Bill Withers

Bill Withers - Lean on me

Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | yesterday

in post da doux ron ron (SEXSMITH) from WeWant2Wigoler .

the rebirth of the cool

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Melody Gardot at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 21st July, 2008

Ysgol Glanaethwy Perform On Last Choir Standing

Unreality TV (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Watch as Ysgol Glanaethwy earn a place in the Last Choir Standing ‘knockouts’ with Lean On Me by Bill Withers.

Bill Withers - Better Off Dead (live)

Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

in post NOMO from Mainstream isn't so bad...is it? .

2 Playlists I didn’t get around to posting

Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

I’ve been off the air for the last few weeks but I’ll be back tonight at Midnight BST on Phantom 105.2 and www.phantom.ie with loads of new stuff and 3 tracks from Bill Withers’ ‘Still Bill’ album. Here are some playlists I never got around to posting… Playlist for 20 June 2008 The ‘Under The Radar’ album was Jilted John’s ‘True Love Stories’ Jilted John Jape - Apple in an Orchard El Perro Del Mar...

Bill Withers - I Don't Want You On My Mind

Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

in post At the Risk of Sounding Elitest/Snobbish/Rude... from Sheena Beaston .

What song captures the spirit of your company brand?

Escape from Cubicle Nation (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Minneapolis musician Owen Sartori filled a need I didn't even know I had, a theme song for Escape from Cubicle Nation: The Cube. Another thought came to mind while writing the chapter...

New pop/electronic album: Gravity Co. - “U”

Guest Music Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Artist: Gravity Co. Label: AMAdea Records Album: U Genre: POP/Electronic Buy CD ARTIST DESCRIPTION Founded in 2001, Gravity Co. started out as a side project, working on the soundtrack to the computer game Trans, side project turned to full-time and they haven’t looked back since. In early 2002 Gravity Co. made their debut, releasing their first single ‘Away’ accompanied by an art-school [...]

A transition for Amos Lee

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Singer-songwriter wanders between '70s-influenced soul and folk-pop on his latest effort F rom the start, it hasn't been clear where Amos Lee fits in. Is he country, pop, folk, jazz or soul? Like similar artists before him, namely Bill Withers and Terry Callier, Lee melds elements of each style in his music. And in the process, he has garnered critical acclaim. Shortly after the release of his 2005...

Canadian Idol 6 Top 16 Performances Part 2

Idol Stalker - Watching American Idol (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

It’s time for the second half of the Top 16 performances on the sixth season of Canadian Idol (see part 1 here). It’s a big deal this week since six singers will be sent home this week since the Top 10 will be announced on Wednesday. Mitch MacDonald sang the Jayhawk’s song “Blue” and I think [...]

Capital fans unleashed on the Fleesh

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

Richard Fleeshman *** Cabaret Voltaire

• Capital fans unleashed on the Fleesh - Edinburgh Evening News
• Capital fans unleashed on the Fleesh - News Scotsman

Songs That Have Hit Number One By Two Different Artists

Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

* "Go Away Little Girl" — Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971) * "The Loco-Motion" — Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974) * "Please Mr. Postman" — The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975) * "Venus" — Shocking...

Philly flare from Amos Lee, G. Love

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

Two Philly dudes lead our new music parade this week. Our Famous Amos: Singer-songwriter Amos Lee is back with a third and altogether agreeable album "Last Days at the Lodge" (Blue Note, B). Haven't made his acquaintance? Lee is master of a gently soulful, organic, vocal and finger-picked guitar st

Bill Withers - Harlem

Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

in post A Couple More Summer Scorchers from Some Velvet Blog .

A Couple More Summer Scorchers

Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008

Harlem - Bill Withers "Summer night in Harlem/Man it's really hot!" sings Withers on this stomping lead-off song from Just As I Am , produced by Booker T. Jones with a rhythm section that included Al Jackson, James Gadson and Jim Keltner and Donald Duck Dunn on bass. While the rhythm section pushes this one ahead, it's the sharp urgent string section that whips this one in to a full force gale. Summer...