westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Artie Traum was an award-winning guitarist and songwriter featured on over 20 albums for Capitol, Sony, Shanachie, Slice of Life and Narada Records. A pioneer of the 1970’s acoustic music scene, Traum been described as a musician "whose work defines...
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
1. Side 1 (18:41) 2. Side 2 (19:05) For years you've been tempted by snippets of this album on various Web sites, including Frank's Vinyl Museum and the original 365 Days Project. Now, here at last for your full enjoyment,...
GingaTao! (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
the end of all complex negotiations, when Che turned from that table and all and sundry contractual obligations. Not only a definition of brutal honesty but of perfect utility, precision, the truth as a weapon best handled with care especially in the hands of novices, he said, ho ho ho, lash me to the mast [...]
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Two news items caught my eye this morning: 1. Smashing Pumpkins are doing a 20th Anniversary tour this year. It’ll come in two parts - a larger arena tour and a smaller venue tour. The setlists are expected to draw from their entire discography and, as far as I know, James Iha and D’arcy [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
in post News Briefs: Smashing Pumpkins, Richie Havens from Rock Sellout .
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
I just found out that the great Phoebe Snow, who wrote the 1970's hit, Poetry Man, will be performing at the 2008 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech on July 17th. There are other great acts, too, including Richie Havens with Carl Franklin, the boy who played Bob Dylan in the film, I'm Not There. Whoa, Phoebe Snow released a nearly perfect self-titled album in 1974, which included the songs, Poetry...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
in post PLEASE, COVER ME pt. 3 from Frequenze Indipendenti .
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Brian Wilson has been added to the lineup for the 2008 Newport Folk Festival, taking place August 1-3.
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Brian Wilson is playing Hammerstein Ballroom, Brian Wilson is playing a free show in Coney Island (no, not Siren), and Brian Wilson is playing the Newport Folk Festival on Friday August 1st in Newport, Rhode Island. So is Cat Power,...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Make of this what you will. The Zombies are to release a live version Odessey & Oracle this month... on June 30. The 2xCD is a live recording of the gig which took place at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in March,...
Said the Gramophone (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Richie Havens - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" The Band approaches "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - a song about the sadness of the South in the final throes and aftermath of the Civil War - as if they themselves were the vanquished. Levon Helm plays drums and sings in character, as defeated and phlegmatic as he can manage without falling behind the tempo, which he constantly threatens...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
in post Blue and Grey from said the gramophone .
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Richie Havens drew out the best of Canadian jazz-folk for this forgotten classic.
linkfilter.net - fresh links (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. His fiery, poignant, always soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960’s. It's a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993 -coming...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
It's been years since Duke Devlin traded the motorcycle he rode into Bethel for the electric golf cart that gets his creaky body around...
