With a new album filled with raw, nature-inspired tracks, there is no venue more appropriate for Feist's return to the DC area than Bethesda's wood-paneled Strathmore auditorium. Tickets to her May 9 th show just went on sale this morning, but we have a chance for you to win a pair. Perhaps best known for the über-catchy iPod ad "1234," Leslie Feist quietly and unambiguously shows how much she has grown as a songwriter on her fourth studio album. Metals [...]
Anonymity can be great sometimes. Sure, it occasionally prompts a quest for unearthing the more-often-than-not well known producer behind the productions (cough Sicko Cell), but for the most part it's a great vehicle for delivering content that's unattached to expectations. Such is one of the reasons that the white label only "Shimmy Sham Sham" series has held my attention for its last four releases. Powerful edits of everyone from Grace Jones to the Temptations to Al Green, delivered without ego or excessive liner notes. This time around delivers a re-edit of Arthur Russell's "In The [...]
We bless this week with both a studio and a live version of Pharoah Sanders gracing us with "Let Us go Into The House Of The Lord." Vocalist Heidi Vogel serenades us with brilliant interpretations of Brazilian music. We close with 15 takes on the gospel classic, "There Is A Balm In Gilead" featuring Donna Weaver, John Blake Jr, Nnenna Freelon, Kamau Daaood, Sunny Sumter, Courtney Bryan, Larry Willis, Mahalia Jackson, Archie Shepp, Rhoda Scott, The Clark Sisters, Karen Clark-Sheard, Soweto Gospel Choir , and Nina Simone .
I don't remember how I came to do this particular Mixtape but its stylistic breadth and spiritual seriousness is uplifting beyond anything I could have foreseen. Once I got into pulling together different versions, especially when I delved into selections I had forgotten or had never previously heard, I began smiling. The mix of jazz and gospel, both genres ranging from straight ahead to way out, from historic to contemporary, I was mighty, mighty pleased with the result. I doubt that anyone has heard all of these fine versions, each of which bring their own specialness to the [...]
"You moved in slow degrees/A sudden memory/You're a Leonard Cohen song" - Better Than Ezra, "Under You" "But I was caught, like a fleeting thought / Stuck inside Leonard Cohen's mind" - Mercury Rev, "A Drop In Time" "Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld / So I can sigh eternally" - Nirvana, "Pennyroyal Tea" It's almost unbelievable now to think that we almost never heard Leonard Cohen , the singer. A well-regarded poet from the late [...]
Twilight Singers began in 1997 as a side-project for Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli. When the Whigs disbanded in 2001, Twilight Singers became the primary vehicle for releasing Dulli's new material. Released in 2004, She Loves You was Dulli's third release under the Twilight Singers moniker, collecting eleven sultry, slightly debaucherous covers. Dulli is known for both his fondness for reinventing other popular songs, and for his ability make even a simple love song sound like a naughty come on. Indeed, Dulli sounds like the type of guy who just might be pretty good at convincing sweet, [...]
stuttgarts ikiki jupanki hat ihren neusten konzeptmix für den freien download in der wolke parkiert. dieses mal ist es der blues in all seinen facetten, den wir zu hören bekommen. und zum glück hat der mix nichts puristisches an sich. denn wer mit nina simone anfängt und mit queen aufhört... file under: kind of blues tracklist: nina simone - ma baby just cares for me screaming jay hawkins - temptation [...]
Primero fue Operación Triunfo en España. Desde su emisión en el año 2001, el formato de este concurso fue exportándose a todo el mundo y con ello surgieron los hoy tan conocidos American Idol, X Factor o The Voice. El objetivo principal de estos talent shows , aparte de generar buenas dosis de audiencia, es "producir" cantantes que puedan tener carrreras discográficas exitosas. Es lógico que con la cantidad de concursantes y ediciones de todos estos programas no todos los participantes consigan hacerse un hueco en el panorama de la música de, al menos, su país, pero lo cierto [...]
