, again!

***Here is the link to our Facebook event for NYE 2018 – please consider sharing with your family and friends and helping us to spread the word!

https://www.facebook.com/events/497354677410024/

***Want to make sure you see all Big Smith concert announcements? Consider adding your email to our mailing list! You can sign up here:

https://www.facebook.com/bigsmithband/app/100265896690345/?ref=page_internal
Exciting concert announcements planned for 2019 – stay tuned!

*** “Gillioz” is pronounced gill-oyz. That’s the way we’ve always heard it, anyways.