Nora O'Connor

Our doe-eyed, southside chanteuse Nora O'Connor will be hitting the stage with her pals the New Pornographers on some West Coast amphitheater shows.  Also appearing is Death Cab for Cutie.  Check her out in these cities.

Bloodshot Digest: The "Where's mah summer?" Edition

• The New Times weekly newspaper of Broward-Palm Beach, FL named Charlie Pickett its BEST Male Rock Vocalist of 2009 in this year's Best Of poll! Congrats, Charlie!

• Sweet Home New Orleans, an organization dedicated to supporting the NOLA's unique and cultural music community, has teamed up with LeMieux Galleries to raise money for the cause. You can support the organization when you buy this BEAUTIFUL print of Danny Barker by Jon Langford.

• Neko Case will be performing on the revamped Tonight Show with Conan O'Brian on Thursday night. Joining Neko will be Bloodshot babes Kelly Hogan and Nora O'Connor. Set yr TIVO!

• Justin Townes Earle will take part in the BIG SUPRISE TOUR this summer with The Felice Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dave Rawlings Machine (featuring Gillian Welch). Check out the tour dates here.

• Finally, here's a picture of Mary from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir with Justin after his performance at Chicago's Metronome Fest. Sez Mary, "My only requirement is some sort of caption about us battling it out for the title of skinniest Bloodshot artist." Ok, Mary. If you see these two on tour, bring them some mac-n-cheese (or vegan mac for Mary), eh?
  
  

Check out our own Southside Irish sweetheart Nora O'Connor belting it out on the LETTERMAN show with Neko Case as she supports her fab new disc Middle Cyclone on APRIL 15th---that's Wednesday!

Cheer yourself up after you've emptied your pockets to the IRS to pay for bailing out the billionaire bankers!

Also, if yer attending Neko's shows at the Nokia Theater in Times Square on April 13th and 14th, that'll be Nora singing back up!

Our own sweet Nora O'Connor will be backing up Neko Case on her appearance on Jay Leno on Wednesday, March 4th.

Nora also appeared on Neko's new album Middle Cyclone on the songs "This Tornado Loves You," "People Got A Lotta Nerve," "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" and "Prison Girls."

Neko Case recruited Nora O'Connor for some work on the New Pornographers'  Twin Cinema. Click here, to read a review in The Boston Globe that name checks our dear Nora.