Artist: jay brannan

Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/9/13-5/15/13

May 9, 8:53pm Spinning Platters

While the majority of the bands playing in the Bay Area this week are up at Bottle Rock in Napa, which, yes, in an amazing looking festival, it isn't quite the Bay Area. The following shows (with one exception) are all easily accessible via BART. So enjoy your rock n roll, and remember not to [...] The post Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/9/13-5/15/13 appeared first on Spinning Platters .

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Jay Brannan: The TVD Interview

Apr 26, 11:50am The Vinyl District

There are many ways to label Jay Brannan : Singer-songwriter. YouTube sensation. Gay troubadour. "The male Joni Mitchell." None of those quite do justice to the multifaceted musician.  Raised in a conservative, religious family in Texas, Brannan found his own truth in the arts early on. Songwriting came about after a turn as an actor. He landed a role in the experimental film, Shortbus,  but "Soda Shop," a tune he wrote for the soundtrack, became a smash on YouTube and launched an unexpected songwriting career that's spanned four EPs, two LPs, and [...]

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Show Review: Jay Brannan at Great American Music Hall 8/4/12

Aug 8, 2012, 2:10am Spinning Platters

Leaving the Great American Music Hall Saturday night, sure we talked about the great show and how opener Chris Pureka was a perfect fit, but mostly we talked about how Jay Brannan should be a superstar.  His personality beams charm at you from the stage and his voice is clear tenor perfection that emotes every [...]

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Tonight in L.A.: Redd Kross, Seal, Buddy Guy, Bear in Heaven, Dorian Wood, the Ross Sea Party, Jay Brannan, the Everyday Visuals, Black Hi-Lighter

Aug 7, 2012, 1:19pm Buzz Bands

► Redd Kross celebrates the release of its first album in 15 years, "Researching the Blues" by rocking the Roxy. Tijuana Panthers and Pangea open, and Keith Morris DJs. That Redd Kross' fun new video for "Stay Away From Downtown," above. ► Double your fun at two big shows that pair marquee names — Seal and Macy Gray at the Nokia Theatre, and Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang at the Greek. ► Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven [ see last week's post ] visits the Echoplex, supported [...]

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/2/12 – 8/8/12

Aug 1, 2012, 4:17pm Spinning Platters

The final week before Outside Lands, and we have a whole lot on our docket. We've got no less than 8 bona fide rock legends coming to town, as well as 3 of SpinningPlatters' all time favorite acts. Consider this your warm up for Golden Gate Park. Thursday, August 2nd Tears For Fears, Carina Round [...]

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Jay Brannan, 'Rob Me Blind' -- Video Premiere

Jun 26, 2012, 11:03am Spinner.com

Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Nettwerk Jay Brannan is pretty shy, but not in his new video. The New York-based singer's latest clip for "Rob Me Blind" delves into a world of "missed connections," but instead of letting the feelings for a stranger fly away, he acts on them. To set the scene, Jay is waiting for an elevator next to a [...]

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Mother’s Day Coverfolk (On learning to love the self in the other)

May 13, 2012, 8:54pm Cover Lay Down

I've written about my father several times here on Cover Lay Down, citing him as a friend and fellow folkfan whose companionship I cherish, especially now that I have children of my own. I've written about my wife, too, and my children, when the occasion warranted it. But other than a 2008 feature on Mothers of the Folkworld , we've skipped over Mother's Day for four years running - leaving my own mother conspicuously absent from these virtual pages. If I've avoided taking the time to parse the particulars of our often volatile [...]

• Alan Cohen - Your Mother Should Know (Beatles cover)
• Brooks Williams - Mother Earth (Memphis Slim cover)
• Ekrindul - Wouldn't Mama Be Proud (Elliott Smith cover)
• Gillian Welch - I Had A Real Good Mother & Father (trad.)
• Iris Dement - Mom & Dad's Waltz (Lefty Frizzell cover)
• J. Tillman - newmama.mp3
• Jay Brannan - Good Mother (Jann Arden cover)
• Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - This Is To Mother You (Sinead O'Connor cover)
• Matt Skinner - Mother's Little Helper (Rolling Stones cover)
• Neville Skelly - Mother Natures Son (Beatles cover)
• Peter Mulvey - Every Mother's Son (Chris Smither cover)
• Rosanne Cash - Motherless Children (trad.)
• Shelby Lynne - Mother (John Lennon cover)
• Suzy Thompson - Mama Loves (trad.)
• the morning benders - mother and child reunion (paul simon cover)
• The Seldom Scene - Mama Tried (Merle Haggard Cover)

