(New Haven) "Song of the Week" ~ The Royal Heart, by: The Ivory Bills

In response to the NH Register's new entertainment editor Jordan Fenster's call for songs about New Haven...

"Song of the Week" for 11-17-10 is: The Royal Heart*
by: The Ivory Bills off the CD: Rhythmic Jet Ear Games

Featured on IndepenDisc in Mar. '09

Here's what I (G.Gone) had to say about it then...

~snip~...Once again, New Haven, CT’s heart beats proudly as it delivers loud original Rock-n-Roll to the masses who sometimes think of it as extinct. The Ivory Bills debut album is a hip-shakin’, bone-rattlin’, Boogie-Woogie inspired throw down of an amazing good time. This trio of New Haven music stalwarts, James Velvet (bass, vocals), Johnny Java (drums, percussion) and John L. (guitars, vocals), lays down songs of huge guitar licks with a hot-stompin’ Rhythm that has a pulse of nonstop fun matched with excellent vocal interpretations of classic Rock subjects, and then some...~snip~

Read the entire review HERE.

So, how's that for a New Haven song?

*Link is a direct .mp3 audio stream.

Radio IndepenDisc

For the past 5 years, every Wednesday night I host a Live internet Radio show from 9:00-Midnight (ET) on Cygnus Radio. I record "Radio IndepenDisc" and create a podcast and stream that can be accessed and listened to 24/7. On the first Wed. of each month the playlist is composed of all the past Features (since 1998) from that month. Last night (Wed.) was 11 years of June Features! ~ The podcast & stream for the 06-02-10 Radio IndepenDisc show is up - HERE listen 24/7. With sets by: Shark ('10), Age Of Reason ('10), The OutSkirts ('99), The Cucumbers ('99), The Differents ('00), James Velvet ('01), The Mocking Birds ('02), The Dent ('03), Jellyshirts ('04), Fredalba ('05), The Badge ('05), RockDownBaby ('06), Kriss Santala ('07), The Manchurians ('08), Eula ('09) and Saint Bernadette ('09).
Enjoy!