If there was any artist who makes me think (musically) of a young David Byrne it’s this girl Merrill Garbus who is more musically talented than any human should be allowed to be…
Music Break: tUnE-yArDs
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Really nice live (in the studio) session by Justin Vernon and Sean Carey….
4AD and Jagjaguwar have collaborated on a live session that captures a truly unique Bon Iver performance, featuring Justin Vernon and Sean Carey. On recent tours fans will have become accustomed to seeing Vernon flanked by an eleven-piece band, with the swell in numbers lending a grandiose element to even his most delicate songs. Sidestepping expectations, the idea Vernon presented for this session was to provide a wildly different experience.
Recorded in AIR Studio’s Lyndurst Hall – a building that was originally a church and missionary school designed in 1880 by the great Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse (designer of the Natural History Museum) – Vernon was joined only by Carey, with the pair positioning themselves opposite one another at two grand pianos.
Music Break: Justin Vernon and Sean Carey
The Ryan Adams tour will be coming to Philly in July. He has written more hits you have never heard than practically any other songwriter on the planet. In my estimation he is the preeminent songwriter of his generation. Why? As I look on my I-pod I have over 100 songs by him; and those are just the amazing ones. Last time he was here he played solo and it was incredible. (A result of his having to virtually start over after shattering his wrist in a fall off a stage. After which he basically had to teach himself how to play guitar again).
If you have never discovered this true musical genius now is your big chance. Here is a small (live) sampling…
Music Break: Ryan Adams
Courtney Barnett & Billy Bragg duet of Sunday Morning written by Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground ( brought to you by the folks at RocKwizTV )
Courtney Barnett & Billy Bragg – Sunday Morning
The down home Diva Kelis showed up at SXSW 2014 with a new album called Food and a food truck. She is the real deal…
Here is what Rolling Stone had to say…
BEST REINVENTION, R&B DIVISION: Kelis
Ten years after her Neptunes-produced sugar-bomb “Milkshake” and four since her EDM diva turn on Flesh Tone, Kelis has morphed again — this time into an earth mother R&B priestess more about sustenance than confections. Fronting a big band — including a four piece brass/wind section and backing singers — in robes and gold-dust makeup, thick mane of hair to her waist, she segued non-stop through a set of new soul vamps with an Afro-Caribbean undertow and an overall sound recalling 1970s Stevie Wonder. If the songs fell short of that mark, she put them over with spunk and charm, which should keep bringing the boys to the yard.
Music Break: Kelis