A contra dance organizer in another city wrote to me a while ago because they were stuck: the dance was in a few days and they didn't have anyone to run sound. They were asking if they could use some of my recorded music for the dance. Here's a lightly edited and linkified copy of what I sent them: This is a tricky situation, and I'm sorry you've ended up here. This is probably not what you want to hear, but I would not hold a dance with recorded music. Instead I'd: Have musicians play…
Women of Music volume 19Nikki Corvette on cover Abbe Lane - A Good Man Is Hard to Find.mp3 Ailish McBride - Scania 164.mp3 Brenda Lee (& The Vocaltones) - Ain't Gonna Give Nobody.mp3 Eileen Barton - Fujiyama Mama .mp3 Lorin Dean - Fi Fo Fum.mp3 Marsha Lyn - Tennessee Homesick Blues.mp3 Maxine Davis - Another Man.mp3 Nikki And The Corvettes - Honey Bop!.mp3 Scooter Lee - Barefootin'.mp3 Tanya Tucker - San Antonio Stroll (Single Version).mp3 Terri ''Cup Cake'' O'Mason - Cup Cakes.mp3 Winfield…
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As the longest day of the year approaches, it’s time to present another seasonal Top 10. The loose theme for this summer’s list — no doubt a response to the invidious headlines thrust upon us every day — is ‘perfumes that are good for the soul’. Here’s a link to the video, followed by a […] The post Top 10 Perfumes For Summer 2026 – Scents That Are Good For The Soul appeared first on .
I like old-school flyers. I especially like the ones you hold onto for whatever reason. I have one here. It’s for a film, a work in progress, called Soul Searchin’, a documentary by Jesus Cruz and Alex Vigano. The flyer shows someone holding a copy of an old 45 on Emulate Records of Oakland, California. The single is ‘These Are The Things’ by The Emulations. I had to look it up. I had to listen to it carefully. It’s not that old Pale Fountains song, no, but rather it is a sublime slice of sweet…
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What can I say, I was feeling a little ambitious. And yes, I did the guitar solos, but before you get too impressed, please know a) they’re not recreations of the David Gilmour solos, because my ambitions have real and practical limits, and b) I cheated. And by “cheated” I mean I initially tried to do the solos on one of my guitars, but it turns out I am slow, have clumsy fingers made of hot dogs and despair, and only questionably know how to find the key of B Minor on my fretboard. So, I took…
The crates they are a-changin'. The post ObiStrip is “crate digging for YouTube samples” appeared first on Sampleface.
Last night I went with Samii to see a delightful concert. It was Ben Folds with Lindsey Kraft as his opener. The show started right at 8PM with Ms. Kraft doing an assortment of really cool songs (I especially like the Mom-centric one) and discussing how she had a musical coming out this August in SoHo--which Ben Folds was a producer on! After her performance, she met with fans and was really pleasant to speak with. I'd highly recommend checking her website out and following her work!Following a…
As you might expect I’ve been in a bit of a Sonny Rollins head lately, lots of great memories of seeing him live. When he would do a week-long gig at the Vanguard or Half Note, I would see him just about every night, every set, usually going with my friend Dan Axelrod. One of the great things, out of many great things, about Sonny was that he never seemed to play the same way each night, even though he would have a set song list for the entire week’s gig. He was always pushing himself to find…
A New Musical Express review from late 1983 by Paul Du Noyer of a reissue of Charlie Gillett's 1971 book The Sound of the City - in which Du Noyer notes that "interest in old music has never been higher", with NME's own series of cassette compilations of vintage soul, jazz, reggae, etc, given as proof. He says the timely reissue of Gillett's tome can nourish the evident appetite for history out there. 1983 figures here as a lull, a flagging of energy, with a wide range of listeners and…
José Fernando BonaparteOne of the hardest-working, most intense and multi-faceted palaeontologists to ever grace our planet was José Fernando Bonaparte (14 June 1928 – 18 February 2020).We often imagine the great scientific pioneers as figures lost to deep history, but Bonaparte left us only a few years ago. A prolific and tireless Argentinian palaeontologist, he is best known for
Album of the Week, June 20, 2026 We’ve met Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour in the context of his work with Peter Gabriel; he might still be best known for his incandescent vocal on “In Your Eyes,” and we’ve heard his contributions to Peter’s all-star project Passion. But even before this global success Youssou was, by any measure, a star. It just took the world a while to catch up with him. Youssou was born in 1958 in the Senegalese capital city of Dakar. He was already performing at age…
By Fabricio GarciaKobold KingOSELevel 3 The adventurers will face an ancient mage trying to free his soul from it’s bindings in his tomb. The group has 10 sessions to reach the tomb, where they can stop the ritual or join Kaeloreth’s quest to rein the region again. In the tenth session, Kaeloreth completes his ritual and now possesses a new body. He send his undead thralls to slaughter 3 Sylvandur population, each death gives him more power. As sessions progress, the common enemy will start to…
