Far Out Magazine : The mythical creature that links Steely Dan and Genesis together →

February 05, 2022 by gabriela anco

You won’t get much crossover between American jazz rock legends Steely Dan and British prog-rock gods Genesis. Both share a common love for complexity and a certain intellectual bent, but the way the two acts bring their visions to life is completely different. Steely Dan were all about fitting classic R&B ethos into harmonically complicated packages, with some dashes of rock, funk, and pop thrown in to make them commercially viable. Genesis, at least in its initial form, had no worries about mainstream: they were a distinctly English form of progressive rock, with extremely long excursions that could blend time signatures, key signatures, and nursery rhymes together.

Rolling Stone : Rosanne Cash on Why Ditching Spotify Is Harder Than You Think →

February 02, 2022 by gabriela anco

People think, “Well, you’ve got to stand up and pull from Spotify.” The truth is, the reverse should be happening, where the consumers are boycotting or demanding a change in Spotify or demanding accountability. If you’re on Spotify, are you on the free tier? Well, sign up for the paid tier, right?

Neil is righteous. But this is complicated, and perhaps not the right way to go about getting Spotify to monitor themselves. The thing with Neil and Joni, and some others, leaving is that it’s shifted the conversation to put the onus on artists to pull their work, rather than focusing on Spotify paying artists fairly. There’s this hashtag going around, “Delete Spotify.” OK, great. Go to Apple Music or wherever. But how about paying artists for their work?

Broadway World Sidney : Jimmy Barnes to Perform at Sydney Coliseum Theatre →

February 02, 2022 by gabriela anco

Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ has announced that Jimmy Barnes will be taking the stage, Thursday 17th March 2022, 7:30pm, together with The Jane Barnes Band, as the feature headliner for Great Southern Nights 2022.

The Barnes Family Show is set to shake up Sydney Coliseum Theatre!

The West Virginia Daily News : Carnegie Hall Presents Grammy Award Winner Amy Helm Friday, February 18 →

February 01, 2022 by gabriela anco

Lewisburg, WV – Carnegie Hall Mainstage Performance Series continues with soulful singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy Helm on Friday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m in the Hamilton Auditorium. Masks are required.

Multiple Grammy Awards winner Amy Helm will be out promoting her third album, What the Flood Leaves Behind. It is her most autobiographical yet, both in content and creation. Out now on Renew Records/BMG, the album’s 10 songs represent a gathering of ideas and experiences, friends and collaborators. Yet, the album also marks a landing — a pause for the traveling musician and mother of two young boys who was seeking clarity in her calling and career.

Nonesuch : Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder Reunite After a Half-Century for New Album, 'GET ON BOARD,' Out April 22 on Nonesuch →

February 01, 2022 by gabriela anco

Nearly sixty years after they first played together, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, longtime friends and collaborators, reunite with an album of music from two Piedmont blues masters who have inspired them all their lives: GET ON BOARD: THE SONGS OF SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE, out April 22, 2022, on Nonesuch Records. A video for the track “Hooray Hooray” may be seen below, as well as an interview with Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal about the record.

Rolling Stone : Hear Marianne Faithfull’s Forceful ‘Vagabond Ways’ Demo for ‘Incarceration of a Flower Child’ →

January 24, 2022 by gabriela anco

Marianne Faithfull will give her 1999 album, Vagabond Ways, the deluxe treatment with a reissue due out March 4. She’s teasing the release with the demo recording for the album’s “Incarceration of a Flower Child,” a song Roger Waterswrote in 1968 but never recorded with Pink Floyd.

Vanguard : Angélique Kidjo, Psquare, Fireboy, others join Faces of Afrobeats campaign →

January 08, 2022 by gabriela anco

Faces of Afrobeats, a campaign organised by Primemusicpartners to celebrate the frontier stars of the indigenous African music genre, Afrobeat, has featured Beninese Grammy-award winner Angélique Kidjo, Psquare, Fireboy Dml, R2Beez and others.

Tennessean : The Best music photos from 50 years ago in 1971 in Nashville →

January 08, 2022 by gabriela anco

Earl Scruggs, second from right, is having a practice session with his sons, 21-year-old Gary, left, 17-year-old Randy and 12-year-old Steve, at their Nashville's home Jan. 5, 1971. The hold three practices a week.

