The sign Those Darlins are standing in front of says "SALE," but today I'm here to offer you free music. Lately, my inbox has been full of announcements from big-time Americana artists telling of free downloads they are offering on their websites. Simply follow the links ahead and download (completely free) live tracks and new tunes from Those Darlins, The Band of Heathens, Tift Merritt, and Josh Ritter. Those Darlins have been working on the follow up to their self-titled debut album and will soon release a 7" vinyl single as a [...]
Tonite is an astrologer's wet dream. Did I just say that? I know very little about astrology, but the moon in our skies is a blue one, or more precisely the second full moon of the month, with a partial eclipse, and it's made of (blue) cheese. It's also New Years Eve. The term, "once in a blue moon" has come to mean seldom, rarely, or perhaps never. Apply this as you wish, to your whatever may be your current milieux. A full moon is prone to wreak emotional intensity or mahyem. Wolves howl at them, and singers sing about [...]
From Wikipedia . "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1947 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, The Blue Grass Boys. The song has since been recorded by Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Ronnie Hawkins, Wanda Jackson, LeAnn Rimes, The Beatles, Boxcar Willie, Ray Charles and others. Bill Monroe : Blue Moon Of Kentucky [ purchase ] Bill Monroe wrote the song in 1947, but didn't record it until three [...]
There may be an ongoing Writer's Strike, but there's clearly not a Rockin' Strike affecting Conan O'Brien. On last Friday's Late Night, The Cone Zone proved that he's not "just gonna waste a lot of time with low-concept nonsense" while waiting for his writers to return. by performing a must-see ...
The waltz is magnificently improper -- the art of tone turned lubricious. There is something about a waltz that is irresistible. Try it on the fattest and sedatest or even on the thinnest and most acidulous of women, and she will be ready, in ten minutes, for a stealthy smack behind the door -- nay, she will forthwith impart the embarrassing news that her husband misunderstands her and drinks too much and is going to Cleveland, O. on a business trip tomorrow. H.L. Mencken, 1919. Sorry for the [...]
Download: "Mule Skinner Blues" mp3 Then I heard this horrible crazy sound. And I felt this insane mad feeling. Neither of which was I in any manner acquainted. It was the bluesiest and most obnoxious thing I had ever heard. It was an attack of revolutionary terrorism on my nervous system through aesthetics. It was blacker than the blackest black record I had ever heard. It reached out and grabbed and it has never let go of me. [...]
Photo © Alfred Wertheimer It's well documented that Elvis was a degenerate, and more than likely that he was a record collector too. So, in commemoration of his 72nd birthday, I'll kick off this flagship posting of the boogie woogie flu with some chestnuts that the King recorded and brought to a larger audience. Hopefully, his records were in better condition than mine. Check out Pete "Guitar" Lewis on "Hound Dog". There are two versions of "Tomorrow Night" here. Elvis recorded a beautiful version based on Lonnie Johnson's signature number that never saw the [...]
A Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz
Boogie Woogie Flu
Star Maker Machine
Hypeful
Friday Remixes
Princeton – Grand Rapids (RAC Remix)
summer camp//always
Block Rocking Breeze