As we watch events abroad unfold while our brothers and sisters in the East fight for self-governance and as politicians at home debate the destiny of our own nation, it's important we're reminded that we in America still have a long way to go when it comes to personal freedom and equality. Today, we celebrate the life and legacy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of history's great voices of liberty, and gathered here are a handful of songs that inspire us and remind us that his message is as relevant now as it was in 1963 . What [...]
Disclaimer: The 25 artists featured on this list categorically transcend the traditional notions of instrumental music- and where boom-bap plays any role, the traditional notions of hip-hop. Despite the ambitious efforts of bloggers and critics, they are also impossible to genrify. Still, a few things are certain. Most of them have either been compared to or influenced by the still omnipresent J Dilla, in many ways the torchbearer of their sound. They are audiophiles. They know how to handle their varying labs of MPCs, vintage analogue keyboards, drums, guitars, field recordings, and future sounds. They piece together collages [...]
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Stevie Wonder: Studio Paradise: Studio Paradise - I Am the Walrus (The Beatles cover) by STUDIO PARADISE #What? We Can Work It Out (my fave Beatles song? Probably) / I Am The Walrus (album tracks) #Who? Soul legend Stevie Wonder (kinda hope you know who he [...]
Amidst a chorus of Nina Simone-like vocal loops, Memphis style horns and African drumbeats, Merrill Garbus brings down the motherfucking house. That's the best way I can think to describe "Bizness," the standout track from tUnE-yArDs' W H O K I L L and hands-down the best track of 2011. On top of being an exhilarating shot of musical adrenaline, "Bizness" feels important . Experimental pop occasionally lacks an edge; even some of this year's best releases don't have enough energy to move the crowd. But "Bizness" should put doubters on notice that you don't need a [...]
High Focus Records' feathered foursome put some time-lapse action to Life In The Balance , a sombre number that samples Nina Simone's Wild Is The Wind . The Four Owls album Nature's Greatest Mystery is available here .
Nadastrom vs Heartbreak - Church [ mp3 SoundCloud] a forgotten heavyweight gem Nadastrom and Heartbreak VS James Blake and Nina Simone
2011 has turned out to be the year in music where I found myself resting, and drinking deeply. If you look at the three major music festivals I went to in 2011 (other than SXSW, which is always a debaucherous 1000-mph wonderful mess) they were all of the scenic, restorative type: camping at Sasquatch at Washington's Columbia River Gorge, Telluride Bluegrass where I pitched my tent right by a rushing river, and Doe Bay Fest on isolated Orcas Island in the San Juans. The ethos of these music festivals, more than anything, is a [...]
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have released a video of their cover of " What Are You Doing New Year's Eve " by Nancy Wilson . Deschanel posted the video on her website, HelloGiggles . In the post introducing the video, the singer/actress wrote: "I have known Joe Gordon-Levitt for going on 12 years. We first met in the summer of 2000 while doing a tiny movie called Manic, where we bonded over a mutual appreciation for Harry Nilsson and Nina Simone and I have been [...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel cover "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" The "500 Days of Summer" co-stars' duet was posted to Deschanel's website , Hello Giggles . Of the video Zooey said, "I have known Joe Gordon-Levitt for going on 12 years. We first met in the summer of 2000 while doing a tiny movie called Manic, where we bonded over a mutual appreciation for Harry Nilsson and Nina Simone and I have been [...]
Two Lids, 2011. Welcome back campers. Here are some tidy sensory blips for the benefit of your imagination, and future generations. I seem to be finding new music more and more through movies and TV these days, so here are some of those selections. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar - The theme song, for the now cancelled HBO show How To Make it In America otherwise known as the Vice Magazine show. Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust [...]
Merry Christmas! We wouldn't dream of posting today without presents, so voila! A playlist and two wonderful tracks for this festive day. The first comes to you from the northern European Yuletide tradition, courtesy of the King's Singers, with their heart-melting performance of "Wexford Carol." The carol, a traditional Irish hymn originating from County Wexford, is also known by its Gaelic name, " Carúl Loch Garman." It has been performed for hundreds of years, and is considered to be one of the oldest Christmas carols with a melody outside the Roman Catholic tradition. Due to Britain's rule over Ireland, it [...]
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