[1981]Trippy Californian folk and soft rock stylings heading into breezy jazz zones somewhere between Joni, The Croz and John Martyn. I love this shit, if anyone knows of anything similar let me know.Not much info about one album wonder Tom MacDonald anywhere but check out his vibe on the cover. Our breezy jazz-folk man of mystery's not havin' any of this sex rejection bullshit. Come on ladies! You need to check out his naked body. He's feelin so damn good about himself you need to offer up…
G. M. Farley LP Rural Rhythm 128 Following info found at Scratchy AtticGive Name: George Milburn Farley, Jr.Date of Birth: January 16, 1927Place of Birth: Kayford, West VirginiaDate of Death: November, 1991Marital Status: Francis E. CastleChildren: 3Musical Style: Bluegrass/Country GospelTalents: Fiddle, Guitar, Singer, SongwriterRev. G. M. Farley was a coal miner like his father, until he was called into the Gospel Ministry around 1950. Before his conversion he had a bluegrass band called…
Over a decade ago, Alexander Chen’s iconic MTA.me turned Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 New York subway map into a live, plucking string instrument. On this map every time an MTA train crosses the track of another line, it twangs like a musical string, transforming the frantic energy of New York's transit grid into a delicate, real-time composition.The itch to turn transit data into music has recently
Daniel Lanois concluded the slow, steady cadence of dropping tracks from his new album, Belladonna Nocturne, today, the day of the album’s release. They’ve all been instrumental so far, and this one maintains that mode. It’s the most straightforward of the batch, featuring relatively (though not entirely) unprocessed piano and guitar. The accompanying video takes a cue from the track’s title (“Canadian National,” presumably after the railway), combining snippets of views of roadside Canadian…
Nikki Nair – “Default Mode” Machinedrum – “WHEN UR GONE” Will Hofbauer & Sangre Voss – “UKA” The post New Hots Hots 26 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.
Bobby Prince, '90s FPS game musician extraordinare, has died at 81. His work in Wolfenstein 3D was fine (especially The Ultimate Challenge) but clearly all of a particular genre, and his contributions to Duke Nukem 3D and Rise of the Triad were solid but overshadowed by Lee Jackson's (exhibit A: Grabbag; exhibit B: Prince's main theme but Jackson's KISS OFF). Doom, on the other hand ... well. It's not just that these were solid gamer tracks, it's that they sounded good on just about anybody's…
Among the many rarities I’ve come across in this journey to review all things ECM, few are as intriguing as the 10-part “ECM Special” series released in Japan on Trio Records throughout the 1970s. The tracks on this inaugural album, all recorded in the earliest part of that decade, exude the energy of an unlocked room. The compilation gathers music from a formative stretch in ECM’s history, but its deeper fascination lies in the way it catches artists at the edges of statements they were still…
Harley Gabbard - Tall Timber Man Vetco Records 3006(1970) 1 - Folsom Prison Blues.mp3 2 - Nine Pound Hammer.mp3 3 - Doodling on the Dobro.mp3 4 - Nobody's Darling But Mine.mp3 5 - Long Black Veil.mp3 6 - Dreams of my Heart.mp3 7 - Poppa Played the Dobro.mp3 8 - I Still Miss Someone.mp3 9 - Ring of Fire.mp3 10 - Doing my Time.mp3 11 - Maggie.mp3 12 - Understand You Man.mp3 Harley Gabbard's sole album apparently, but had singles between 1956 and 1968.For some bio and discography see…
Words: Chris Arnsby Nicky Campbell: “Hello. Good evening. Welcome to the brilliant new look Top of the Pops. Prepare to be engulfed in a fiesta of music and colour. Lights and action. Sound and vision. What a show. Five live acts, the best music videos and what a start. Here is the r-r-r-r-Rebel MC.” [20] REBEL MC/TENOR FLY/B.LEVY: TRIBAL BASE. It seems a little over the top for Nicky Campbell to describe minor format tweaks as a new look. However, there’s an interesting snippet of news in the…
"Whip Appeal" by Babyface Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. My dad would play this album on a regular basis. Babyface had a whole lot of great songs that you can just put on and just chill. Again, I had no idea what this song was about but every time it would play, I got to go play outside. View Mandaris's Crucial Tracks profile Listen to my Apple Music playlist
Based on the press around the release of Liquorice last year, I had a feeling that Hatchie was going to eschew the full North American touring she’d undertaken for her first two records but it’s still a little disappointing that besides a not-even-handful of US shows earlier this year, it looks like she’s staying in […] The post Hatchie, live at KEXP – April 2026 appeared first on Space Echo.
A closer look at specific metal tracks at the granular level, this week we take a closer look at Metallica’s Master of Puppets.
Penny Lover, You Should’ve Come Over UK artist Penny blends indie influences and alt pop to create a distinctive and emotional sound. Originally from Huddersfield, she released her debut EP, My Secret Powers, in 2022, introducing her bedroom pop aesthetic. With her new EP, entitled Prom? and released today, Penny has looked to deliver the most fully realised version of her vision. Regularly collaborating with Michael Lovett, of Metronomy and NZCA Lines, and Ash Workman (who has worked with…
