http://youtu.be/dEtFNUZQekc
This vid is described on Youtube in this way: “Darius Rucker avoids attack from a fan while performing “History in the Making” in Boca Raton, FL on 5/12/11. The attack happens around 1:17″
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QucvsVv8rSo
Singer and internet celebrity Kina Grannis makes a celebrity guest cameo in this vid:
http://youtu.be/byv-wpqDydI
The title translates, “Before I Knew You.” This is a live version of the title track from her upcoming album. Website – www.melissahorn.se
http://youtu.be/MAopeQdGe8Y
http://youtu.be/UsPeVqTJMaY
. The riverside Siren seems to have attracted more brilliant minds in recent years than the Manhattan Project. While nothing explosive will likely come of it, the rush of settlers to Portland has certainly resulted in a remarkable array of talent. A prime example is Dominic Castillo, frontman of Ravishers, whose eponymous, full-length debut album …
The Jesus And Mary Chain endure as innovators of a huge proportion of what I listen to and much of modern shoegaze. Mazzy Star, of course, are just utterly lovely and have ploughed their own furrow of Paisley underground. To put Hope Sandoval alongside the Reid brothers for this fleeting moment was just a perfect …
You can never count rhymin’ Simon out. In his seventh decade making music, Paul Simon has a new record that, if not revelatory, features songs with incisive lyrics, catchy melodies and lively rhythms. And so what if the bard from New Jersey hasn’t bottled lightning again with “So Beautiful or So What?” This guy released …
Drummer Jimmy Cobb, alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Buster Williams and guitarist Mike Stern range in age from 82 (Cobb) to 58 (Stern). Miles Davis, the man they play to honor, would have been 85 on May 26th. Sitting across from me at Seattle’s Jazz Alley, Tom Kipp wasn’t completely sure if four sidemen from …
Moby states the following opinion of Ke$ha’s and Britney Spears’ music: “”It’s fun, but I don’t think of it as music,” he says. “It’s manufactured. I appreciate it as pop culture phenomenon and some of the songs I like if I hear them in a shopping mall or something, but it doesn’t function as music …
Thanks to Tim Cook for this:
[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling a list of 1200, or perhaps more, unforgettable songs. Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be worthy of your attention and Tom will expertly explain why. The presentation below, “What Was in …
Via Reddit:
Though he’s one of the hardest-working artists in show business, Dave Alvin is not entirely a self-made man; to a large extent, American music made him. Alvin translated a childhood spent in Downey, CA, obsessing over old records with his brother Phil into a Grammy-winning mission of further exploration. As a solo artist, Blaster or …
Recorded in 1964, this is the grooviest of all the “Fevers.” According to anonymous internet sources, this version reached #38 on the UK Charts. On Helen Shapiro’s 1963 UK Tour, the Beatles were the opening act.
Like all great art, this is both painful and beautiful.
I came across this odd video clip as a sidebar to the monthly e-mail from Rhino. Good ol’ EC at some mondo, Brit-looking festival in 2007, with the full complement of femme back-up, horns, multiple keybs, etc. all somewhat besmirching the hallowed "White Room", which may be the only great song he still plays, aside …
. Two versions of a Willie Dixon novelty tune form a study in contrast. In the first (1963 above), Wolf and his band are at their peak, with everyone knowing what to say and when. The lyrics may be forgettable, but the performance gleams. In the remake (1968 below), a haphazard assemblage of studio musicians …
Below is a video of Other Lives performing Tamer Animals on KCRW. Also, Steve Stav has nice little review of Tamer Animals on Intermittent Signals.