It's safe to say that without the tireless efforts of Alan Lomax , the world may never have been introduced to the likes of Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Leadbelly or countless other musicians the folklorist and ethnomusicologist recorded on dusty back roads, barns or just about anywhere else he could set up his recording gear. Lomax spent his entire career making field recordings of folk and traditional music, both in the U.S. and abroad, amassing a collection of 5,000 hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3,000 videotapes, 5,000 photographs and piles of manuscripts. Some 17,000 tracks from [...]
This ageing hipster - or should that be titan of the mediasphere - was asked to write a feature for Nerve magazine's Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now . Read it here if you got a lotta nerve. Or if you're just my friend. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street (live Sydney '66) Emile O'Connor - The Nerve Of You Motorpsycho - The Nerve Tattoo Silkworm - Nerves
It was somewhere in New Mexico, while out in the desert on a road trip listening the old Nuggets compilation, that a bunch of us got to listing our favorite Dylan homages/ripoffs. Specifically the track "A Public Execution," by the sixties garage rock band Mouse, from Tyler, TX. Of course Stealers Wheel came up - [...]
Provavelmente vamos ver e ouvir muita gente cantando Bob Dylan nos próximos dias. O mega tributo em homenagem ao cantor organizado pela Anistia Internacional já foi lançado (confira breve resenha ), e o que podemos esperar são os "n" artistas que participaram dos quatros discos cantando suas gravações em apresentações ao vivo. Joe Perry , guitarrista do Aerosmith foi um dos artistas que gravaram uma faixa em Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, e ontem apresentou a faixa Man [...]
Andre Lipke Andrew Lipke , Nicole Reynolds , The Bailey Hounds , Levee Drivers and nine other Philly bands have covered Bob Dylan songs on a new compilation called Dylan 70: Philadelphia Pays Tribute To A Legend . The album is a celebration of Dylan's 70th birthday. Download the album here . Below, listen to Andrew Lipke's cover of "Just Like A Woman," "North Country Girl" by Nicole Reynolds and "All I Really Wanna Do" by Anna Christie (of Sisters 3).
The JOE PERRY took a break from the AEROSMITH and took to the Jay Leno HQs last PM to honour the BOB DYLAN with a cover of his 'Man Of Peace' mp3.
Joe Perry performed his cover of Bob Dylan's "Man of Peace" on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno . The song is off of the album Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International (more info here ). Watch the video below: Social Bookmarking...
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Joe writes: It's a choice of Lana Del Rey who is being interviewed. It sounds amazing on Radio 1 (as it does everywhere else one might hear it). Bob Dylan is so great he even inspires other artists' finest work. Also here is Lana Del Rey's second best track National Anthem:
E' una Estelle più r'n'b del solito quella che possiamo sentire in "Thank You", ultimo singolo di cui vi segnaliamo il video qui in alto. Un brano orecchiabile che mostra l'anima soul della cantante la quale si scaglia contro il proprio amore malato. E se Estelle esplicita il proprio lato più black, Miley Cyrus ritorna alle sue origini (familiari), presentando una cover di "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" in salsa country. Il pezzo fa parte del disco "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty [...]
Why Miley Cyrus? Well, today marks the release of Chimes of Freedom , a 4-CD, 76-song set featuring various artists doing the songs of Bob Dylan. It's all to benefit Amnesty International, the human rights organization, on the occasion of its 50-year anniversary. The likes of My Morning Jacket, Tom Morello, Ziggy Marley, Flogging Molly, Joan Baez, Maroon 5, Queens of the Stone Age, Steve Earle and many more show up for this event, which makes one wonder why they chose Hannah Montana doing "You're Going To Make Me Lonesome When You Go" as the first video. [...]
As previously reported , Amnesty International's megalithic Bob Dylan tribute album, Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International , drops this week via Fontana Distribution. Spanning 75 tracks, the compilation comprises new or previously unreleased Dylan covers from Adele, My Morning Jacket, Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, The Gaslight Anthem, Patti Smith, and more. We've already seen The Avett Brothers perform their version of "One Too Many Mornings". Now, witness a mini-documentary chronicling the Silversun Pickups' process behind recording Dylan's "Not Dark Yet". Their dreamy, thoughtful cover [...]
Our review of the stellar new collection of Bob Dylan covers in support of Amnesty International.
Miley Cyrus covered Bob Dylan 's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," and I'll tell you, it's not that bad! Miley premiered the video on Monday (January 23rd) and it appears on the compilation album " Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International ." The song may not be what her pop fans are used to seeing from the young starlet, but she seems up to the task of covering the legendary singer. "Chimes of Freedom," to be relased on Tuesday, is a 4-disc [...]
This week proves to have some very interesting releases. For starters, IRS Records returns. Now a division of EMI, the legendary label comes back with a new album from Foxy Shazam entitled The Church of Rock and Roll (pictured). There's also plenty else to be excited about. A new Nada Surf record is totally awesome news, and we can't complain about a heavy one from Lamb of God . Two compilations dedicated to two other great artists, Bob Dylan and Waylon Jennings , also come out. There's certain nothing to [...]
Who knew Bob Dylan's music had magical powers to turn flashy, attention-seeking pop stars into sensitive warblers? After Ke$ha showed a softer, glitter-less side by covering "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" for the Bob Dylan tribute album Chimes Of Freedom: Songs Of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International , next up is Miley Cyrus, who takes on "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go." Watch the 19-year-old pop star record her tribute to the iconic singer-songwriter in her new video below. Miley Cyrus - [...]
The Millions explores the literary pedigree of the television series Downton Abbey . Lucinda Williams talks to Pop & Hiss about her love for Bob Dylan's music. io9 recommends fantasy series to read while waiting for the next George R.R. Martin. Pop & Hiss remembers Etta James. [...]
Watch last night's performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Season withThe Avett Brothers performing their rendition of "One Too Many Mornings" - a track they sang along with the late-great Johnny Cash for Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan - Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. The album will be available January 24th!
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