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Sonny Landreth “From the Reach”

The amazing Sonny Landreth has a new album coming out on May 2oth. “From the Reach” is his new album of collaborations with other guitar greats. There are guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffett.
Sonny had this to say about “From the [...]

Blazing Cannons

Leonard Cohen in 2008Leonard Cohen - Glasgow 2008Leonard Cohen - London 2008 (11-14)Bob Dylan in 2008Bob Dylan - New York City 2008 (Source 1)Bob Dylan - New York City 2008 (Source 2)Bob Dylan - Montreal 2008Bob DylanTamworth, AustraliaTamworth Regional Entertainment Centre3/23/01Disc 11. Roving Gambler 2. Song To Woody 3. Desolation Row 4. Country Pie5. Lay, Lady, Lay6. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight7. Mama, You Been On My Mind 8. Girl Of The North Country9. Tangled Up In Blue 10. Standing In The Do

Driving Korg Hardware With Elysium

You may have seen or heard of Matt Mower's Elysium, which will soon go into public beta. (Like maybe tomorrow.) Lucky me, I'm in on the private beta (woo woo etc.) and got it driving my Korg hardware today.christmasyprobabilistic riffThe second mp3 uses probabilistic features in Elysium, kind of like Archaeopteryx. Where Archaeopteryx gives you a probability matrix step sequencer, Elysium gives you a hexagonal programmatic step sequencer with probabilistic and mathematical features. To unravel t

Updates, Corrections and Comments

The important news first… Those of you who have been following the blog closely know that November (and a fair chunk of October) was a nasty month for the family in terms of our health. I still have a lingering, occasional cough from the flu bug that dogged us during that period, and :Erin: spent the last week floored by an acute and viral inner-ear infection (called “acute labyrinthitis”) that made her feel like our house was a ship at sea. During a storm. Well, this weekend, the bugs finall

Rock On! Art Quilt Update and a Holiday Freebie!

For all of us who survived Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, I hereby declare Totally Free Tuesday! Well, at least a free offer from me in the form of a Christmas tree skirt article. Click here to download a piece I wrote for Quilting Arts GIFTS. Are you crafting holiday gifts for loved ones this year? I am, but since a number of family members allegedly read this blog, I can’t share with you what I’m slaving on after hours (and into the wee hours of the morning), otherwise I’d ru

Best Albums: A Retrospective

I will be unveiling my annual list of superlatives beginning next week. In the meantime, I thought it would be worthwhile to look back at previous years lists. Best Albums of 2007 20. Susan Werner–The Gospel Truth 19. Bon Jovi–Lost Highway 18. The Twilight Sad–Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters 17. Bright Eyes–Cassadaga 16. Mary Chapin Carpenter–The Calling 15. Brandi Carlile–The Story 14. New Pornographers–Challengers 13. Nick Light–The World Forgetting By The World Forgot 12. Sinead

100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time - Rolling Stone Magazine

001 - (Jimi Hendrix) - Band Of Gypsys - Machine Gun (live).mp3 24.7 MB 002 - (Duane Allman) - The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues (live).mp3 9.8 MB 003 - (B.B. King) - Sweet Sixteen, Pts. 1 & 2.mp3 8.5 MB 004 - (Eric Clapton) - Cream - Crossroads (live).mp3 6.2 MB 005 - (Robert Johnson) - Hellhound On My Trail.mp3 4.8 MB 006 - (Chuck Berry) - Johnny B. Goode.mp3 6.2 MB 007 - (Stevie Ray Vaughan) - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Texas Flood.mp3 12.3 MB 008 - (Ry Cooder) - M

Rock & Roll Singers: Conspicuous Only In Their Absence

As we flew home yesterday after celebrating Thanksgiving down south, I was reading the most recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine. In case you haven’t yet seen it, their cover story is the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. I’m not gonna list my top 100, or even the people I would delete from their list, because that would require way too much work…and I’m allergic to that. Suffice it to say approximately half the people on their list would also be on my list. However, if I ever did undertake

