"Any time I get a phone call, it doesn't come up as a normal number; it's like a five-digit code. I'm like, 'What kind of spy organization is this?' I've never seen that before. I've had phone calls from people in the government, and they don't have that. Marvel is some crazy underground world."— Natalie Portman on being contacted by Marvel for her role in Thor [WENN via Contact Music...
See the full interview here I started playing in the mid 1970's. I was born in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1962. When I was six or so my family moved to Davenport, Iowa. That's where I grew up, mostly. None of the other kids at school were into what I was; you may remember this was the era of disco and heavy metal, nobody I knew was really into blues or folk music. I was always fascinated by acoustic...
Just looking through this week’s update of 63,270 tracks on Spotify. The first thing to catch my eye was Betty Boo’s 2007 comeback single Take Off, which I had not heard of before, let alone heard. A bit hi-nrg, gay-disco for me, but it got me all nostalgic for Betty Boo and got me to [...]
The Good Soldier, a powerful documentary directed by two Park Slope filmmakers, Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys (DGA, Los Angeles Film Critics, and Peabody Award winners for Riding the Rails), is being called "incendiary," and "affecting" The film follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually...
Hey, just a quick hello .. not much going on other then I am not posting. Though my 80 gig IPod died a horrible death, had to start using my wifes 8gig Nano. With music size does matter! I've entered a Globe & Mail contest to win a chance to be a photographer at the 2010 winter olyimpics in Vancouver . If you can take the time to vote I would appreciate it. The following is the origional and four...
I have always thought that blues music reflects what is going on in the US well. Right now unemployment is high, this is not the first time that this has happened in this country. And blues musicians have documented it and offered over the years some hope and escape from the frustration of not having a job. The Y! Raddish Blog put together a play list of blues songs about Unemployment. I thought it...
This comes from another great Smithsonian compilation called Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol 2. It was released in 2003 and you can find it here: Smithsonian Folkways. MP3 File yousendit
Here's the line up of folk music at Lancaster's Robert Gillow pub for November courtesy of local musician about town, Tony Cooke, which includes appearances by the superb Graham Robinson , pictured above. Thursday 5 November: Simon Nicholls Simon lives in Rugby and is a singer and guitarist of great repute who makes regular tours of Great Britain. A set from Simon will typically contain both traditional...
Southern Dream Track #22 2:44 Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson) Chicago, November 12, 1947 with Blind John Davis - piano, Big Bill Broonzy - guitar Ransom Knowling - sbass, Judge Riley - drums Album Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 October 19, 1945 - November 12, 1947 Document Records DOCD 5059 Well now, I've gotta girl A-sweet sixteen Her mother wouldn't listen To her dreams I know she was...
The Passions of Great Fortune, cover design by Harry Pearce" /> As part of Offset’s ‘In Conversation’ events, Harry Pearce will be on stage in conversation with music legend Roy Harper. Their talk “Flashes From the Archive of Oblivion” will...
Tapestry of the Times #16 The lightning-fast fingers of banjo picker Eddie Adcock and The Country Gentlemen, Saint Louis blues from the legendary JD Short, a work-song sung by the inmates of a Texas prison camp, a chant learned in a trance by an Eskimo medicine man, a melody from the mountains of North Sumatra, and much more. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds. The Country Gentlemen...
I don't think I can recommend this mp3 album more enthusiastically. I love it, and think that fans of the blues, folk music, and gospel music will too. Just check out the various artist who are included here. The cool part about mp3 albums is that you only have to buy the tracks that you like, but in this case each track is a keeper. Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will The Circle Be Unbroken click image...
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