What's up, kids? Today: not so melancholy for me, what with spring break and all, but because I know so many of you are not so lucky, this one goes out to you. Hope you make it through the day! 1. Artur Rubinstein: Frederic Chopin's Nocturne #7 In C# Minor, Op. 27, CT 114 ("The Chopin Collection: The Nocturnes," 1967) 2. The Byrds: Everybody's Been Burned ("Younger Than Yesterday," 1967) 3. Lambchop: The Book I Haven't Read ("Nixon," 2000) 4. Leonard Cohen: Teachers ("The [...]
A wonderful Jerry Garcia side gig featuring the amazing mandolin skills of David Grisman and the legendary fiddle of Vassar Clements. Buddies Peter Rowan and John Kahn round out this great little bluegrass outfit.
The first in a five-part series that features covers of every single Bob Dylan song, in alphabetical order. Listen to 60+ Dylan covers now, then check back tomorrow for more.
Last week, we dedicated all of our Song of the Days to the more Super of Rock and Roll acts. There truly aren't enough days in the week, so we rounded it out with a few more tunes to make this most super of playlists. Never before have we pulled together a playlist with this much collaborative talent, and we will be hard pressed to do more going forward. Check out the playlist below, along with a brief explanation of each tune. The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With [...]
This year, I consciously have tried to post less familiar Christmas music, leaning more on originals. Disregarding the Hanukkah songs, there have been 7 songs of a traditional nature, versus 13 more modern songs. Today, however, I wanted to throw in some time-honored classics. Not only are they old hymns and carols, they are played on traditional instruments, all from very talented musicians. And the material is from a specific period of time. It was during the 19th century that most of the familiar elements of modern Christmas were created, including Christmas trees and [...]
Covers of every song off Dylan's back-to-basics classic, including a NON-Hendrix-inspired "Watchtower"!
Hey everybody, DaveO here - over the next few weeks I am turning Cover Wars over to some of the other Hidden Track contributors to change things up a bit. Please welcome, Andy Kahn . Lefty Frizzell first recorded and released this haunting ballad in 1959. Written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin, it's a first person, from the grave account of a man wrongly sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit. However, he's unable to provide an alibi because that would reveal at the time in question he was sleeping with his [...]
Shady Grove, one of my favorite bluegrass standards has been around long enough to see its fair share of great covers. This one laid down by three of the best in the business has always been at the top of my list.
A quick bit of "Dawg Music" from 1977 for you Grisman lovers.
Well-covered in popular culture and over at classic songs collaborative Star Maker Machine , John Hartford never made the splash he could and should have as a performer, in part because Glen Campbell's Grammy-winning cover of Gentle On My Mind sold so well, the cash flow gave Hartford license to chuck it all in and pursue his true passion - as a steamboat captain on his beloved Mississippi River. But the man I once heard referred to as "the clown prince of old-time" kept coming back to the music, [...]
In the world of live music, you may as well call Memorial Day Weekend the official opening of Festival Season. With our glance back at the previous week via audio and video we will be featuring tracks from Delfest in Maryland, Colorado's Bisco Inferno, Furthur Festival in California, and Summercamp which hails from Chillicothe, IL. [Thanks to willndmb for this week's photo] And we continue to take all the selected tracks, normalize them, create some simple fades and put it into one easy to download MP3 [...]
Karla Bonoff (with James Taylor): The Water Is Wide [ purchase ] - Click the Online Store button and then scroll down to Restless Nights Tim O'Brien, Darol Anger, David Grisman, Michael Manring, Bela Fleck, John Jennings: The Water Is Wide [ purchase ] Indigo Girls, Jewel, Sarah McLachlan: The Water Is Wide [ purchase ] From the Wikipedia entry : "The Water Is Wide" (also called [...]
For the past 20 years, pioneering mandolin player David "Dawg" Grisman has put out dozens of fantastic releases featuring "handmade" acoustic music from a variety of artists and genres on his Acoustic Disc indie label. To help celebrate the imprint's 20th anniversary - and to acknowledge that most music fans are more interested in digital downloads than physical CDs these days - Dawg has launched the Acoustic Oasis portal featuring new and previously unreleased recordings available for download. When you visit the Acoustic Oasis , [...]
Here are four songs that fit our theme. Other than that, the only thing they have in common is that I couldn't choose between them for my last post this week. Zak Morgan : When Bullfrogs Croak [ purchase ] One key element of great kid's music is a sense of humor. Zak Morgan delivers that here. Don't miss the kicker in the last verse. Jerry Garcia and David Grisman : Jenny Jenkins [...]
(If you listen to this song, let me know in the comments if you like it or not.) Here's a test. Try not to dance around the room waving your hands in the air when you listen to the song, "The Diplomat," sung by Maria Muldaur. It's impossible. Listen to the song here (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton – dancing like diplomats.) [...]
Last Week's Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows that took place the previous week. This is a special edition that exclusively features recordings from Bonnaroo captured the weekend of June 12th - 14th. Thanks to caymenreview for this week's photos. Artist & Title: Al Green - Let's Stay Together Taper & Show Download: Jeff Hatcher Al Green, 63, is still out there doing it and sounding great as he leads the Bonnaroo crowd through a [...]
Hello friends. It's been quiet here, I know. But that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about you. I've been busy with some other stuff, and I'll try to bring you up to speed on a few of the exciting developments here in Fluville. Did I say Fluville? Well isn't that funny. It seems I came down with some strain of the flu myself last week, and had to take myself to hospital. Yes, I feared that maybe I had come down with the Boogie Woogie Swine Flu. I let the experts sort it out. [...]
David Grisman Quintet : Chili Dawg [ purchase ] Enrique Coria : Milongo del Angel [ purchase ] David Grisman began his musical life playing bluegrass. He was in Old and In The Way with Jerry Garcia. And like Garcia, Grisman had more than just bluegrass in his head. He has never accepted the limits some people might place on what kinds of music you can play on a mandolin, instead ever seeking ways to expand the mandolin's [...]
There are probably more beautiful songs. There are songs that more people can probably sing along to. But the way in which "Stealin'" was written and has subsequently been performed makes it an American standard. Of late it seems to have been getting its due as well. Recently, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy took to the stage in NYC and luckily enough the folks from Aquarium Drunkard were there to capture the performance. During the set, BPB and his cohorts included a few versions of old tyme classics – "Stealin'" was one of them. You can find the [...]
There are probably more beautiful songs. There are songs that more people can probably sing along to. But the way in which "Stealin'" was written and has subsequently been performed makes it an American standard. Of late it seems to have been getting its due as well. Recently, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy took to the stage in NYC and luckily enough the folks from Aquarium Drunkard were there to capture the performance. During the set, BPB and his cohorts included a few versions of old tyme classics – "Stealin'" was one of them. You can find the [...]
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