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Artist:	Alan Cohen
Title:	Your Mother Should Know (Beatles cover)
Link Text:	Alan Cohen: Your Mother Should Know
File Name:	yourmoth.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Genius
Year:	2009

Artist:	Brooks Williams
Title:	Mother Earth (Memphis Slim cover)
Link Text:	Brooks Williams: Mother Earth
File Name:	mothearth.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2003

Artist:	Ekrindul
Title:	Wouldn't Mama Be Proud (Elliott Smith cover)
Link Text:	Ekrindul: Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud
File Name:	wouldntmama.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Gillian Welch
Title:	I Had A Real Good Mother & Father (trad.)
Link Text:	Gillian Welch: I Had A Real Good Mother and Father
File Name:	realgood.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	2003

Artist:	Iris Dement
Title:	Mom & Dad's Waltz (Lefty Frizzell cover)
Link Text:	Iris Dement: Mom and Dad’s Waltz
File Name:	momwaltz.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Pop
Year:	1994

Artist:	J. Tillman
Link Text:	J. Tillman: New Mama
File Name:	newmama.mp3
Year:	2010

Artist:	Jay Brannan
Title:	Good Mother (Jann Arden cover)
Link Text:	Jay Brannan: Good Mother
File Name:	goodmoth.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Title:	This Is To Mother You (Sinead O'Connor cover)
Link Text:	Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt: This Is To Mother You
File Name:	thistomoth.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1999

Artist:	Matt Skinner
Title:	Mother's Little Helper (Rolling Stones cover)
Link Text:	Matt Skinner: Mother’s Little Helper
File Name:	mothlit.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Neville Skelly
Title:	Mother Natures Son (Beatles cover)
Link Text:	Neville Skelly: Mother Nature’s Son
File Name:	mothnat.mp3
Genre:	Country
Year:	2011

Artist:	Peter Mulvey
Title:	Every Mother's Son (Chris Smither cover)
Link Text:	Peter Mulvey: Every Mother’s Son
File Name:	evmoth.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Rock
Year:	1997

Artist:	Rosanne Cash
Title:	Motherless Children (trad.)
Link Text:	Roseanne Cash: Motherless Children
File Name:	mothless.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	2009

Artist:	Shelby Lynne
Title:	Mother (John Lennon cover)
Link Text:	Shelby Lynne: Mother
File Name:	moth.mp3
Genre:	Country
Year:	2001

Artist:	Suzy Thompson
Title:	Mama Loves (trad.)
Link Text:	Suzy Thompson: Mama Loves
File Name:	mamaloves.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Children's Music
Year:	2003

Artist:	the morning benders
Title:	mother and child reunion (paul simon cover)
Link Text:	The Morning Benders: Mother and Child Reunion
File Name:	mothreunion.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Seldom Scene
Title:	Mama Tried (Merle Haggard Cover)
Link Text:	The Seldom Scene: Mama Tried
File Name:	mamatried.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Bluegrass
Year:	2007

Jay Brannan Simplifies Adele’s “Someone Like You”

Apr 23, 2012, 10:00am Cover Me

Listen to Jay Brannan's live acoustic performance of Adele's 'Someone Like You.'

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Tonight in L.A.: Dead Sara, Hot Snakes, Jay Brannan, Jail Weddings, Dinosaur Feathers

Mar 29, 2012, 10:40am Buzz Bands

Thursday's things: ► The Warped Tour Kickoff Party goes off a Club Nokia, with performances from Dead Sara , Falling in Reverse, Matt Toka and two surprise guests (Warped Tour veterans). ► NYC-based singer-songwriter Jay Brannan brings the sharp songs on his sophomoe album "Rob Me Blind" (out this week) to the Hotel Cafe. That's his video for "Beautifully," above. ► And Hot Snakes return, playing a sold-out how at the Troubadour supported by Mrs. Magician and Spider Fever. Also: [...]

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Jay Brannan Covers Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass”

Mar 28, 2012, 10:45am Idolator

Jay Brannan's LP Rob Me Blind was just released, and while we offered up an exclusive stream of the "Beautifully" singer-songwriter's new album last week, it didn't include his cover of "Super Bass". While performing in Decatur, Georgia, Jay picked up an acoustic guitar and rapped his rendition of Nicki Minaj's summer 2011 smash, which is included on the bonus Live From Eddie's Attic album that comes with orders of the deluxe edition of Rob Me Blind . Hear it below. Jay Brannan — "Super Bass" [...]

