Hi all. This should be the last week I'm harried by the prospect of finishing a mix tape early in the evening due to Sunday-night obligations. Also, it might be one of the last mix tapes I ever post, because these things take too long to compile and quite frankly I feel like I'm wasting [...]
Back in February Bonnie 'Prince' Billy joined forces with habitual co-conspirator Dawn McCarthy to release 'What The Brothers Sang'; their tasteful tribute to The Everly Brothers' lesser known cuts. For "Omaha" first time video director Ben Russell employed the same experimental techniques he's known for to produce a slightly surreal yet totally captivating video. From sombre [...] The post Weekend Videos: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Dawn McCarthy - "Omaha" appeared first on Cougar Microbes .
Baby What You Want Me To Do was written at the tail end of the 50s by blues guitarist Jimmy Reed . Download: 12-jimmy-reed-baby-what-you-wa nt-me-to-do.mp3 Not that he'd have known at the time, but Reed penned [...]
It's unfortunate that The Everly Brothers aren't as fawned upon by the current generation of music fans as the acts that were heavily influenced by them. The duo, who are arguably the most successful recording duo of all-time, were known for their close harmony singing which fused early rock and roll with country and folk, and have been name checked by everyone from Simon & Garfunkel to The Beach Boys to The Beatles. As a way of paying homage to the work of Phil and Don Everly, the duo of Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Dawn McCarthy , [...]
We're in the midst of a short Spring series featuring this year's early tributes and cover compilations, thanks to an unusually strong crop of those full-album sets which so often stand as the coverlover's archival foundation. Last Friday, we kicked off our series with a look at The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver , sharing three tracks from the album and a Covered In Folk mixtape of relatively recent folk homage for comparison; today, we explore two different approaches to The Everly Brothers from The Chapin Sisters and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy, [...]
As mentioned , Bonnie 'Prince' Billy teamed up with past collaborator Dawn McCarthy (of Faun Fables) for an album of Everly Brothers covers, What the Brothers Sang , which is out now on Drag City. A "behind the scenes" video of that album is below. Bonnie and Dawn are supporting that album with a tour this summer surrounding Newport Folk Festival which hits NYC on July 29 at Town Hall . That show [...]
![NEW ALBUM FROM THE MILK CARTON KIDS [VIDEO]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4853879_lg.jpg)
The Milk Carton Kids have just released their new album, “The Ash & Clay,” under ANTI- Records. This minimalist, California-based duo is often compared to the likes of songwriting legends Simon & Garfunkel and the Everly Brothers . If these epic comparisons alone don’t have you sold, their past two releases have also been smash hits, receiving 150,000+ downloads combined. For all of our West Coast readers, you can catch them doing a live set and album signing today, March 26, at Amoeba Records in LA. For everyone else, check out [...]
Download: 42-wake-up-little-susie.mp3
No stranger to collaboration, Will Oldham (the Bonnie 'Prince') once again finds himself working with Dawn McCarthy on the pair's new LP, What The Brothers Sang - a 13 track tribute to the Everly Brothers, out today via Drag City Records. An eclectic selection spanning the width and breadth of brothers discography, the pair navigate [...]
Oh, my loves, it is the month of love, and I do love love! I am not one of the bitter single people; no, I relish the chance to listen to my favorite love songs and stuff myself silly with all manners of candy. So I present to you, my wonderful valentines playlist. Or it could be a galentines playlist, or a guyentines playlist. It’s always great to bro down with some love songs, right? You have to start off with the classic; God Only Knows what we’d do without the Beach Boys. Then Ben Gibbard [...]
Don and Phil Everly were, respectively, 19 and 21 years old when "Kentucky" appeared on the Everly Brothers LP, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, in the summer of 1958. Just kids who were making a name for themselves with hits like "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up , Little Susie," pure shots of Eisenhower America [...]
Will Oldham is coming to town as Bonnie "Prince" Billy, accompanied by players from his Chijimi EP: Cheyenne Marie Mize and Emmett Kelly. It's a special performance - just one of three on this mini tour - that will likely incorporate a fair amount of songs the trio played at a sacred music festival in Milan. To read more about the show, as well as BPB's upcoming Everly Brothers covers record with Dawn McCarthy, check out my preview in the penultimate issue of The Other Paper . Deville also typed up [...]
The Everly Brothers - Roving Gambler > Down In The Willow Garden Put this record on of a Saturday morning and make breakfast for your family. You just might find yourself transported to a log cabin somewhere high in the mountains of Kentucky. Are there mountains in Kentucky?
'Tis the season and pass the egg nog. As a warm-up to their upcoming 2013 full-length paying tribute to the Everly Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy just released their take on the Everly's "Christmas Eve Can Kill You". You can pick it both digitally and via 73, here, and catch the video after [...]
On the heels of their holiday 73 , Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy of Faun Fables have announced a full LP of Everly Brothers covers. Entitled What the Brothers Sang , the record of retooled classics is due February 9th, 2013 via Drag City. While the songs pull from four decades worth of material, the record is "no mere gesture of nostalgia; these new versions rethink The Everly Brothers for the audience of listeners today...". What the Brothers Sang seeks to instill McCarthy and Billy's uniquely harmonized presence into a collection of [...]
It seemed just yesterday all anybody could think about was Rihanna’s much hullabalooed appropriation of an open-sourced internet aesthetic for her recent SNL performance, which brought up so many issues of ownership and authenticity. How ... read more
Santa Sufjan isn't the only one spreading holiday cheer this season: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and frequent collaborator Dawn McCarthy (of Faun Fables ) have teamed up for a holiday-themed 73. Christmas Eve Can Kill You + Walking the Dog features covers of the eponymous Everly Brothers tunes (the UK version features "Love Kravzeit" as the B-side). As a press release puts it, "Given the depth and dynamism of Bonny and Dawn’s natural harmonic ability, the single is sure to awaken the inner holiday spirit (and beasts) like no other record this [...]
Download: the-everly-brothers_the-everly -brothers-best_07_all-i-have-t o-do-is-dream.mp3
Listen to Eddie Vedder sing Cat Power and Cat Stevens, plus Springsteen and two covers with Glen Hansard (The Swell Season).
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Twisted Tales , Holy Hell , I Fought the Law , Politics as Usual AFP It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Jackson family , what with all of the twitter fights, public confrontations , contested will issues and maybe-kidnappings going on between Katherine, Paris, Janet and the rest of the crew. But we urge the Jackson [...]
Swan Fungus
Cougar Microbes
Plain Or Pan?
Hidden Track
Cover Lay Down
BrooklynVegan
the WILD honey pie
Keep the Coffee Coming
An Aquarium Drunkard
Side One: Track One
donewaiting.com
Art Decade
Consequence Of Sound
The FADER
Cover Me
Spinner.com
Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know ?
Arctic Monkeys | Do I Wanna Know? (Official Video)
