It has been a long break, but now we are proud to announce that Mr B is back on the blog. Enjoy your Sundays with Mr B’s selection of downtempo loving. Massiv Attack, Teardrop - Lulu Rouge Red Dub Bootleg Download here (Right Click, Save As). Donnie & Joe Emerson, Baby Download here (Right Click, Save As). C.W. [...]
It's very nearly one of my favourite days of the year. It's a day when people are encouraged not to just click the 'download' link next to the song they're listening to, but to put on some trousers, shoes and other going-outside necessaries, totter down to the local (preferably independent) record store and pay in circular bits of metal and rectangular bits of paper for a - wait for it - physical copy of said song. Now bear with me. This isn't some new-fangled idea that some hipster came up with, but it's what people used to do [...]
CW Stoneking is an incredibly interesting man with an even more interesting sound. As a young Caucasian boy growing up with American parents, first in Australia’s Northern Territories’ Aboriginal colony and then in the inner-city suburbs of Sydney, one can only imagine the diverse range of musical influences that Stoneking encountered during his formative years. And yet, flying in the face of expectation and frankly, any discernible kind of logical musical development, the sound of CW Stoneking is as authentically bluesy as that of any talented pre-war Deep South native with a banjo and a broken heart. [...]
That is a real picture (credit to Robert Gendler and Ryan Hannahoe). How. Bloody. Amazing. Is that? It’s the Carina Nebula, also known as NGC 3372, spanning over 300 light-years; it’s a veritable Supernova factory as well as one of our galaxy’s largest star forming regions. The Carina Nebula is constantly churning with atomic life [...]
When he said he was going on vacation we did not think it was going to be for three whole months. We should have guessed that a man that knows his chill tracks would knows how to chill.......for three months. Now he is back and what a come back, these tracks are one superb chill [...] Mr B’s Sunday Chill Session – XXI is a post from: FAT BERRI'S | Electronic Music Blog
Tomorrow we head down to the first Wilderness Festival , taking place on our back door in the beautiful Cornbury Park Estate. Previously this lovely venue has hosted the Cornbury Festival, which has thankfully now moved elsewhere as (trust us) it has the worse possible line-up you could ever imagine for an event of this type. Anyway, the Wilderness is, as we say, a different kettle of fish featuring Gogol Bordello, Toots and the Maytals, Dry The River, Hypnotic Ensemble, CW Stoneking and Hayseed Dixie all creating the sounds today. Antony and the Johnsons [...]
Das Glastonbury Festival (of Contemporary Performing Arts), welches aljährlich auf einer Farm bei Pilton, in dern Nähe der Stadt Glastonbury in England stattfindet öffnet am Wochenende wieder seine Pforten. Das Glastonbury Festival ist eines der weltweit größten (170.000 Besucher) Open-Air-Musikfestivals. Wir schauen über den Teich und freuen uns mit auf Auftritte von U2, Morrissey, Coldplay [...] Related posts:Berlin Festival 2011, erste Bestätigungen des Lineup Highfield Festival 2011 – 14... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
CW Stoneking speaks just the way he sings, in a disjointed yet understandable speech, somewhat like Louis Armstrong, and with as equally a wonderfully husky strength. He’s not putting it on for stage presence. Stoneking’s albums may contain characters like King Hokum because when Stoneking writes a song, “a story emerges.” But what you hear, what you see, is the real deal. And yet, Stoneking attests, “I don’t think I sound very 1930s, my stuff is not the same as old stuff. I think mine sounds more like rough-hewn pop music made by a 1980s bogan with a [...]
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Little bit of a null week. Hmm. Week starting March 21: The Strokes – Angles ( Rough Trade ) The Strokes - Gratisfaction Micachu & the Shapes + London Sinfonietta [Collaboration] – Chopped and Screwed ( Rough Trade ) CW Stoneking – King Hocum
Independent C W Stoneking is a one-off eccentric of the first order, a 21st-century Australian white man who presents himself, colouration excepted, as a black American minstrel from a century earlier. BBC ... on Housebound Blues, his wife Kirsty Frazer rages against gender inequality, offering a sly reminder that this is very much a modern recording. And if that isn’t enough to break the artfully woven spell, Stoneking rounds things off with The Greatest Liar, a hilarious spoken-word piece [...]
CW Stoneking Mojo feature, Word magazine podcast CW Stoneking to release new single "The Love Me Or Die" out October 4th taken from the album Jungle Blues out now Currently to be found gracing the pages of many of the UK's music magazines - including a full page Mojo Rising - and soon to be heard live in session with Radio 2's Mark Lamarr and on Radio 4's Loose Ends , CW Stoneking is about to embark [...]
Jagermeister and the awards committee for this year's Australian Independent Record Labels Awards are absolutely delighted to announce that The Midnight Juggernauts will headline this years Jagermeister AIR Awards with a full set to close the show. Joining them at the forum on November 22nd will be: Bertie Blackman Dappled Cities CW Stoneking Philadelphia Grand Jury Kirsty Lee Akers Bridezilla And a very secret, very special guest! So, if [...]
No, folks, I have not given up on this blog. I sincerely apologize for not living up to this blog's name this year. You'd think at least one post a month would be easy enough. For various reasons that I won't bore you with, I just wasn't able to. My second job has taken up so much more time this year than it did last year. Which is a good thing...extra money is always good. It seems in today's economy you either are out of work or you are working more for the same [...]
[ Andy Bell of Oasis, and Ride before that, turns 39 today. Cheers, mate. And in L.A. environs ...] Black Francis hits town for a pair of solo acoustic dates at the Mint, with Mere Mortals [whose new music I previewed a couple of weeks ago] opening. ... Let's see: A 60-foot giantess, a discredited scientist and a search for redemption — those are the elements in the Voyeurs' new video for "Things People say," which the L.A. duo debuts [...]
[Birthday greetings go out to Kristin Hersh, long may she rock ...] Today: Color me curious about this weekend's shows by Elefant , the New York City quartet who made a modest splash with their tamed-for-radio dance-punk back in 2003-04. "Misfit" was pretty irrestistible, and the band's male model-type frontman Diego Garcia did a great job of selling the rest of their catalogue. Now the band is ready to work on its third album (two new tunes on their MySpace) and is playing tonight at the [...]
When measured against the summer festival juggernauts (i.e., Bonnaroo, Lollapolooza, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits), Pickathon may appear unassuming in comparison. But, as William Shakespeare once said: "Though she be but little, she is fierce" (ol' Bill said that, right?). For Pickathon, roots music rules all, and the festival planners have picked some truly excellent acts to represent the time-honored genre. More festival details, lineup, and a whole bunch of MP3s after the jump. The 2009 Pickathon Festival is set to take place July 31st - August 2nd at [...]
Photo L-R: Cut Copy, Beaches, Ross McLennan The Australian Music Prize (The Amp) has announced its Shortlist of albums for 2008. The Shortlist is the list of finalists for The Amp, a four-year-old award which promotes creative excellence in Australian music. This year's Shortlist ranges from little-known releases through to Number One selling albums, ranging in style from acoustic through rock, blues and indie rock to electronic. The nine albums comprising The Amp's Shortlist for 2008 are: Apocalypso - The Presets [...]
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