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Jay Brannan’s ‘Rob Me Blind’: Listen To The Album In Full

Mar 20, 2012, 10:21am Idolator

Jay Brannan, who first gained notice with both his breakout Shortbus song "Soda Shop" and debut LP goddamned , will release sophomore album Rob Me Blind next week (March 27). The New York-based singer-songwriter teamed up with Grammy-winning producer David Kahne (Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney, Regina Spektor) to craft the 10-track LP, which was recorded over nine months. Head below to stream the lush, introspective Rob Me Blind below, a week ahead of its official release! Jay recently talked to [...]

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Five Covers of Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” That Are Actually Worth Listening To

Jan 30, 2012, 10:39pm The Ruckus

I have varying theories on Lana Del Rey , beginning with "she's a robot" and ending with "she's obviously dead inside". My theories (which also include various assumptions about her having been manufactured out of Barbie parts and the souls of departed Disney voice-over artists in some Pitchfork worshiping indie rock hell) are supported by various media outlets; just last week ninebullets.net compared her existence to that of a McNugget (or McRib), and the good people of the Washington Post declared: Seemingly divorced from experience, or even imagination, her moody, melancholic music carries [...]

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Jay Brannan Announces New Album “Rob Me Blind”

Jan 20, 2012, 7:14am According to G

Photo by G. Jay Brannan - Rob Me Blind. Out March 2012 Singer/songwriter Jay Brannan has announced his latest album "Rob Me Blind," which is set for release in March 2012.  If you pre-order his album , you will also receive a free live digital EP called "Live from Eddie's Attic."  There are also special deluxe packages  available and one of them includes Jay Brannan lip balm as well as your chance to win a 15 minute Skype call from Jay!  Jay [...]

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The Daily Crunch: Beyonce, Feist, Shakira, Joe Jonas, Sky Ferreira, Stevie Wonder, Vincle Clarke, Nicki Minaj, Jay Brannan

Oct 7, 2011, 9:57am arjanwrites music blog

pBeyonce's Colorful “ Countdown ” Video Premieres pRihanna Rides The Subway To Her Concert pJay Brannan Covers Adele's 'Someone Like You' pJoe Jonas And Sky Ferreira Would Make Pretty Babies pShakira Appointed to Presidential Council pQ&A with Erasure's Vince Clarke pFeist On Her Year-Long Sabbatical From Music pBeyonce Makes Simon Cowell Eat His Words pInstagram Helps Put The Vaccines In A Music Video pNicki Minaj Tones [...]

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Jay Brannan Covers Adele

Oct 5, 2011, 3:00pm A Heart Is A Spade

Watch 'Someone Like You' below. He recently tackled Amy Winehouse. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Jay Brannan - Housewife

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Jay Brannan Covers Amy Winehouse

Jul 24, 2011, 10:00am A Heart Is A Spade

Watch 'Rehab' below. RIP Amy. Be certain to follow Jay Brannan on Twitter. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Jay Brannan - Housewife

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Contest: Jay Brannan In New York City

Jan 26, 2011, 4:00pm A Heart Is A Spade

2/4 @ Le Poisson Rouge. Wanna attend with a guest? If so, then leave a comment on this post! A winner will be randomly chosen on 1/30 @ NOON. Purchase tix here. Follow Le Poisson Rouge on Twitter. Jay Brannan recently covered Vicki Lawrence. MP3: Jay Brannan - Housewife

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Show Review: Jay Brannan, David Smallen, Jhameel at Bottom Of The Hill, 1/21/2011

Jan 26, 2011, 3:06am Spinning Platters

Having traveled 3,000+ miles from San Francisco to Florida to see Jay Brannan in September, because I just couldn’t wait to see him again, you could say I’m a big fan.   Suffice it to say the show Friday night was the highlight of my week. Jahameel opened for Jay Brannan back in June at Bottom [...]

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/20/11-1/26/11

Jan 19, 2011, 9:41pm Spinning Platters

There are a lot of really surprising, and really funny shows within. This is an extra special week of fun silliness, and I think that you should check it out: Thursday, January 20th Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm at Great American Music Hall Like DIY Super Nerdy folk music? Especially from a guy that got [...]

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La Ley Antitabaco en los artistas

Jan 3, 2011, 11:02am Cuchara Sónica

En España entró ayer en vigor una nueva ley que regula los lugares donde se puede y no se puede fumar tabaco. La denominada Ley Antitabaco ha suscitado polémica especialmente por la restricción de fumar en lugares públicos cerrados (bares, discotecas, restaurantes...) y, por tanto, la diversidad de opiniones ante medidas así es bastante amplia. A nosotros en Cucahara Sónica nos interesan las repercusiones que puede tener una ley de este tipo en el mundo de la música . En el caso español, no se podrá fumar en salas de conciertos o pabellones [...]

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