Were it not for his death on the 12th of September, 2003, the late, great, Johnny Cash would be due to turn 80 years old on the 26th of February, 2012. To mark 'The Man in Black''s 80th birthday, a number of projects and events are planned.
Wow, from the start of the new album Country by Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad I am amazed and I am astonished. I first heard of this band while attending a G-Love and the Special Sauce show at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Their live show was an unreal jam session filled with plenty of energy that got the crowd dancing. Country may get your foot tapping a bit while you are sipping a whiskey down at your local saloon. Country is an album with an acoustic, slowed down blue grass sound with folk and [...]
Student grades are due tomorrow, but we went to church anyway - we had to sing, and anyway, after two years of semi-regular practice as a Unitarian Universalist, I have come to a place in my life where I find peace and solace in shared practice which starts and ends with love and service, togetherness and open-ended truths, and a shared commitment to social justice. Much of this is due to the particulars of our chosen worship setting. The UU church which we attend is in transition, with an interim minister who has my [...]
Live gems spanning 1956-79, many of them unreleased, make this worth hearing.
"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 [...]
Johnny Cash : We'll Meet Again [ purchase ] "We'll Meet Again" is a song hope in times of trouble. A mega-hit in England at the dawn of World War II, the song was popularized by Vera Lynn, who is still alive and kicking at age 94. (In 2009, Dame Vera Lynn's "Best of" CD reached #1 on the British charts, making her the oldest person to achieve that distinction.) The song captured the national mood, helping Britons keep stiff upper lips as their soldiers headed off to battle and uncertain fates. A [...]
Watch last night's performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Season withThe Avett Brothers performing their rendition of "One Too Many Mornings" - a track they sang along with the late-great Johnny Cash for Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan - Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. The album will be available January 24th!
Perhaps it is a ironic joke of my life that so many of the things I enjoy begin with the word "Rick" – Rick Ross , Rickrolling, and, of course, mega-producer Rick Rubin . Perhaps known to some as the "guy with the ZZ Top beard in the '99 Problems' video", Rubin, co-founder of Def Jam records and co-president of Columbia Records, is without argument an industry great. The original white kid from New York who loved underground hip-hop, Rubin has produced some of the most influential records by some of the most influential artists in the past [...]
To support the January 24th release of Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International - the awe-inspiring 75-track, four disc set benefiting Amnesty International - The Avett Brothers stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to knock out their own rendition of Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings". Although originally released on Dylan's 1964 LP, The Times They Are a-Changin , the song developed its own storied history throughout the years following. For context's sake here, check out the track's version featuring both Dylan and [...]
This compilation is not accompanied by an instalment in the country history, because the next chapter goes with the next mix. And, in some ways, it makes sense that this mix has no history (of course, the timeframe is covered by past articles in the series) because the late 1970s was a time of hiatus. Many of the stalwarts of just a few years earlier ceased having strings of hits, and those artists who had grown out of the Outlaw movement now had their day. In this mix, the likes of Guy Clark, John Anderson, Larry Jon Wilson [...]
Download: Vinnie Paz "Death Messiah 2012" ft. Johnny Cash Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Trick) leaks a new track off his upcoming The Priest of Bloodshed mixtape (Feb 2012), "Death Messiah 20123 featuring Johnny Cash.
Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive YouTube | Redferns She calls herself the " Rocker Clogger ." Somewhere in Central Georgia, this 17-year-old with a penchant for the Cure , Siousxie and the Banshees , Adam Ant and David Bowie is clog-dancing her heart out to hits of yore. We love viral videos , so, naturally, we caught up with the teenage YouTube sensation to talk [...]
Today's your lucky day! Although Friday the 13th is known to be a day of unfortunate accidents, faux pas, and all around unhappy occurrences that we chalk up to "bad luck," as any gambler knows, luck can turn on a dime. Gathered here in this video roundup are songs that we hope will change your luck today. So have a happy day, everyone, and remember, 13th or otherwise, it's still Friday! Danzig - Thirteen Johnny Cash - Thirteen [...]
Chris Isaak and Conan O'Brien perform a jumping cover of Johnny Cash's 'Ring of Fire' on Conan.
Photo courtesy of sunrecords.comSam Phillips On this day in 1923, legendary producer, record executive, DJ and Sun Records/Sun Studios founder Sam Phillips was born to a pair of poor tenant farm
Oh hey... what up? Did you all have a wonderful winter season break? Mine was good but not all that relaxing. House hunting can be a real pain in the ass. Probably not as hard as real hunting, especially if you are using spears and success was your only chance of survival. But for a fat lazy American like me house hunting is hard. Can't wait to get that new Lego Feet! Just so you know, the Pearl Jam doc is on Netflix to stream, just so you know. Oh and FINALLY the Johnny Cash greatest hits [...]
There was a lot of good music 50 years ago.
Ray Price: Crazy Arms [ purchase ] Waylon Jennings: Rainy Day Woman [ purchase ] Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two: Luther Played the Boogie [ purchase ] The names Ralph Mooney and Marshall Grant may not appear above the title on many records. But, their contributions to music were instrumental -- in both senses of the word. [...]
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