Former Mavericks frontman Raul Malo will be releasing his first album of original material on March 3rd. Lucky One was recorded over the last couple of years at Raul's Nashville home. Co-producing several of the tracks is Los Lobos' Steve Berlin. Here's a free & clear mp3, courtesy of Fantasy Records , Raul's new label. Seriously, I could listen to Raul Malo sing the phone book... Raul Malo - Lucky One (mp3) [See post to listen to audio] [...]
Howdy, all. Today's post is brought to you by my good friend Todd, who's been collaborating with me on internet things before some of you were even born. Todd says: I'd have to say "Marshmallow World" from the Maverick's Raul Malo is an outstanding bit of business. Raul does an outstanding classic crooner rendition with a bit of pep in it. It's enough to make you bop your head while driving and get immediately in the Christmas Spirit. Mark [...]
My week at Breakthrough Radio ends with today's entry, and as promised, I'd like to take this opportunity to offer a little thanks and good cheer for the season. What follows is a repost, originally shared last year on Cover Lay Down under the title The Twelve Jews of Christmas: Folk Covers of Holiday Classics by Jewish Songwriters ; though for obvious reasons its interest is seasonal, it remains one of my most popular posts ever, and I'm happy to share it – and a bonus non-cover – here today. Enjoy! [...]
During Horns week I didn't have the problem of submitting material too late to get it posted; I simply had more material than I had time. This would have been my last post, if the week had been longer. Latin America has a rich musical tradition. Here, musical ideas brought from Africa by slaves were allowed to remain more intact than in the United States, and also melded with the musical traditions of the Native Americans of the area. Add European instruments to the mix, and, eventually, you get Latin American music as we know it [...]
Ready for a quick one? Good. Because I'm saving some energy for a super-post Saturday. I'm talking about fifty or so songs from PC and myself. And I hope you don't have many plans, because we are really going all out tomorrow. Here's a little something to get your appetite started. Coca Cola Christmas Song Holidays are coming. Pee-Wee's Christmas Theme – Pee-Wee Herman It's Christmas in the
I was planning on posting this entry for the Sabbath, but the snow's getting deep outside, and in my rural area, that often means long-term network outages. Hope no one minds getting this "Friday" post a bit early... Today we celebrate the holiday coversongs of Jewish-American songwriters, most notably the prolific Johnny Marks , who is best known for penning a holy host of non-canonical Christmas songs, and lesser known for being the head of ASCAP from 1957 to [...]
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