Ranch Lines (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Well, we did it! From our humble, uncertain beginnings in late July, the nine-piece TMC (Teligent Music Club) played our first gig on Friday - a benefit concert for Children in Need, that raised in excess of £200. We settled on five songs that we've just about mastered; Make Me Smile, Wonderful Tonight, New Shoes (Paolo Nutini), Baker Street and Santa Clause is Coming to Town - all of which went...
mnml ssgs (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
just a quick post, my girl has been going on a big maurice fulton bender recently, and this has encouraged me to revisit this mix of his, which is very dear to my heart. this mix kept me company on many long, boring drives between melbourne and canberra... despite maurice being around since the year dot and generally being recognised as a house legend, i still feel he is massively under-rated. as far...
AlbumArtExchange Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
69/365 - Sleeveface with Boz Scaggs, originally uploaded by Aaron™. Technically, this isn’t a sleeveface. It is brilliant, though. I wonder how long it took them to find that green bench. Related articles: Lowdown in Minneapolis (powerlineblog.com)...
Do Bianchi (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Above, from left: my buddy Mark Sayre, Kermit Lynch, and me last night at Vino Vino for the Kermit Lynch listening party. A grand time was had by all. Photos by Tracie B. Tracie B and I had a blast last night at the Kermit Lynch listening party at Vino Vino here in Austin. It’s been [...]
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
MoviesOnline recently sat down with Michael Jackson?s musical director, Michael Bearden, to talk about his new film, Michael Jackson?s THIS IS IT , which offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this past summer in London?s O2 Arena. Bearden is...
Do Bianchi (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Above: Kermit debuted his new album last month in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall, paired with a menu by Alice Waters. It’s a funny thing about the food and wine world: so many of the folks I know who work as food and wine professionals have at some point in their lives played [...]
The Battle of Alberta (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
"Fantasy, it gets the best of me When I'm sailing, all caught up in the reverie" I've being listening to Yacht Rock all day. Hence the Christopher Cross reference. Even made a Yacht Rock mix. Got me some Cross, the Michael McDonald-led Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, Boz Scaggs, Toto, Kenny Loggins...all of it. So white. So smooth. So wonderful. So far so good with the Oilers...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Instead of spending another post ruminating about October songs, I think I’ll just be a DJ and play five of ‘em, on the radio this week in 1976, of course. This one was recorded live at a show on December 31, 1976: (Check out a version of “Lido Shuffle” from the same show here.) Someday I’m going [...]
Rockpedia.info (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Fresh off his stint as conductor and bandleader for the critically praised 61st Primetime Emmys live primetime telecast on CBS, Toto founding member David Paich, along with bandmates Steve Lukather and Steve Porcaro, will be inducted into the Musicians’ Hall of Fame in Nashville on Oct. 12. The group is being honored by fellow Nashville musicians [...]
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Download for $12.98. Listen to Boz Scaggs performed at Paramount Theatre on March 10, 1974
AI3:::Adaptive Information (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Serving Up Occasional Re-treads and Leftovers My wife and I are not gamblers, and were somewhat surprised to find ourselves at our local destination casino last weekend to see a concert by Boz Scaggs and [...]
Idolator (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Twenty-seven years ago today, Sony introduced the CDP-101 to market: The $2,200 piece of electronics (pictured at left) was the first compact-disc player, and the company went on to sell 20,000 units over the three months following its debut. In addition to the hardware, Sony issued 50 of its titles on CD at a price that would equal between $33 and $45 in 2009 dollars ; the "first" entry...
Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Billboard tells us that Wolfgang’s Vault will open it’s entire concert catalog beginning in November, offering paid downloads and an annual premium membership on top of their current streaming services: Leading up to the Nov. 3 “Cracking the Vault Day” blowout, Wolfgang’s Vault — which recently logged its 100 millionth streamed show — is offering a [...] Related...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Boz Scaggs allowed himself a gratified smile. He had just played the Jimmy Reed blues tune, "Honest I Do," for about a half hour to open his first rehearsal with this year's Blue Velvet Band. "I think we found a groove in there somewhere," he said....
AskMen.com (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
A reminder of why the music genre became so popular in the first place.
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