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Month: November 2019
I missed out on something beautiful at the turn of the last century. In 2000, when Joni Mitchell triumphantly reimagined her pensive classic “Both Sides Now,” I never heard it because it was hidden where even the FBI couldn’t find it, among sturdy chestnuts on her contractual obligation album of sensible jazz standards. However, despite …
Written about a troubadour’s fanciful trip to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, home of C. F. Martin Guitars, “The Weight” has passed the tests of time and distance. And here’s “La Bamba,” just for good measure. “All Along the Watchtower” “Gimme Shelter”
The art of my friend Daniel T. Fleming. You can catch him and his art booth at Pike Place. I want this piece. I have a print already that I treasure that he gifted me after we hung with Sly Dunbar at Nectar and he took some photos. He’s a great friend and supporter of the …
AUTHOR: Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) QUOTATION: If a [woman] does not keep pace with [her] companions, perhaps it is because [she] hears a different drummer. Let [her dance] to the music which [she] hears, however measured or far away. ATTRIBUTION: HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Walden, chapter 18, p. 430 (1966). Originally published in 1854. Kesha may be the …
Behold the latest and greatest from LA-based Ferris Pier who has taken off over the past year, soaring high into the music ether and collaborating with standouts from NBC’s The Voice, creating a High Definition Television-infused collection of pop singles with insanely hot vocalists. His newest track, “Like We’re Young”, is a technologically engrossing and …
2 basketball myths: 1) Players are more athletic now. No they are not. Shawn Kemp, Jordan, Dominique, Pippen…list goes on and they also had to be stronger and more physical to even perform in an area of hand checking. 2) There are better 3 point shooters now. No there are not. Everybody and their Mom …
I just wrote at 2:40 (something) AM this morning a new song called, ‘I Ain’t Got Time To Lose’. Remember that. Learning about Seneca’s philosophy on the shortness of life and the value of time, has lit another fire in me. And this song is about all that. I don’t have much time to lose. …
Credit: Devin Pedde November 15, 2019: Today, the Grammy-winning songwriter Dan Wilson released a new song “Sunshine” following his announcement last year that he will begin releasing a new song each month in lieu of full length album in 2019. These songs, which include “Too Much ii,” “A Modest Proposal,” “The Rules,” “Fly Safe,” “Uncanny Valley” and “We Ain’t Telling,” follow …
With a career that has seen her as an acclaimed Japanese electronic artist and producer, a trailblazing female drum’n’bass DJ (signed to Haruomi Hosono’s personal label), a collaborator with the likes of Riz MC (Riz Ahmed) and Mick Karn (JAPAN), and having her own residency at the Southbank, it’s safe to say that Mieko Shimizu is sui generis. Upcoming single Snake Of Summer (out now), takes …
Awesome Spanish heavy metal superheroes STREET LETHAL play a fresh and powerful heavy metal sound with catchy riffs, dominant guitar solos, great attitude and the great voice of Hell Rose Lethal, merging classic influences in the tradition of JUDAS PRIEST, W.A.S.P., WARLOCK, IRON MAIDEN, with more current sounds in the vein of SKULL FIST, STRIKER, …
Behold the latest from LA-based singer-songwriter Albon. His sunny indie folk pop is tender and honest, steeped in nostalgia. Think Fleet Foxes meets Bread and America. He struggled with severe learning disabilities as a kid but was able to effortlessly play his dad’s nylon string guitar upside down. He still composes this way and often …
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This crew pulled something off in television that was straight up out of the Golden Age. The Original Jazz Cabbage ‘s second gig was me showing them songs I wrote AFTER our rehearsal the night before, on the set of Band in Seattle ‘s 4th Christmas Special. I showed them the changes and I walk on with them playing …
Things I didn’t know I needed this morning. My friend from college, the MC Kady M. Kane just popped up in my feed as the star of a film heading to film festivals right now. He was always proudly repping his Native American heritage and his experiences coming up in a Reservation. Now he’s in a movie …
Hey there fellow singers and songwriters. I just sent Eva Walker the ‘Slowjam for Christmas’ song I recorded for Band in Seattle‘s first Christmas Special with Caine Coldnote and Stephanie Walbon and friends. She is requesting folks send her Holiday songs for consideration on her KEXP program. I sent mine. You should too. Eva says, “Early request (so there’s time to record)! …
One of my theme songs, since it was recorded. I don’t identify with the drug addiction aspects, of course, but I certainly can relate with the traits that can get one there… and with the consequences. I’ve always been “all in” with everything – work projects, athletics (back in the day), adventures, writing, sex, love, …
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Luna Keller invites you to a joyful, innocent tea party in the official video for “Alice is in Love With the Mad Hatter.” The vid is lovely, fine, charming, free-spirited and “just as mad as we all are when we are in love,” as she sagely expresses in the song. A fine madness and warm …
We’re going to have much more on Populuxe in the near future, but for now, here’s another sample from their epic new record, Beauty in the Broken Place, which just came out. – It’s all about the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre and features haunting tunes like the one below, “It’s Happening Again.” As I said …
Brooklyn-based indie chanteuse Madelin exudes intrepid pop realness. Her newest single/video, “Girl I Never Was,” continues this tradition, boasting a taut narrative on total self-acceptance in the face of an inherently chauvinistic society. The track was conceived after Madelin discovered her bi-sexuality and illustrates this awakening without coming off as heavy handed. In fact, for such …
Behold the latest single from prolific LA-based rock outfit Historian who unleash their signature shamanistic Leonard Cohen vocals on this Velvet Underground meets Deerhunter rocker. “Witch Hazel” is off the new Historian LP, Distractions, due out January 17th https://www.facebook.com/Historiantheband/
Brian Schmetzer can be so unassuming and professorial at times, it seems hard to believe he is head coach of a professional soccer team. Pushing his glasses up to the bridge of his nose, he tosses respectful bouquets at opposing coaches and players before and after games. Could this really be the shepherd of a …
Minnesota-native Shreya Preeti shares with you the video for her new track, “Wannabe.” The song holds honest emotions about existing in a time where the present is fleeting and holding someone’s attention is more difficult than ever. “Wannabe” cuts right to the point, as can be heard in the hitting last line of the chorus: “I don’t …
After 1989: A Trip To Freedom by Minutes to Midnight Minutes to Midnight, a music producer based in the UK, has launched a new artist project specifically to tell a real-life tale of imprisonment and liberty. After 1989 – A Trip To Freedom tells the story from his perspective as a grandson, who has only recently …
‘Midnight Stores’ yw sŵn trip acid Lynchiaidd yng nghanol siop gornel. Dyma gymysgedd anhygoel o organ junk-shop, arswyd a dynwaredwr Roky Erickson gwael. Mae ‘The Party’ yn hip ond sgwâr, mae’n tynnu’r gwrandawr drwy brofiadau breintiedig partis tŷ stiwdants prifysgol. Wedi’u dylanwadu gan steil ymlaciol ysgol gelf Roxy Music, Steely Dan a Mac Demarco, mae …
This post combines two subjects that I have previously written about: the illegal, illogical and infamous 2003 invasion of Iraq and rock and roll. In late September 2019, Jacques Chirac and Joseph Wilson died one day apart. The former French president led international opposition to the “War on Terror.” He argued that toppling Saddam Hussein …
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Having completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such …
On January 7, 2017 the Los Angeles Times published a piece about Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) comparing his 2005 Album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning written out of the wreckage of his (and others) failed attempt to have John Kerry elected president to his then current record Ruminations. It compares the first record album that speaks of disappointment, despair—dark thoughts of hope eclipsed by a diminished expectations …