To celebrate the 2008 Jammys nomination for eMusic Download of the Year, The Disco Biscuits are now releasing the Tractorbeam show from the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA on June
New York City based-indie Camera Records will release a split 7" vinyl single on April 22 from two acclaimed bands: Isle of Wight’s Mercury prize-nominated The Bees (also known as
The price is steep, for the secrets we don’t keep,” sings Matthew Ryan on “Meet Me By the River,” just one of the stellar tracks off his new album, Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State (MRVSS). Ryan doesn’t keep many secrets on the 11 tracks that make up the brilliant piece of work—he lays it out for the listener, warts and all. And it’s quite a journey.
Today guitarist/singer/songwriter Keller Williams announces his summer tour dates, which include select plays with his band – Moseley, Droll, and Sipe – and a co-headline tour with longtime friends and
Turns out that the James Brown left behind more the some of the funkiest grooves around when he died in 2006. The Godfather of Soul also left growing mounds of
It was a mere matter of time before the Beatles had to show up for a Bust Outs segment. Well, that day has finally come. Today, we are running through some stellar Beatles’ cover Bust Outs in video format. That’s right, you get a reprieve from from all that new wave, high-tech shit like Imeem and MediaFire. Today, it’s just good old fashion YouTubes of some incredible Beatles covers. Enjoy!
Yesterday – Ray Charles
Listening to Ray Charles take on Lennon/McCartney’s Yesterday, you can almost tell he is coming off the tail end of a China White bender involving a bevy of impure tour ladies. In other words, you can feel the man’s guilt. This performance takes place as part of a journey to Tel Aviv amidst visits to some of the holiest lands (Ray Charles: Soul of the Holy Land August 1973), where I’ve gotta believe he is in search of some redemption. Call me crazy, but during this heart string tugging rendition there’s some real weight on those shoulders.
Ray’s Yesterday actually follows a medley of Beatles covers, whereby he also has his way with other classics like The Long and Winding Road, Let the Good Times Roll and I Can’t Stop Loving You. Be sure to check ’em out.
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Read on for Beatles’ covers by Sting, the Dead, Gov’t Mule and more…
San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green has spent the last six months looking forward after finding out that bassist Ben Chambers was leaving the band. New bassman Reed Mathis pushes Josh,
Are mashups still cool? I’m probably very ill-equipped to actually answer that question, but the folks behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival have dropped one called Car Stereo (Wars) via their MySpace page, which according to rumors drops numerous hints to who will be playing this year’s festival. Give it a listen and see what you can decipher and read on after to the jump to what the kidz have figured out…
Over the past few years we’ve seen an explosion in the number of music festivals across the nation. While the bands that play these festies have made out like gangbusters,
To celebrate the 2008 Jammys nomination for eMusic Download of the Year, The Disco Biscuits are now releasing the Tractorbeam show from the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA on June
