Cecilia Ann (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A.D. Winans : Billie Holiday Me And The Blues , erbacce-press Billie Holiday Me And The Blues reviewed by Terry Reis Kennedy, kagablog An Interview with A.D. Winans by Terry Reis Kennedy, kagablog Selected Poetry , laurahird.com
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
. They called Atlantic Records "the house that Ruth built" during the 1950s, and they weren't referring to the Sultan of Swat. Ruth Brown's regal hitmaking reign from 1949 to the close of the '50s helped tremendously to establish the New York label's predominance in the R&B field. Later, the business all but forgot her — she was forced to toil as domestic help for a time —...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Billie Holiday, I cover the waterfront. Hey, I am on the beach, I couldn't help myself. Billie and the beach. Yowser.
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The XX are a brand new young band from South London. It’s definitely rock music, but with lots of male-female vocal turns. I hear a little Velvet Underground (the melodic stuff) in there, and also some Cure. But they’re distinct, delivering the songs in intimate voices and adding electronics. Their new self-titled [...]
letters from the end consumer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Growing up, three kinds of music made me cry because I thought it was too heartachingly beautiful packed with love while still being all sadsounding: Trille's Min Lille Sol, Eric Satie's Gymnopedies and Billie Holiday's God bless the Child. I can't find the Trille tune anywhere. Can you post it on iTunes or Youtube? Thankyou!
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Billie Holiday is beaming in a 1956 photograph as she gazes at singer Billy Eckstine. Her trademark flower is pinned behind her left ear.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Born: 1 November, 1938, in Keighley, Yorkshire. Died: 8 November, 2009, in London, aged 71.IN JULY Malcolm Laycock staggered his loyal Sunday evening listeners to Sunday Night at Ten on Radio 2 when he announced his departure from the station. The controller, Bob Shennan, had not been informed and the popular programme, devoted to dance band music of the 1930s and '40s, was in jeopardy. Laycock had...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Born: 1 November, 1938, in Keighley, Yorkshire. Died: 8 November, 2009, in London, aged 71.IN JULY Malcolm Laycock staggered his loyal Sunday evening listeners to Sunday Night at Ten on Radio 2 when he announced his departure from the station. The controller, Bob Shennan, had not been informed and the popular programme, devoted to dance band music of the 1930s and '40s, was in jeopardy. Laycock had...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Downbeat: The Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology. Edited and Compiled By Frank Alkyer. In July of 1934 the first issue of DownBeat magazine hit newsstands in Chicago. For the next seven-plus decades and counting the publication has been synonymous with jazz. DownBeat has chronicled every facet of jazz; every trend; every new and emerging sound. They have charted the birth and rise...
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Sunday’s edition of The Boston Globe carried a feature on now hometown girl, Sarah Jarosz, who moved from her native home in Texas to Beantown to study at The New England Conservatory of Music. Entitled The freshman, the general tenor of the piece by Joan Anderman is the contrast between Sarah’s path and that of the [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
EVERY now and again, a debut single comes out that makes the world stop and listen.
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Photo by Flickr user arnold inuyaki , used under a Creative Commons agreement. Dish of the Week: Fried Chicken and Waffles Fried chicken and waffles is a uniquely American food innovation. Like many comfort foods, the exact origin of this fantastic pairing is murky. One account suggests that the dish emerged when Thomas Jefferson brought a waffle iron back from France in the 1790s, where it became...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Download for $9.98. Listen to Dakota Staton performed at Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1959
Bold As Love (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Tamar-Kali, our favorite hardcore warrior soul queen, puts a new twist on her excellent Psychochamber Ensemble. From the press release: Tamar-kali Brown curates a night of bawdy, sexy, cabaret-inspired entertainment. Brown says she developed this show because “artists of color...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Vasilis Xenopoulos (ten), Paul Edis (pno), Mick Shoulder (bs), Adam Sinclair (dms). Vasy (Xeno? Mr X?) is one of those players you remember come what may. The sound is warm without being hot, cool without being cold. Tonight It captured the Blaydon audience f rom the opening notes of "Gone With The Wind" to the closing bars of "Wee" (a.k.a. "Allen's Alley") this is what...
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domino75 | 10/23/2009
Public Enemies is a 2009 American crime film co-written and directed by Michael Mann. Set during the Great Depression, it focuses on the true story of FBI agent Melvin Purvis's attempt to stop criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd. The film is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34.
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domino75 | 07/03/2009
Soundtrack and lyrics movie Public Enemies with Johnny Depp, The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. Lyrics and clip Public Enemies Am I Blue? Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra Bye Bye Blackbird - listen Diana Krall Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground - listen Blind Willie Johnson Love Me
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