Ben Weaver and his touring cellist performed two tracks, last week during the A.D. show, off of his new LP, Paper Sky, upstairs in the Little Radio loft studio. I've ripped the performances into MP3s for those who did not download the podcast version of the show.
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The upcoming issue of the hipster music rag Fader explores something I have discussed several times on these pages in the past: the vast, popular, misconception of Jerry Garcia and the legacy of the Grateful Dead. I have long believed them to be one of the more misunderstood groups of the past 40 years, whose music and image is sadly enshrouded in tye-dye, dancing bears, and a few tunes . . .
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"This is why people OD on pills -- and jump -- from the Golden Gate Bridge. Anything to feel weightless again..." -- The Handsome Family
The Handsome Family's third album, 1998's Through The Trees, is an essential, Americana, genre classic. The music of the husband and wife duo, Brett and Rennie Sparks, hovers in a sphere somewhere . . .
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This past Wednesday, prior to his gig at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, Ben Weaver and his touring cellist, Julia, were able to drop by the Little Radio studio and knock out a couple of songs before their load-in at the venue. I have been a big fan of Weaver's music since getting turned onto him a little over year ago, and really cannot say enough good things about his . . .
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I have no idea if the following (urban) legend regarding Peter Tosh is true, and it really doesn't matter, because even if pure myth it illustrates my point either way.
The story goes that Peter Tosh's relationship with The Rolling Stones soured. both professionally and personally, due to Tosh's refusal to leave Keith Richards' Jamaican home after crashing there with an entourage, for months on end, while the British guitarist was away on tour.
Allegedly when Richards got "tough" and demanded Tosh and company . . .
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Dig this track off Dungen's upcoming album, Tio Bitar, due out May 15th. Psychedelic indie rock by way of Sweden.
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MP3: Dungen :: Familj
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The heavy duty funk and soul archeologists, Now-Again Records, return with their latest compilation Florida Funk - Funk 45s from the Alligator State, 1968-1975. Researched & compiled by Gerald Short, Malcolm Catto & Angelo Angione, this twenty-two track collection is the third in the UK based Jazzman Records series that also put together the acclaimed Texas Funk and
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Page France create from a whimsical musical palette that that very few can pull off, and rarely pull off so well at that. Think dreamy and surreal shades of folk-pop tied together with the string that is leader, Michael Nau’s, songwriting.
Here on their third proper LP, entitled And The Family Telephone, Page France find themselves expanding on . . .
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My backyard (Griffith Park) was ablaze last night and my neighborhood lost power for ten hours. Thankfully my laptop was powered up, and I had this collections in my iTunes.
The two Ethiopiques volumes I own, volumes III & IV, have been my go-to music the past few months around the house. Volume IV . . .
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A couple of months ago John Vanderslice gave away (via his website) a completely remixed vesion of his 2005 LP Pixel Revolt.
Carefully crafted, entirely in analog, by Scott Solter, the remix constitutes Vanderslice's vision as seen through . . .
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The praises of Bert Jansch have been sung numerous times on these pages in the past, but never has there been a post dedicated solely to Pentangle, the quintessential sixties English folk group made up of Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn, Terry Cox and Danny Thompson.
Pentangle's jazz inflected English folk is as unique, and different, as the folk-based music their American counterparts were creating 5,000 miles away on the west coast of California. While their . . .
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Did you know Ian Hunter has a new album out next week? For those interested, it's on Yep Roc, entitled Shrunken Heads.
While I was never an ardent fan of Ian's band Mott The Hoople, I have always . . .
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As promised, here are two of the five jams that make up the third disc on the deluxe Layla sessions box set. It's worth noting that on the first of these two jams (Jam IV) the Dominos are joined by become a member or log in.
Ye olde Aquarium Drunkard turned two today. Despite what the archives state (I merged the May 2005 data with the June posts a year and a half ago) this is the 1,463 post since May of 2005.
It's only fitting that Wilco have a new album coming out next week, as become a member or log in.
I have been enthusiastically riding the Richard Swift train backwards since devouring his 2007 LP, Dressed Up For The Letdown, earlier this year, and catching his live act twice in the past few months. In a word, the guy is exceptional.
The past two weeks have found me taking in his 2005 double-album package
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