SPLENDIDA PROJECT (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
This mix was sparked by the Ry Cooder song that I heard on the radio recently, and the Chris Isaak tune, that I played again. While listening to these marvellous songs, I thought back of more eighties artists who, in a decade stuffed with fluorescent legwarmers, cheap synths and a-symmetrical hair, kept the rootsrock flame burning. Either by putting r&b, folk and country-influences in their songs,...
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
New York.– The Story of Merengue, a performance of five legends of Dominican
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
New York.– The Story of Merengue, a performance of five legends of Dominican
Popdose (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Beau Jocque and The Zydeco Hi-Rollers - Give It To Me from Pick Up on This! (1994) Pictures And Sound - It’s You from Pictures and Sound (2008) Bel Auburn - Lullaby In C from Lullabies in A & C (2006) Ralph Stanley - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from Shine On (2005) Bill Purdy - Move My Way from [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
When Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris are sitting in the nightclub balcony, you can bet there's a heavy-duty act onstage. Guitarist Ry Cooder making his first appearance in around 20 years Thursday at the Great American Music Hall qualifies as...
San Jose Inside (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
By any measure, this year’s San Jose Mariachi and Latin Music Festival was a triumph. As a cultural event, it was world class, one of the best ever in our city or anywhere else in the world I have been. People attended from far and wide, including New York, Las Vegas, Tucson and Florida. The workshop students came from San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bakersfield, Gilroy, Oxnard and, of course,...
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
I have it on very good authority that Elvis Costello will very likely perform some songs tonight (Oct. 2) at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. The source of the info, like I said, can be trusted. (The source is also one of the nicest, if not the single nicest, person in the [...]
SFist (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Photo of Sigur Ros by Eva Vermandel Although this weekend is dominated by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (FREE FREE FREE), there are a ton of other great options (musical and otherwise) if kicking it in the park with thousands of your closest friends isn’t you’re thing. Thursday Ry Cooder and co (remember him?!) will be at the Great American Music Hall for a couple of days. Friday Icelandic invasion! If...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
11 p.m. Diminished Men Have you ever passed by the "soundtracks" section at your local record store and wondered who buys those mid-'60s spaghetti-Western-surf-vampire themes on 180-gram vinyl? Aside from Quentin Tarantino, that is? This is precisely the territory Diminished ...
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Rhino takes a joy ride through Ry Cooder's prolific career with a two-CD collection of his work as a solo artist and soundtrack composer ...
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
The Song Box Ninth Season! Now in Seaford on the same program: Return To The Dream (Martha Trachtenberg, Tom Griffith, Diane Garisto, & Andy Huenerberg) Return To The Dream Return To The Dream is an alternative acoustic band that draws on folk, pop, rock, blues and bluegrass influences to create their original music. [...]
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
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Damien Mulley (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
This is from the Paris, Texas soundtrack. The video is boring footage. Just listen to the audio if you have about 9 minutes to spare.
Whisky Prajer (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
I continue to have a difficult time when it comes to listening to music. The past season was little more than a prolongation of my mid-life summer of discontent. I could get pissy on the the subject, but I don't want to take it out on the bands, or even the labels, really. God knows everyone in the biz is having a hard time keeping up with the sea-changes roiling among contemporary listeners. Keep...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
While his own recordings have taken an unexpected literary turn, guitarist-musicologist Ry Cooder has trained his attention as a producer on the rediscovery of Latina vocalist Ersi Arvizu, one of the forgotten queens of East Los Angeles. The last time Cooder...
