Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Earshot Jazz Festival ends this weekend. A highlight is a concert with vocalist Dean Bowman that pays homage to an early Quincy Jones/Ray Charles recording project, "Genius + Soul = Jazz."
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Filed under: The Hit List After posting our take on the very best and worst Beatles covers of all time, we took to Twitter to ask our readers to name their favorite Fab Four tributes. Take a look at some of the most popular submissions below. Don't see your cherished cover here? Leave it in the comments below! Joe Cocker , ' With a Little Help From My Friends ' Submitted by @ kristenboyd Oasis , '...
Laci the Dog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Close, it's Pattie Boyd . She's the former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton. She was the inspiration for love songs written by both musicians, most notably Harrison's "Something" (however, Harrison claimed to write it for Ray Charles), "For You Blue", and Clapton's "Layla", "Wonderful Tonight," and "Bell Bottom Blues." My wife has been...
KK & R Music Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Scott has Kallmann’s syndrome, a genetic condition which stunted his growth at five feet and prevented him reaching puberty, leaving him with a high, boy-like voice. However it was his phrasing and romantic feeling that made him a favorite singer of fellow artists like Billie Holliday, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson. Imagination I cried for You Sycamore Trees
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...
Drunken Housewife (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In the morning the Sober Husband likes to take the green parrot out of its cage, and the two enjoy some toast together. (Since we acquired the African Grey parrot earlier this year, the two parrots are known by various names. The Sober Husband calls them "the green parrot" and "the gray parrot", I call them "your parrot" and "my parrot", and the children call...
Make the logo bigger. (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I saw this post on the recent Colorado Powerball spot, and the gist was that life is so bad for suburbians that only Powerball takes you away from it all. I have more of an issue with the demo most lottery spots show rather than the drudgery of being bored. It’s not only people in the suburbs who play, yet they mostly seem to be the only demo represented. As for the aspiration theme, well, that’s...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Playlist Overton Berry Trio – And I Love Her (Jaro) Gary McFarland – Here There and Everywhere (Skye) Vince Guaraldi – Eleanor Rigby (WB) Bola Sete – Golden Slumbers (Paramount) Ray Charles – Yesterday (TRC) Shirley Scott – Because (Atlantic) Brian Auger & the Trinity – A Day In the Life (Atco) The Pair Extraordinaire – And I Love Her (Liberty) Lonnie...
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
I have a couple friends who were born in 1966 who know the music of 1966 nearly as well as I do, and I was 13 that year. So I thought I'd find a list of 1953 songs to see how many I O-Own, L-Like, H-Hate, R-Recognize (obviously, if I own, like, or hate, I recognize): That's Amore Dean Martin -(O, L) Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como (R) Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams (O,L) The...
Little Miss Cupcake (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee i ee i oh! And on that farm he had some cows, Ee i ee i oh! With a moo moo here, And a moo moo there Here a moo, there a moo, Everywhere a moo moo Old MacDonald had a farm Ee i ee i oh! Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee i ee i oh! And on that farm he had some piggies, Ee i ee i oh! With an oink oink here, And an oink oink there.... My 2 year-old loves this song and has just...
Thighs Wide Shut (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The 25th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Anniversary Concerts - Night 2 Madison Square Garden Rocktober 30th after Thursday's all-time time-edness we knew there was no possible way that Friday's show, even with or w/o Clapton in the line-up, could ever match it. damns, we hate beings right, and the show being 2ish hours shorter than the previous one didn't help splatters much. Jeff Beck is a fine guitarist...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
(an amazing clip of Layla dissected track by track. I just wonder how the band really felt at the time being directed under a major label's grasp? Sure worked out in the end.) A man who seemingly fit many lives into one lifetime, Tom Dowd was born on October 20, 1925 in New York City. At a young age he excelled in mathematics and physics, leading to his work from the ages of 16 to 20 on the Manhattan...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Stuck for something to watch at the weekend? Pitchfork are streaming a documentary (for a few more days) on the amazing life of Tom Dowd,music producer,recording engineer.There's wonderful footage of Aretha, Ray Charles,John Coltrane, Otis and many others. Enjoy. http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2049-tom-dowd-and-the-language-of-musi...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
It is somewhat disconcerting how few new male vocalists inhabiting the jazz idiom practice their craft with the same degree of genius and virtuosity as saxophonists and other instrumentalists. It is a conundrum why so many new artists don't play the first instrument--the human voice. Some posit that poeta nascitur non fit? Is it true that vocal art is the one art that cannot really be taught, but only...
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