Euronews : A peek inside the Gainsbourg cocoon: 'Jane by Charlotte' arrives in cinemas →

January 07, 2022 by gabriela anco

At 50, Charlotte Gainsbourg is the custodian of the memory of her family and their mark on French popular culture.

Louder : Warren Haynes: Gov't Mule's Heavy Load Blues is a cleansing and healing process →

January 06, 2022 by gabriela anco

Twenty-seven years after Allman Brother Warren Haynes started his side project Gov't Mule, it’s now his main band.

Central Maine : Singer-songwriter Amy Helm talks about her latest album →

January 05, 2022 by gabriela anco

As I’ve frequently stated, I love chatting with folks for the first time and my recent interview with the late Levon Helm’s daughter, Amy Helm, was no exception.

Al.Com : Grammy Awards postponed due to COVID surge linked to Omicron variant →

January 05, 2022 by gabriela anco

A decorative Grammy is seen before the start of the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

NME : Hear Yoko Ono’s ‘Listen, The Snow Is Falling’, which is finally available to stream →

December 16, 2021 by gabriela anco

The track was originally released as the B-side to John Lennon’s iconic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ and features Lennon on guitar. Speaking about the track in 1993, Ono said: “The first pop song — if you can say pop song — I ever wrote was ‘Listen, the Snow Is Falling.’ I did that before (Lennon and I) got together. Then, when we got together, I made it into a real pop song.”

New Castle Herald : Jimmy Barnes can't wait to take the Red Hot Summer Tour on the road →

December 16, 2021 by gabriela anco

Jimmy Barnes and the Red Hot Summer Tour go together like cheap wine and a three-day growth. He's been part of the concert series since it kicked off 10 years ago and has watched it grow into one of Australia's most popular summer staples.

Cision PR Newswire : The Blind Boys of Alabama Team up with the Foundation Fighting Blindness and Two Blind Brothers for Music to our Eyes Livestream Music Series →

December 16, 2021 by gabriela anco

COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness, the world's leading organization committed to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases, presents the next installment of their livestream music series, Music to Our Eyes. In partnership with Two Blind Brothers, this Facebook series will feature the Blind Boys of Alabama on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET. This exclusive in-person performance will be from the Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

Far Out Magazine : Je T’Aime: The trailblazing life and times of Jane Birkin →

December 14, 2021 by gabriela anco

From her early years as being described as a “shy English girl” Jane Birkin certainly came out of her shell. Although she may bemoan her own rise to stardom as bleakly gradual, the retrospective history books have her earmarked as the quintessential feather ruffler since the moment that she first graced screens in The Knack …and How to Get It in 1965. She might have only starred as ‘Girl on Motorbike’ in that, but soon she was a paradigm for the daring European art re-emerging in the 1960s.

Glide Magazine : Bruce Springsteen & Willie Nile Join Up With Steve Earle at 7th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit (SHOW REVIEW) →

December 14, 2021 by gabriela anco

For the 7th Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit for the Keswell School Steve Earle and company raised the most money in the fundraiser’s history at a time when it is desperately needed. The all-star lineup was the reason why Town Hall easily sold out, leaving many fans hoping to buy tickets in the seasonably warm Monday night (12/13) air along the Times Square sidewalks pre-show.

Jamaica Observer : A Superior toast to Gentleman →

December 04, 2021 by gabriela anco

The liquor, which hit the market three days ago and is available on the singer's website, is manufactured in Panama and takes its name from Gentleman's 2004 hit song of the same name.

Business Daily : Jal Records New Album in Nairobi →

December 04, 2021 by gabriela anco

The globally renowned Canadian- South Sudanese artist Emmanuel Jal, has performed on some of the biggest music stages in the world but his new album has brought him back to the traditional roots of African music.

Independant : Mini-skirts, bouffants and forgotten hits: The unsung women of the British Invasion →

December 02, 2021 by gabriela anco

As Beatlemania sweeps the world once more with Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’, it’s high time that the women who took America by storm – from Dusty Springfield to Cilla Black – are equally recognised for their part in pop history. Key figures of the Swinging Sixties, including Petula Clark, speak to Alli Patton.