
Before Christmas last year, there was a song which would often be near the top of people's all time favorite songs list. Then X-Factor came and ripped the soul out of Leonard Cohen's beautiful song. Cohen has just stated that it has been 'over performed' and Mark Beaumont (the grumpy one from the NME) has written an article about it HERE . Now whenever I here the song I can just see those gimps from JLS and that arrogant soulless diva performing it. It's a shame really. It's a genuinely beautiful song. When I first saw Shrek (I must [...]

tonight in NYC * DANCE * THIS WEEK IN INDIE * Auditory Assault Festival * The Proclaimers @ City Winery * Bill Frisell Trio @ Village Vanguard * Leonard Cohen @ Radio City Music Hall * Local Correspondents Festival @ Bar 4 * Peaches, Drums of Death @ Webster Hall * Brooklyn Folk Festival @ Jalopy Theater * Children, Lapdog [...]
It's not yet 2 weeks since we lost our dear friend. Here is a musical celebration in memory of a wonderful person. Eleanor McEvoy - Only A Woman's Heart Mp3 MySpace Damien Rice - I Remember Mp3 MySpace Jack L - If We Only Had Love Mp3 MySpace Katell Keineg - One Hell Of A Life Mp3 MySpace The Prayer Boat - It Hurts To Lose You Mp3 [...]