The 'Spill (Free subscription) | yesterday
(I think BLimpy's posted this video on the 'Spill before, so I'll try to think of something else, but it is very vimmy) Elmore James - Rollin and Tumblin Isley Brothers - Shout Herb Alpert - Taste of Honey Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Hyena Stomp Lee Perry - Soul Fire Carlos Malcolm - Bonanza Ska Dick Dale - Miserlou Twist Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the...
Zeigen (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Sorry, every other letter in the alphabet, you’re fired. The letter V has completely dominated popular culture. Vvvv vvv vv, V vvvvv, vvv vvvv vvvvvv vv’vv vvvv vv vvv vv “v.” In the collage, roughly from left to right: Supermodel Anne V (Sports Illustrated photo), wearing a v-neck bathing suit, from her 5-year SI run. Actress Morena Baccarin as [...]
Do Bianchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the “life could be worse” department… Last night found me and Tracie B at Austin’s top music destination, Antone’s, for a Doug Sahm tribute (Doug Sahm is considered by many the father of the Central Texas music scene). We were there to see legendary bluesman Jimmie Vaughan. Since I moved to Austin nearly a year [...]
Scholars and Rogues (Free subscription) | yesterday
Our last pod ended the Great 48 on a subdued note. Nirvana won handily, but voter turnout was low. Does this mean trouble for “the voice of Generation X” at the next level? We’ll know soon enough. The numbers: #3 Nirvana 56% ; #8 John Mellencamp 32%; Los Lobos 12%. On Monday we’ll launch the third phase of the Tournament of Rock – Legends, as our contest to name the greatest...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to Wikipedia; "Cross Road Blues" is one of Delta Blues singer Robert Johnson's most famous songs. The lyrics plainly have the narrator attempting to hitch a ride from an intersection as darkness falls. But in close association with the mythic legend of Johnson's short life and death, it has come to represent the tale of a blues man going to a metaphorical crossroads to meet the...
TheHoundBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Private Elvis , a collection of sleazy photos of G.I. era Elvis on leave in Paris having fun, long out of print.... From Pic mag, May, '56, a digest size sleaze mag... Nowadays, anytime some weenie pulls out a guitar there's twelve morons with a camera phone there to document the event, but there are very few great recordings from rock'n'roll's golden era. There are no great live recordings from...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | yesterday
Art D’Lugoff, who was widely regarded as the dean of New York nightclub impresarios and whose storied spot, the Village Gate, was for more than 30 years home to performers as celebrated, and diverse, as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg and John Belushi, died on Wednesday in Manhattan…. …Though most often thought of as a jazz space — among the eminences heard there over the...
Going2theshow.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ticket onsale list for November 7, 2009 These tickets go on sale today on Ticketmaster and Livenation. 10:00 am B.B. King United Palace Theatre New York, NY Feb 12, [...]
TwoTonGreenBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Lee Hooker performing Chicken And Gravy at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 1980. Look who's backing him up :) Been stormy and I've been enjoying it. Tillamook Head (about an hour north of me just south of Seaside) had gusts of 80 mph (as did Lincoln City which is about an hour south of me) but I only got up to an occasional gust of 58 or so. Not as much rain as I thought -- total rainfall to date...
Nightwatcher's House Of Rock (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a career spanning over three decades Austin, Texas based guitarist Van Wilks has forged a blazing blues rock path filled with some of the most impressive playing to be found in the genre. Lauded as one of the city's master players by both critics, fans and fellow musicians such as Eric Johnson and Billy Gibbons, the consistency of his work has made him stand out in a scene overfilled with hot guitarists...
TimesDaily.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Brian Hughes Staff Writer Owners of the Florence Golf and Country Club late Thursday approved a more than $2 million offer from the city to purchase the West Florence property, pending approval by the City Council.
The Lead (Free subscription) | yesterday
The swine flu scare has religions rethinking religious practices. Entrepreneurs see a market:...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the history of the blues, it's been important to have a good blues name. There are numerous approaches. One is to have a descriptor tacked on in front of an ordinary name. For instance, who wants to hear a singer named Joe Hunter? Mundane, right? But Ivory Joe Hunter, now that's a whole other ballgame. Naturally Ivory Joe Hunter has to be a piano player because he tickles the ivories. Here's Ivory...
They Call Me "Mr. Sinister" (Free subscription) | yesterday
So, can I. Son House singing Death Letter Blues.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Push by credit card companies will increase interest rates to more than 30 percent, cut credit limits, and add new fees, even for customers who pay their bills on time
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ifp | 17/06/2009
We have made a selection of the best music and cultural festivals in France this summer. SOUTH: * Vence, Côte d'Azur, Les Nuits du Sud, 10th July to 8th August - The 12th edition of this "Music of the World" festival with exhibitions, activities and free concerts on the 16th and 23rd of July and 5th of August. Artists include Gilberto Gil, Grand Corps Malade, Pascale Picard, Amadou et Mariam, Khaled,
kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
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