Printed in France. Made in France. Clocking in at just under six minutes, “Looking For You” is cinematic in scope — listener willing. Released in 1974 on Nino Ferrer’s Nino & Radiah , an album which found the French […]
Month: February 2018
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 511: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique Stephane ++ Rosebud […]
Richard Lloyd :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Richard Lloyd didn’t set out to write a rock & roll memoir. While his debut book, Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB’s and Five Decades of Rock and Roll: The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist , rarely skimps on musical detail, his philosophical aim stays clear. As Lloyd recounts his run-ins with Keith Moon, […]
Present Of The Past :: Houston’s Folk Underground / A Medley
The early 1960’s: folk songs reflecting social change and protest amidst the Civil Rights Movement could be heard on radios everywhere. Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez inspired many a youth to […]
Hiss Golden Messenger :: Wah-Wah Cowboys, Volume I & 2
I made the first Wah Wah Cowboys mix in 2009– almost ten years ago, which I cannot believe–as a way towards bit of mental calm after my wife and I had our first kid, Elijah, […]
Wes Montgomery :: In Paris / The Definitive ORTF Recording
Resonance Records has been digging up a number of previously unheard recordings from the legendary jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery in recent years. Their latest effort is more familiar – but it’s just as essential. These 1965 live recordings have […]
The Lagniappe Sessions :: Kacy & Clayton
Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. One of our favorite albums of 2017 , Kacy & Clayton’s The Siren’s Song found the pair widening their […]
Nick Millevoi’s Desertion Trio w/ Jamie Saft :: Midtown Tilt
Nick Millevoi and his Desertion Trio – here augmented by Jamie Saft on organ – deliver a nonstop instrumental thrill-ride on Midtown Tilt . You may remember Millevoi from
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. Image via Christian Marclay . SIRIUS 510: Jean Michel Bernard — Générique […]
Jerry David DeCicca :: Time The Teacher
“Watermelon,” the second track on Jerry David DeCicca’s Time the Teacher, is an ode to – you guessed it – watermelons. With an almost nursery-rhyme like cadence and gentle backing vocals, it’s as simple a […]
Ayalew Mesfin :: Hasabe (My Worries)
A long overdue collection of East African Ethio-groove and funk. With Hasabe (My Worries) , Now Again Records, in collaboration with Vinyl Me Please, make the case for Ayalew Mesfin’s place among Ethiopian musical heavyweights Mulatu Astatke, […]
Catching Up With John Lurie
The world of music has seemed a much less colorful and interesting place in the years since John Lurie stopped recording. The former leader of NYC jazz ensemble The Lounge Lizards, film score composer and […]
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: They’ll Pay You For It – A Mixtape
“I’m telling you, this is the most unique situation. These people, the disco spinners, are building careers. They could not care less about what you have, you know, on your mind, financially or any other […]