Feast of Music (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
All those who didn't have to hightail it to Grandma's yesterday were treated to what amounted to a home show at Barbes, hosted by Bethany and performed by Becca Stevens, who sang with both bands on the bill: Buy My...
The Aardvark Speaks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Even though almost everyone has probably heard him play at some point, Emil Richards is still one of the more obscure musicians in jazz history. In fact, Richards contributed to some of the best-known TV soundtracks. The xylophone in The Simpsons theme, the finger snaps in the Addams Family theme, the bongos on the original Mission Impossible theme -- all of them were played by Richards, who, incidentally,...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
I only saw this when flicking through the guide - tonight is Johnny Cash night on BBC4. I'll be Sky+ing them 21:00 Johnny Cash: The Story of Folsom Prison Documentary exploring Johnny Cash's concert at Folsom State Prison in California in 1968. 22:00 Later with Jools Holland and Johnny Cash Jools Holland plays host to the Man in Black, who performs a selection of his classics. (R) 22:30 Best of the...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
I hope you get a chance to visit the DWT book store and music shop from time to time. In it you'll find the books we've been reading and enjoying enough to recommend, from Idiot America , Bloggers On The Bus , Blinded By The Right and Dateline Havana to Family of Secrets , The Progressive Revolution and Nixonland . These are books you see Ken and I referring to and quoting from over and over again....
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Christine Tobin (Pizza Express Dean Street, London Jazz Festival, November 21st 2009, review by Georgia Mancio) Christine Tobin mesmerises from the moment she steps on stage. Resplendent in a sparkling green top, warm and witty, she thanked a packed Pizza Express for venturing out on a rainy Saturday night to catch her London Jazz Festival set. On Saturday, X Factor night, Christine showed how far...
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Barry Murphy returns once more to trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to), finding anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Amy Winehouse And Rhythms Del Mundo "Cupid". Artists Project Earth (APE) / launched 6th Dec 2009 Amy Winehouse joins a list of world-class recording artists to support ARTISTS PROJECT EARTH - otherwise known as APE - with an exclusive new version of Sam Cooke's seminal track "Cupid".
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
I was chatting to the local indie record store owner, who is always looking for interesting ways to display his wares and prompt the odd purchase. A lot of the punters are somewhat sheepish, impressionable youngsters clutching their first Led Zeppelin, Roy Harper, Stooges, Floyd etc album and it struck me that it might be worthwhile having a display showing 'How to buy' a particular genre, era or...
Jo Blogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Am I a survivor of CFS? - I've been asking myself. Well, it hasn't killed me yet and each day I try and wrest some quality of life from the jaws of chronic illness. So, yes, I probably am a Survivor. I'm already a Survivor of childhood abuse and for many years wore that identity like a button badge. Hi, my name is Jo and I'm a Survivor. I feel in my bones that my CFS is a legacy of the abuse. (Even...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
White House Punk by digby Among all the stories I've read today about White House state dinners, this has to be the one I enjoyed the most. Howie Klein: My secretary buzzes me to say the White House is on the phone. "Is that that damn Daisy doing an imitation of President Clinton," I asked. "No, no," she said, "it's the office of the White Houses social director." Skeptical,...
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
- With Peter White’s 12th album, “Good Day,” he asserts himself as one of the leading guitarists in the smooth jazz genre, blending different guitar tones and styles that assures listeners of what “easy-listening” music really is. White is most commonly known for his 20-year stint accompanying British folk-rock musician Al Stewart, playing on such acclaimed albums as “Year...
the cupcake aficionado (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
On one of my last nights in DC the other week, all of us girls in journalism crowded in a hotel room, got in bed and listened to my friend's infamous "Crying Playlist." I added some of my own songs that I love as well... Trust me, this shit will make you cry (pardon my french!) All of Me ~ Meiko Almost Lover ~ A Fine Frenzy And Now We Sing ~ Duncan Sheik feat. Holly Brook Belle ~ Jack Johnson...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH ****
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
On November 25, 1976, the five members of The Band -- Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson - played their last concert together. It was billed as The Last Waltz . The Thanksgiving Day show (all 5,000 tickleholders were given a full sit-down turkey dinner before the show) was held at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom and was filmed by Martin Scorsese. Besides...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Timmins reached out to representatives for Mitchell and Taylor, and after much back-and-forth secured the rights to release the concert. A two-disc CD, along with a booklet containing photos from the show, has been released by Greenpeace through the organization’s Web site. Timmins said he is still struck by what he calls the “pristine simplicity” of the concert. “It’s...
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