You may have read about the ooooh-ahhhh coolness of the new iConcertCal plugin you can download for iTunes which will automatically cull all the upcoming concert dates for whatever city you type in, based on who is in your iTunes library. What I didn't know until yesterday is that it is now available for Windows users as well as Mac. I did actually find myself ooohing and ahhhing when I loaded it -- very cool & helpful and now all of us Windows Luddites can join in on the fun. Plus, it's good [...]
No, I have not gone completely mad in my blog post titling, nor has my keyboard broken -- like always, the title of today's post is directly lifted from one of today's songs, and -- as you may have surmised -- today's a little different. It's time for April's installment of The Friday Five, and today we're completely detaching ourselves from the English language, because as music is a universal language, then surely we don't need the constraints of just one tongue to enjoy it correct? Granted, without explanation, I don't have a clue what any [...]
Bebel Gilberto has a new album, Momento , coming out next month on Ziriguiboom / Six Degrees Records . photo: wikipedia If you are not familiar with Bebel Gilberto, well, her musical pedigree involves some of Rio de Janeiro's Brazil's most famous musicians. Talk about coming from a musical family. Bebel's uncle is famed Brazilian singer/composer Chico Buarque . Her mother, Miúcha, is another bossa nova singer, and major star in Rio. And if you haven't yet [...]
We got hit with some snow and ice last Tuesday and Wednesday, then an artic blast of cold air (not to mention below zero windchills this AM when I walked the dogs). I thought Punxsutawney Phil said and early spring!? Here are some winter songs in the meantime. Joshua Radin Caroline (thanks Ashley ) Kristin Hersh Bebel Gilberto Tori Amos Get more Josh , Caroline , [...]
Here's a mix CD that is full of romantic songs, both in sound and in lyric. And since The Duke loves the ladies, it is an all-female vocalist CD. I have given you ample time to download and burn as the 14th is a week and a half away. Throw this one on; and let the flames flitter in your loved one's eyes. 1 ~ Kaki King: Nails We begin with a warm instrumental that conjures up a romantic evening starting with some peppermint tea. 2 ~ Beth [...]
All right stop, collaborate and listen The Duke is back with a brand new mission 20 cover songs that flow real mighty better than originals, day and nightly Super cool post from a blogsphere twosome knocking out tunes far from gruesome Some Velvet Blog and my main man Bruce gots the other ten covers on the loose Gillian Welch & David Rawlings ~ Summer Evening (Greg Brown) Toots & The Maytals ~ Take Me Home, Country Roads (Bob Denver) Beth Orton & Terry Callier [...]
This may be my all-time favorite mix. A perfect blend of acoustic guitars and piano, all mellow in mood. All album ending tracks. Perfect to play before bed. I may post v1.0; but it's not as good. Working on v3.0… keep your sleepy eyes peeled. 1 ~ Michael Gulezian: Golgotha 2 ~ Kaki King: My Insect Life 3 ~ Joe Henry: Scar 4 ~ Cassandra Wilson: Harvest Moon 5 ~ Kathleen Edwards: Sweet [...]
(Bebel Gilberto, Berlin 17/6/06 by akimowitsch ) Stupid blogger. I wrote a whole post earlier today then it got mysteriously lost in the ether and here's me having to rewrite something I've already written. I always get confused when I have to do this, although it's not really a rarity, and I get confused quite easily... Today's Random Play All track is Bebel Gilberto's Mais Feliz from her 2000 album, Tanto Tempo. This album was purchased in a moment of pining for Brazil some time while I was writing a Brazilian Electronica [...]
So if you find yourself out and about this weekend near a record store, and you are tempted to duck in and browse the bargain bin (as I am wont to do), here's one of those great compilation CDs that you should definitely pick up: This Is Where I Belong: Songs of Ray Davies and The Kinks (2002, Rykodisc) is an excellent little collection of covers by many artists that I enjoy. The variety of folks
(Photo by médium ) We're kicking off the new series with something of a legend of the field. Mitar Subotic, aka Suba, died in 1999 trying (or so the legend has it - who are we to argue?) to rescue the tapes of Bebel Gilberto's Tanto Tempo, an album he'd just completed production work on, in a studio fire. He'd just completed his own magnum opus, Sao Paulo Confessions , from which come the songs on the Rough Guide To Brazilian Electronica, our latest exploratory series. Incongruously enough, Subotic was actually Croatian, from Novi [...]
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