Summer is in full swing, the sun isnt shinning, the clouds are there, the rain is being an absolute c*nt and showering us at every opportunity. All this creates a perfect environment for some serious wonkage. Bass heavy tunes are occupying the majority of this thunder and tidy lil influences steaming in from all directions. Big shout to Toddla T and Diplo for bringing the reggae vibe in. Soo nice. Plastician's new remix of Salt Air by Chew Lips, got some summer to it. Perhaps it needs a lil bit more wonk? Chew Lips [...]
A Southern start to an epic musical journey Last October Joanne and I were driving back from a weekend away with friends listening to the brilliant Port O'Brien album All We Could Do Is Sing on the stereo. Track 3, Fisherman's Son, opens with the line, "I'm doing fine in Alaska" which got us talking about the potential of a great '50 States, 50 Songs' playlist we could lovingly compile for a future road trip. The more we discussed songs about places [...]
A Southern start to an epic musical journey Last October Joanne and I were driving back from a weekend away with friends listening to the brilliant Port O'Brien album All We Could Do Is Sing on the stereo. Track 3, Fisherman's Son, opens with the line, "I'm doing fine in Alaska" which got us talking about the potential of a great '50 States, 50 Songs' playlist we could lovingly compile for a future road trip. The more we discussed songs about places [...]
A Southern start to an epic musical journey Last October Joanne and I were driving back from a weekend away with friends listening to the brilliant Port O'Brien album All We Could Do Is Sing on the stereo. Track 3, Fisherman's Son, opens with the line, "I'm doing fine in Alaska" which got us talking about the potential of a great '50 States, 50 Songs' playlist we could lovingly compile for a future road trip. The more we discussed songs about places [...]
An interesting challenge faces us this evening: my annual bout of virulent bronchitis has left me partially deaf, and the world is muffled, as if I was now living my life completely underwater. As if that wasn't bad enough, one of the side effects of the added sinus pressure has been a significant increase in volume in what was already a relatively permanent ringing in my right ear, which I can now identify as a piercingly high-pitched C#. Listening to music in this state is abhorrent. Midranges turn to [...]
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Où l'on apprend que Thad Cockrell a mis sa vocation de pasteur en sourdine pour se consacrer à une autre mission : "put the hurt back in country". Thad Cockrell - Warmth & Beauty (MP3) [sur Warmth & Beauty] Pour ce qui est de la douleur, Shelby Lynne a donné sa part : son parcours personnel est aussi tragique que sa carrière à Nashville est atypique. La crise d'identité était inévitable.
What do you think, do actions speak louder than words? Is that just a cliché or does it really mean something? I will be the first one to admit that I am guilty of saying I will do something--or that I won't do something--and then turn right around and either forget all about it or do it anyway. But if it's something really important, if I know it truly matters to someone that I actually do what I said I'd do, then I almost always do it. Not always, unfortunately, but nine times out [...]
If there is one truth about the music from 2008, it is this: 2008 is a good year for cover songs. From the early year release from Cat Power to this week's EP released by Laura Gibson . in no particular order: Thao ∞ You Really Got a Hold On Me (The Mircles) Lando Pigg ∞ Young At Heart (Frank Sinatra) Shelby Lynne ∞ Just A Little Lovin' (Dusty Springfield) The Watson Twins ∞ Just Like Heaven [...]
Though my father hasn't missed it in decades, I haven't been able to attend the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival since I started teaching over a decade ago -- something about the way a last gasp of hunker-down-and-teach takes over public education as we approach state testing, and the long downhill slide toward the end of the school year. But every year as we hit the last weekend in April my mind begins to muse upon the great acts I saw down there the few years I made it: Los Lobos, the Indigo Girls, Taj [...]
Now, I've heard of Shelby Lynne over the years but never took the time to listen to her stuff. Yesterday I came across her most recent album at the Lost Highway Records website; it's a cover album of songs by Dusty Springfield. Normally I wouldn't even listen to a cover album but I didn't realize it was a cover album until I was three or four songs into the album, by then I was hooked. One of the reasons I was so captivated by the album was Shelby Lynne's voice, she has one of the prettiest voices I've [...]
Friday night I was lucky enough to see Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield starring Kristen Holly Smith at the Renberg Theatre in Los Angeles. The show has received rave reviews, so much so that it was held over an extra week, if you are in the area I urge you to catch tonight's show before you lose out! Ms. Smith does an amazing job playing Dusty from a young catholic school girl crushing on the nuns to the recording of Dusty In Memphis to her alcoholism and subsequent [...]
Just a few days left to win an autographed copy of Just A Little Lovin' , Shelby Lynne's new acoustic country tribute to the songs of Dusty Springfield! To tempt you a little more, today we're featuring a pair of older covers by this perpetually on-the-verge singer-songwriter, plus a matching set by her equally talented sister Allison Moorer. If Shelby Lynne was pure contemporary country, you'd not find her here on a coverblog devoted to folk music. [...]
L'album de reprises est plus que jamais un passage obligé dans la carrière d'un artiste. Roue de secours d'une inspiration en panne ou manière efficace d'expédier la fin d'un contrat avec sa maison de disques, les intentions qui se cachent derrière ne sont pas toujours très louables. Mais voilà, de temps en temps quelques exceptions viennent confirmer la règle, et ce début d'année 2008 en la
I was just re-reading a few of the lads' previous efforts and happened across Tiny Dancer's posting of his first Uncut cd and it reminded me of my first one as well. Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 5 from June 1999. I remember this cd immensely well as it came at a time when I was immersed in the world of Legend Of Zelda – Ocarina Of Time and I can't hear any of the songs on it without thinking about that game. I was feeling nostalgic about it a few months ago and bought a Wii specifically for the new Zelda [...]
This post goes out to Coconut Joe. Who had this to say, “Shelby Lynne is a folk singing woman. …incredibly sexy and smart voice. Time for her to end up on your blog.†She does indeed has a sexy voice, not to mention some sexy curves. And if blogger's picture feature was working for me, I would have shared some good ones. Life Is Bad (not with you on the stereo, it's not) Thought It Would Be Easier Gotta Get Back [...]
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