http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rK4Ee45dk
Still alive and singing at 81, Bobby “Blue” Bland is the last survivor of a remarkable group of artists– Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Little Milton, and Junior Parker— who in the 50’s and early ’60’s combined gospel and blues to create a new American music. Unlike his peers, Bland has never played an instrument or …
An in-depth obituary by the Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot can be found here. .
Please, please, please see the brilliant documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES. This is a battle we can win in which everyone (except a handful of large corporations) wins. This non-judgmental, non-guilt-inducing, non-“we-know-better-than-you-you-dumb schmuck,” totally fascinating film can change your life. And maybe save it, too. – Gordon Jack Schultz . .
Some friends of East Portland Blog recently pooled their knowledge of music sites and I’d like to share it with you: Jan Erickson: Kurt Elling – http://kurtelling.com James Bresnahan: 1) Wolfgangs Vault; King Biscuit Flower Hour live concerts were merged with Bill Graham’s live archives, www.wolfgangsvault.com. The concert list is HUGE! It now features archival …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BrkmIqUXck
From Jerry Dammers of the Specials, composer of Ghost Town: “I think it couldn’t have happened without Sex Pistols and punk rock – the door was open for lyrics about reality, about real lives. Pop music was a completely different thing then. We were touring the country and we could see what was going on. …
I’m following David Handelman‘s sage advice and linking to Sal Nunziato and Burning Wood early and often. Here’s Sal’s mix for the best of 2011 so far, the first half of the year – My Morning Jacket, NRBQ, Cake, Paul Simon, Eddie Vedder, the Strokes, Lucinda Williams, Death Cab for Cutie, Beastie Boys, Ron Sexsmith, …
This is from Rye Rye’s Wikipedia entry, “Rye Rye is the stage name of Ryeisha Berrain, an American rapper and dancer from Baltimore, Maryland, United States signed to N.E.E.T. Recordings. She is currently writing and recording her debut album, Go! Pop! Bang!, scheduled for release sometime in the Summer of 2011. Rye Rye began performing …
I’m following David Handelman‘s sage advice and linking to Sal Nunziato and Burning Wood early and often. Here’s Sal’s mix for the best of 2011 so far, the first half of the year – My Morning Jacket, NRBQ, Cake, Paul Simon, Eddie Vedder, the Strokes, Lucinda Williams, Death Cab for Cutie, Beastie Boys, Ron Sexsmith, …
Turns out the riot kiss was real after all. The lad’s Mum says, “It is something he would do — that’s our boy,” she said. “He has always lived in his own world. He’s special like that. He doesn’t always connect with what [is] going on around him. I knew it was him because he …
Thanks to David Handelman for this: In 1987 and 1988 Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello recorded an album’s worth of collaborative material which was never released. Burning Wood has the demos for some of those songs. According to Sal Nunziato, the blog’s proprietor, some of the finished material from those sessions, “trickled out and found …
This is one of a million curios I missed between 9/11 and 2010: Alison Krauss singing a country-inflected version of John Waite’s 80s tune, Missing You, with a surprisingly young-looking John Waite singing along. As can be expected on any remake of a classic, this version produces mixed, though generally positive, responses. “It’s listenable. i …
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Thought you’d enjoy this latest YouTube find, from a Grin reunion show ca. 2004 in Rockville, MD. Always my fave Nils Lofgren song and solo, live he takes it to another level, and makes it look like a casual stroll in the park! Another D.C. Area “Master of the Stratocaster (and/or Telecaster)”, for …