Why this Conservative Government Deserves Defeat

the announcement that Arthur A. Levine at Scholastic would be buying her novel Plain Kate, and we’ve been unable to really enjoy that news what with being so sick. And the day that she’s actually feeling good, this happens? It’s almost like some crazy see-saw attempting to make things balance out. Anyway, I guess we are lucky in that :Erin: wasn’t as badly hurt as she could have been, but I’m sure she’d rather have been lucky enough not to have taken that fall. And now for the news of the w

Mark Knopfler - True Love Will Never Fade (Berlin, live)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlb8W0r7AU

Friday iPod Random Ten

1. Birds - Paul Weller 2. Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams 3. Pay Me My Money Down (live) - Bruce Springsteen 4. Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen 5. Song for Sonny Liston (live) - Mark Knopfler 6. Tessie - Dropkick Murphys 7. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo 8. Boundary County - Eilen Jewell 9. Broken Fingers - Sam Baker 10. Sin City - Dead Ringer Band

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Dandy Warhols Remix Competition

US Group Launch Contest American party rockin' group The Dandy Warhols are set to launch an amazing new competition in which fans can remix forthcoming single 'Mis Amigos' due for release on December 8th. The group released their latest album 'Earth To The Dandy Warhols' earlier this year. Initially released via an internet subscription service before hitting the shops as a physical product, the new album featured guest appearances from Mark Knopfler amongst others. Fans can remix the new singl

Mark Knopfler - 2001-05-03 - Toronto

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On Stage 11/30 - Tim Thompson

Tim Thompson captures the prestigious 2nd Place title in the International Fingerstyle Guitar Competition at the famous Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield Kansas, September 2007! As a professional musician working in a competitive industry, Tim Thompson has learned to play his strengths in more than one area of the business. Not only is he considered a guitar virtuoso and talented singer/songwriter, he’s also a much sought after and very busy independent producer and session player. Thompson i

Time to die now

It feels wrong, in this fragile and troubled economy, to wish for a business to go bankrupt. But there is something almost Darwinian at work in the economy right now. The big three automakers have behaved like dinosaurs for decades and that's why the recent troubles are beginning to look a bit like a certain comet or asteroid that hit Earth 75 million years ago. They're not dead, far from it. But you get the feeling they're going to look a bit more like alligators that brontosauruses at the end

Live Aid concert for NASA hacker?

Live Aid concert for NASA hacker? Well, the precedent has been set. In 1971, ex-Beatle George Harrison got his buddies Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan to join him on stage at Madison State Garden in a benefit concert for Bangladesh. In 1985, ex-Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof rocked the world with help from Status Quo, Queen, U2 and a galaxy of other stars at Live Aid. And in 1998, South Park hosted Chef Aid with help from Elton John and Meat Loaf. Now, supporters of NASA hacker Gary McKinnon are sa

LOU REED IN R&B MODE

LOU REED IN R&B MODE November 21, 2008 – 4:10 am Lou Reed may be known as the godfather of punk but he also knew how to have a funky good time. Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. LOU REED Claim To Fame [Diamond In Your Ears, 1CD] Live at the Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1976. Very good soundboard. Listening to the first track (simply called Jam) on this CD as a blindfold test would probably stump a lot of people. It’s a kind of jazz ro

VA - The Color Of Money

International 1986 01. Don Henley - Who Owns This Place 02. Eric Clapton - It's In The Way That You Use It 03. Robert Palmer - Let Yourself In For It 04. Willie Dixon - Don't Tell Me Nothin' 05. Mark Knopfler - Two Brothers And A Stranger 06. Bb King - Standing On The Edge Of Love 07. Robbie Robertson - Modern Blues 08. Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London 09. Robert Palmer - My Baby's In Love With Another Guy 10. Robbie Robertson - Main Title

Guitar Gods - The Cover Art

Here’s the cover art for one of my latest mixes - a four disc box-set called Guitar Gods. A compilation like this invites furrowed brows, lists of corrections, and plenty of harrumphing from all corners. Strike up the chorus: “But what about ____________?” There were dozens more guitarists that ideally would have been included, but four discs seemed like enough, and the line had to be drawn somewhere. World B. Furr (sometime commenter on this blog) was kind enough to collaborate on this mix wit

Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins - Live on Vimeo...

Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins - Live on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

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