You could probably convince someone that Ryley Walker’s debut long player is the work of some long-lost UK singer-songwriter from the 1970s. Recalling at different moments John Martyn, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Nick Drake, […]
Month: April 2014
Jackie Shane :: Any Other Way
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation :: Watch n’ Chain
Ye olde mailbag gets heavy whenever I play this one on the radio show…so, for those asking, this funky mess is the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation doing “Watch n’ Chain” – Liberty Records, 1968. Trivia: Flying […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Okkervil River’s Will Sheff guests this week during the second hour of […]
The Four Seasons Do Dylan
While spinning the recent reissue of Dylan’s Gospel , I was reminded of two incredibly odd Dylan “reinterpretations.” To that, introducing Bob Dylan’s music through the lens of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. First up is […]
Tinariwen :: Chaghaybou
Tinariwen’s music speaks for Kel Tamashek, the Tuaregs, and their desert home, the “tenere.” Formed in 1979, the group’s latest LP ( Emmaar ) is a continuation of Tinariwen’s rhythmic, and at times incredibly psychedelic, Saharan desert […]
Butch McGhee :: Stacked
Music historian John “Johnny D” Dixon must not sleep. In between hosting the freeform “Mostly Vinyl” and “Totally Jazzed” programs on Phoenix’s KWSS FM and creating a special Record Store Day single featuring Waylon Jennings and Sanford Clark — which […]
Jolie Holland :: Dark Days (Video) via Wine Dark Sea
“Dark Days”– the first taste from Jolie Holland’s upcoming LP, Wine Dark Sea , out next month via Anti Records. Both it and a cheap-o used copy of Neil Young’s Live Rust, that I recently re-bought, have lived […]
Graeme Allwright :: Je Perds Ou Bien Je Gagne (1968)
1968 French language rendering of Jackson C. Frank’s ” Blues Run The Game “, courtesy of Graeme Allwright . Frank’s haunting, Paul Simon produced, 1965 debut was reissued earlier this year via Earth Recordings. And if you’re not familiar with Frank, […]
Wax Wonders :: Detroit Soul, Part 1
The amount of superb soul records (from the obscure to the massive hits) that were waxed in Detroit is a near bottomless well of greatness. Following the lead of Berry Gordy’s Motown empire, dozens of […]
AD Presents :: Steve Gunn/Kevin Morby @ Rough Trade 4/25 – Brooklyn, NY
We’re back in NYC. This Friday night, April 25th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Steve Gunn and Kevin Morby at Rough Trade in Brooklyn. Local outfit Prince Rupert’s Drops supports. We have several pairs of tickets for AD readers. To enter, leave . . . Only […]
Stevie Wonder :: @ The Rainbow Theatre — London, 01/31/74
There are very few artists who had album runs like the one Stevie Wonder pulled off in the ’70s (the Stones come immediately to mind). The following set, from January of 1974, finds the artist in the […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show (Noon EST, Channel 35)
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 337: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Margo […]
The Band :: Live At The Casino Arena – July 20, 1976
Hallelujah. This rare archival footage finds everyone’s favorite on a hot July night in Jersey amidst its final summer tour, just under a month before the much-acclaimed King Biscuit Flower Hour set at the Carter Baron Amphitheatre in Washington, D.C. […]
Music From The Films Of Jim Jarmusch
Music is never incidental in a Jim Jarmusch movie. It’s part of his films’ DNA, a through line running through his characters’ black comedy gags and existential wanderings. There’s no stylistic template — everything from […]