Nicolas Beauchemin’s contest-winning video ensures you’ll never again cross the threshold of an elevator without looking down to check. Keep a sharp eye at 1:57.
Still, it’s hard to top hearing Otis Redding in Johnny Castle’s cabin, and the segue to Solomon Burke doesn’t hurt.
Then again, maybe Otis Redding is better heard in Dalton’s loft.
Photographer Elliott Landy has a Kickstarter campaign (fully funded in five days, but still running) to fund the production of a book of photographs he made of The Band for their first two albums, Music From Big Pink and The Band. Only 30 of the 8000 frames that he produced have been widely published before, with many great pictures having sat in Landy’s fire-proof file cabinet for forty-five years. The Kickstarter campaign offers both a regular and deluxe edition of the forthcoming book, as well as numerous other items.
A 1970s George Harrison watches a 1960s George Harrison.
Debut single of this Newcastle folk-pop group, and a preview of their upcoming EP, Yannina. They cite Neil Young and the Beach Boys, but Jake Houlsby’s vocals, particularly in the acoustic intro, may remind you favorably of Donovan.
British vocalist Tony Burrow was a one-hit wonder as a vocalist with six different bands!
The Flowerpot Men – Let’s Go to San Francisco
Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
White Plains – My Baby Loves Love
The Pipkins – Gimme Dat Ding
Brotherhood of Man – United We Stand
The First Class – Beach Baby
Another great side from the Truth & Soul label, featuring a terrific vocal by Nicole Wray and a throw-back arrangement whose waltz-time creates an easy Southern groove. Fans of the Black Keys may already know Wray from the BlakRoc album. You can download the single (below) through July 26, and you can find the album here.
Evie Sands
Billie Davis
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts
P.P. Arnold
Joya Landis
Juice Newton
Melba Montgomery
The Pretenders
Bonnie Tyler
After 45 years, Billy Gibbons and the Moving Sidewalks reunited to play a set in New York City on March 30, 2013. You can find several audience videos on YouTube, including this one of their best-known tune, “99th Floor”:
Also check out the reissue of their complete catalog!
Those of you in the Los Angeles area have the opportunity to meet the infamous Swamp Dogg, promoting the upcoming reissue of his first two albums, Total Destruction to Your Mind and Rat On! He’ll be appearing at Freakbeat Records (13616 Ventura Boulevard in beautiful Sherman Oaks, California) on Sunday, March 3rd from 1-2:30pm.
Nashville’s weekly Music City Roots weekly concert and radio program can now be heard on an expanded list of broadcast affiliates. Hosted weekly at the Loveless Barn (behind the Loveless Cafe), the two-hour show can also be streamed live every Wednesday at 7pm Central Time. Each program includes four or five artists in 20-minute segments of music and interview, and concludes with a jam session. The legendary Jim Lauderdale hosts the show with additional Music City luminaries.