The original MOKB Covers Project post of Hallelujah has been dead for many moons, but it is still one of the most commented on, linked up and talked about posts we've put together here at MOKB. I've promised many a reader that I would one day re-host all the files for everyone to enjoy. We revisited the song and found a plethora of new versions since last we posted it. There are even more we saw but couldn't find. As always , if you have a [...]
Late Saturday night, a couple of weeks ago: my brother's in from out of town, and he's flipping through my iPod. We've always had vastly different ears for music, though we passed plenty back and forth through the years; he's looking, but he isn't seeing much he's in the mood for. Still, keeping a folk blog means finding commonality in strange places. As in: "Wait, how many folk covers of Pavement could there be?" Just enough, man. Just enough. [...]
It is my honor to share a birthday with a seminal hip hop balladeer, a grunge god, the hands-down master of New Orleans R&B songwriting, and the best soundtrack and pop-americana producer in the business. Since it was too hard to pick just one, instead of focusing on a single artist or genre today, I'm featuring some of my absolutely favorite covers of the work of LL Cool J, Dave Grohl, Allen Toussaint, and T-Bone Burnett, all of whom were born on January 14. If I didn't have an outlet for celebrating these [...]
Low Light Music was released in 2002 and is this English singer-songwriter's third album. Mirrorball is probably the most recognized song from the album and happens to be favorite song. MP3 File
UK Singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams is an artist that I have followed since she released her second album "Little Black numbers" from 2000. Her relaxed and low-voiced style has always fascinated me, and I like her tender and gentle vocals very much. Williams has always been compared to artists like Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell , and not without reason. This is music filled with melancholy and thoughtfulness, played on acoustic guitars, horns, piano and cellos, and sung with airy, calm vocals. Very much music for the season we're entering right [...]
Kathryn Williams is a singer songwriter from England. She's been nominated for a Mercury prize. She's been around for bloody years. Making a name for herself across the pond. Hopefully, her new album, which drops this fall, will help her gain some popularity over here. As she deserves it. Blue Onto You Sustain Pedal Glass Bottom Boat RIYL: Emiliana Torrini or Emilie Simon Further study: website myspace [...]
L'an dernier, nous fûmes pris par une vague de groupes n'hésitant plus à faire long, à faire sucré, à rappeler les beaux jours des chansons de huit minutes gorgées de soleil, d'arpèges, de nappes et de grosses moustaches. Il y avait dans cette vague un groupe, Band of Horses, qui ne laissa pas indifférent. Ils arrivaient bardés d'influences country, armés d'un chanteur ressuscitant Supertramp, d'arrangements luxuriants pour certains, boursouflés pour d'autres. Band of Horses est mort né, du moins dans sa forme (...)
"I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by." Kathryn Williams ~ Candy Says from Relations by Kathryn Williams Thalia Zedek ~ Candy Says from You're A Big Girl Now by Thalia Zedek complete lyrics in comments
Yes I know, sometimes you get 5 posts a day, sometimes you get nothing. But I've been super busy and so forgive me. Please. =o) I'm trying to come up with songs to share that have an Easter theme. This is not very easy; short of hopping on the marketing train and posting "I Want Candy." It would mean more to me to post something with a spiritual or faith-filled undertone. And it's not because I'm some relisgious fanatic, but I do believe in a higher being and that does impact my life positively. [...]
Je crois bien avoir déjà utilisé cette bien belle chanson pour remplir cette chronique, alors c'est pas très honnête, mais peu importe car la musique est bonne (bonne, bonne, bonne)... Un tapis de guitare acoustique qui évoque à la fois la naïveté et l'ennui qu'on peut avoir à 13 ans. Un texte impressionniste qui évoque tour à tour les flirts, l'école, la piscine et le Rock'n'Roll (man). Il ne reste plus qu'à relier les points et se faire son petit film personnel. C'est évocateur, c'est intelligent. Une bien belle chanson, vraiment. Big Star: [...]
Une chanson qu'elle est bien ... Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward Un petit groupe qu'il monte ... The Saps - Coup de Grace Quelques reprises pour la route ... - Le Torontoist a compilé une liste impressionnante de reprises, les titres ne sont malheureusement pas dispo en [...]
While I?m trying to work out what my top 20 songs of the year are (so many songs, so hard to choose!), I?ll press ahead with the next installment in my end of the year best of lists - my favourite gigs of the year. And because I?m not finding much time to post these days, I?ll save myself some writing time by quoting my own reviews of these gigs. 10. No-Neck Blues Band @ Barden?s Boudoir (13 Dec) The self-quoting lark has got [...]
After a spot of hammock-swinging, my musical day on Friday started with M. Craft in the Big Top, where I remained for the rest of the evening. One of the great things about End of the Road was that there was a deliberate intention to give bands longer slots than they nornally would have for festival gigs. So more music then. This was the second time I've seen M. Craft at a festival this year, and thankfully I get to see more of him and his brilliant band than I did at Summer [...]
First of all, let me thank my dear friend Moka for letting me get started in this prominent blog! So this is to be my initial post, and with this I begin my new life as a blogger. Some of the staff may know me as DeadFishy, I made 2 guess posts a while ago :D, so "Hi!". Now... let us 'cut to the chase'... songs for Nighttime, songs that help me sleep when my insomnia ruthlessly attacks
My Old Kentucky Blog
Cover Lay Down
Berkeley Place
Keep the Coffee Coming
Eardrums Music
Villains Always Blink
The Late Greats
La Blogotheque
Lessons From Things
Bring Me Up
Un violon, un jambon
Distance Has The Way
The Daily Growl
Motel de Moka :: Open since september '05![Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl - Before It Goes [Video]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/hZumwjrrXic_130.jpg)
Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Beach House covers Queen
Paradise Awaits (Part 1 of 3)
