Archives For Music

I had never heard of the young and gifted Sarah Jorosz until today but if the company she keeps is any indication she may be the new anointed one of folk/country royalty. The last woman to make this kind of exquisite music so young was Emmy Lou Harris. Take in her song Run Away, 1000 Things and Book of Right-On.

 

Music Break: Sarah Jarosz

The Project by Artangel involves putting an artist in a room and letting them rip.  Andrew Bird gives us a magnificent solo concert with an audience of one: You. This is absolutely memorizing…

Andrew Bird on Sounds from a Room

Remember these guys?  Their music has  aged very well. Love these old cheesy video’s.  We need more real hip hop today and less gangster rap..

PM Dawn sings Set Adrift on Memory Bliss.

 

 

I am not a big fan of music videos but Arcade Fire really ups the anti in this glorious nod to the death of disco (and nice little rebirth of the band). Long live the mirror ball!

 

 

Lou Reed 1942 to 2013

October 27, 2013 — Leave a comment

God Speed Lou Reed…Have not felt like this since Hendrix and Lennon left us. The music in Heaven just got a little better.

 

The measure of his influence and importance dwarfs the news item, the obituary, the tribute. He is everywhere”.

via Sasha Frere-Jones remembers Lou Reed : The New Yorker.