South By Southwest is part music festival, part conference, and all party. Whereas initially it may have been an opportunity for unknown acts to get noticed by decision and taste makers, many more major artists have begun descending on the live music capitol of the world to sell their wares to the industry elite. Ten years ago the White Stripes played to a somewhat unenthusiastic crowd outdoors , this year Jack White packed an entire venue full, with thousands of rabid fans (including me) standing outside on the street desperately listening through a window. [...]
Tom Morello rips it up as the Nightwatchman. AUSTIN - First off, our apologies today for all the up-and-coming acts that we were supposed to spotlight - Thursday at the South by Southwest music conference, the big names took over. Everywhere we looked, there seemed to be one superstar or another under foot. We couldn't help but stumble into a show with a familiar voice or two. We started the day in a parking lot: namely the front lot of the great independent record store Waterloo Records [...]
Norah Jones has penciled in her fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts , for a May 1st release via Blue Note/EMI. Spanning 12 tracks, the record was produced and co-written by Jones' Rome compatriot, super-producer Brian " Danger Mouse " Burton. Much like Rome 's spaghetti western inspiration, the cover art for Little Broken Hearts (above) is an homage to classic movie posters, particularly the Russ Meyer-directed 1965 film Mudhoney . Jones will premiere her new album with a performance at this year's South by Southwest [...]
Norah Jones and friends deliver some good old country comfort.
NYC country folk collective The Little Willies have seen six years between the release of their debut and their latest album, For the Good Times. Still nursing a knack for twangy Americana, the group sounds more refreshed, energetic, and jazzier. With Norah Jones on keys, occasionally trading vocals with Richard Julian, the group's breezy, swing-heavy sound is equal parts honky tonk and hopping jazz club. Each member of The Little Willies has his or her own solid musical identity outside of the group, but together they're a powerhouse. For the Good Times [...]
Today Norah Jones announced the release of her new album Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note/EMI), a collaboration with the producer and musician Danger Mouse , dropping this spring. Of course, this partnership was formed during their collaboration on the much acclaimed album ROME . Jones and Danger Mouse share the songwriting credits and perform the majority of the instrumental parts; Jones on piano, keyboards, bass, and guitar, and Danger Mouse contributing drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, and string arrangements. Norah Jones will be touring heavily around this release leading into the [...]
Ascoltare i The Little Willies solo perché sono l'ennesima incarnazione di Norah Jones sarebbe riduttivo. Eppure, non si può fare a meno di notarla, unica donna (portata cerimoniosamente in trionfo sulla copertina del nuovo lavoro) dell'allegra famigliola Willies : Lee Alexander al basso, Jim Campilongo alla chitarra, Richard Julian (chitarra e voce) e Dan Rieser alla batteria. "For The Good Times" è il loro secondo disco, dopo l'esordio omonimo di ormai sette lunghi anni fa (era il 2003). La passione che la [...]
Since collecting a slew of Grammys for her 2002 debut Come Away With Me , Norah Jones has sold a staggering 39 million albums, but even with all that success the singer-songwriter can be seen playing tiny rooms all throughout New York City with a variety of side projects. Early in her career Jones bonded with a number of local musicians over their love of classic country music, forming The Little Willies as a way to honor the legacy of those musicians. The band, who released their debut in 2006, have regrouped and [...]
the LITTLE WILLIES perform I WORSHIP YOU on the DAVID LETTERMAN show last PM. yep good work guys and the NORAH JONES. wotyougot
The Little Willies performed "I Worship You" on the Late Show with David Letterman. Watch the video below: Social Bookmarking
Norah Jones and co. took some of their most beloved country tunes and recreated them with the love you'd expect from the original songwriters themselves. Norah Jones' country leanings are not as well known as her other tunes, but if you asked her, she'd say, "I love playing country music. More than any other genre, it makes me feel at home." And that's exactly the feeling you get from The Little Willies and their latest album For the Good Times. Formed in 2003 to play a single gig of country covers at the famed Living Room on Manhattan's Lower [...]
The Little Willies - For the Good Time
The first somewhat major release week of 2012 finds a few major finds including the latest from U.K.'s Maccabees -- an exceptionally bold step forward with Given to the Wild -- and Ireland's longrunning commercial pop/art purveyors Snow Patrol . We've also got the ambitious new album from South Africa's Cherylin MacNeil (aka Dear Reader ), classic country covers from the Norah Jones-led NY quartet The Little Willies and the lush retro pop sounds of Canadian songwriter and singer Christine Leakey . Check 'em all out below with links to listen [...]
The Little Willies - Five years after their eponymous debut, the NY-based alt/pop and country/folk band returns with a new album featuring a dozen Nashville covers...Started nearly a decade ago as friendly compadres jamming at the Lower East Side outpost The Living Room, The Willies consist of platinum folk/pop songstress Norah Jones, guitarist Jim Campilongo, drummer Dan Rieser, longtime Jones associate and bassist Lee Alexander and singer/songwriter/guitarist Richard Julian // Release : For the Good Times (January 10, Blue Note) // Sounds like : Old school classics get an adoring if modern take [...]
Little Willies Cover The Bell House Written by Tina Benitez, Photos by Patrick Eves It's hard to imagine the Little Willies running out of songs following their sold-out Bell House performance Sunday night. Pouring out a 26-song set, singer Norah Jones admitted that's exactly what happened a few nights earlier. Their 2006 debut and a sophomore release on the way, Little Willies reunited for a lengthy showcase of their upcoming For the Good Times , named after Kris Kristofferson's 1970 hit,...
John Bartol Here are some photos of The Little Willies from the World Cafe 20th anniversary tribute concert at World Cafe Live. The show also included sets by the Indigo Girls and John Hiatt. The Little Willies - Lee Alexander (bass), Jim Campilongo (guitar), Norah Jones (piano, vocals), Richard Julian (guitar, vocals), and Dan Rieser (drums) - opened the show with a warm set of new material from their forthcoming album For The Good Times including covers by Townes Van Zandt ("No Place To Fall"), Dolly Parton ("Jolene"), and "I Worship You" [...]
Harper Smith Photo of Amos Lee by Harper Smith This weekend WXPN is broadcasting all three World Cafe 20th anniversary shows . Friday night's live broadcast starts at 7 p.m. with The Little Willies (featuring Lee Alexander, Jim Campilongo, Norah Jones, Richard Julian and Dan Rieser), Indigo Girls and John Hiatt. Saturday evening's broadcast starts at 7 p.m. with Dawes, a very special guest and Feist. Sunday's Campaign for the Music Party broadcast with Amos Lee, Rhett Miller, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks begins broadcasting at 1:30 p.m. All the [...]
This past weekend, Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit celebrated its 25th anniversary with two star-studded concerts at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. The all-acoustic shows featured sets from the event's host, as well as Beck, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, The Little Willies, Eddie Vedder and more. As has become tradition over the years, Young joined a number of acts on stage over the course of the weekend for covers of his own songs including Beck for Pocahontas , Mumford & Sons for Dance, Dance, Dance and Arcade Fire for this [...]
In case you missed the news, today is the first day of the Bridge School Benefit Concert down in Mountain View and the entirety of tonight's performance will be webcast online via YouTube and Facebook. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Suppor tBridgeSchool YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/bridgeb enefitconcert For the first-time ever, The Bridge School Concert will be webcast live from The Shoreline Amphitheatre [...]
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