NEWS.COM EU : Australian music greats join forces to raise money for Red Cross (by Emily Cosenza) →

March 12, 2022 by gabriela anco

Australian music greats have banded together to help raise money for flood-ravaged communities in the nation’s east.

Part of Queensland and NSW were submerged in waters, forcing locals to flee their homes.

Dozens of people also lost their lives in the unprecedented weather event.

The rest of the nation has been asked to dig deep into their pockets and raise money to help the hundreds of thousands of flood victims.

Live for Live Music : From Keith Richards To Bill Murray & Beyond, Love Rocks NYC Packs Star Power Into The Beacon Theatre [Videos] (by Andrew O'Brien) →

March 12, 2022 by gabriela anco

On Thursday evening, some of the music and entertainment world’s biggest stars came together at the Beacon Theatre for the sixth edition of Love Rocks NYC, the marathon benefit for Gods Love We Deliver produced by famed fashion designer John Varvatos alongside Greg Williamson and Nicole Rechter.

Ultimate Guitar : The Last Waltz: 8 Things You Didn't Know About the Iconic Film. →

March 11, 2022 by gabriela anco

Cocaine, violence... and who the fuck is Neil Diamond ?

Variety : ‘It’s a Declaration of Love,’ Says Charlotte Gainsbourg About Her Film Dedicated to Mom Jane Birkin (By Marta Balaga) →

March 09, 2022 by gabriela anco

Despite forging her own way as a successful actor and singer, acclaimed for her collaborations with Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg has been compared to her father Serge and mom Jane Birkin all her life, she says. In directorial debut “Jane by Charlotte,” she comes back to the subject on her own terms. Shown at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival this week following its Cannes premiere, the film is sold internationally by The Party Film Sales.

The Berkshire Eagle : Angélique Kidjo's 'Yemandja' is a family drama and historical thriller (by Sharon Smullen) →

February 24, 2022 by gabriela anco

Around the world, Benin-born singer, songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo is musical royalty. Widely considered the “Queen of African Music,” she has performed at United Nations, Olympic and Nobel Prize ceremonies, collaborated with musical luminaries from Bono to Philip Glass and recorded numerous albums, four of which have won Grammy Awards.

On Friday, March 4, at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, she will become a goddess in “Yemandja.”

48 hîlls : Live Shots : Roseanne Cash and John Leventhal work their way through “The List” (by Jon Bauer) →

February 24, 2022 by gabriela anco

The first night of married couple Roseanne Cash and John Leventhal’s four-day run at SFJAZZ (through Sun/27, tickets still available) mostly explored her vaunted family legacy. Cash shone while gave us songs from “The List,” the 100-track rundown of the most essential sounds in country music history, as assessed by her knowledgeable dad, Johnny Cash. There were a few surprises though—including her delivery of two Dylan songs.

Classical Voice : Rosanne Cash and the Dividends of Faith →

February 21, 2022 by gabriela anco

With a legacy as imposing and multifarious as Johnny Cash’s, there’s no way to encompass it on a single album. Rather than making a quixotic attempt to wrap up her father’s life in a concise musical statement, Rosanne Cash took a more elliptical path with her 2009 album The List. The concept was elegant, sentimental, and deeply gratifying, with the singer-songwriter interpreting a dozen folk and country standards gleaned from a list of 100 essential tunes that Johnny Cash recommended she learn as a budding 18-year-old musician.

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.”