Mazzy Star – Black Session #38 Paris, France – 1993-10-26 [.zip archive] 01 Mary of silence 02 Ghost highway 03 She hangs brightly 04 Bells ring 05 Halah 06 Blue
With all the new columns being started around here I figured I’d get in the act by kicking off Through The Years. Each month we’ll provide a YouTube playlist with one song from each year of a band’s existence.
For our first edition of Through The Years we’ve got a killer playlist of Wilco tunes from 1995 to 2009. Let’s take a look…
READ ON for a list of the tracks we used this week…
[youtube]YMPF6lpM0XM[/youtube] Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
While the Music-Hole mp3 bootleg blog isn’t updated often, the latest update has been well worth the wait. Their Glastonbury 2009 post contains recordings from the BBC broadcast of the
JJ Grey has often described his music with Mofro as front porch soul. With no juke joints in Charleston, the Windjammer seemed as good a venue as any for the boozy, sweaty, soulful music of Grey and his band. For about two hours, Mofro churned through a representative selection of their catalogue, hitting on highlights from each of their four albums, in addition to a couple choice covers.
Let’s set the God Street Wednesday Time Machine for the Spring of 1998 as we take a look at an interview GSW bassist Dan Pifer did for In Music We
Each month, HT Contributor Ben Wiser will take a closer look at notable performances of Dark Star. If you have any favorite Stars you would like him to cover, send the date over to darkstarstories@yahoo.com
This coming Monday will mark 25 years since the Grateful Dead kicked off a three-night run at the Greek Theater in the hot summer of 1984. 1984 was an interesting year for the band – there were good nights and there were…eh…not so good nights, but the concert the Dead played in Berkeley on July 13th is a strong candidate for show of the year.
The first set rocks, but the second set is what the show is best known for. Starting with an amped up Scarlet Begonias that tears into a speedy Touch of Gray (which was already well established in the band’s repertoire) and finally winds down into a groovy Fire on the Mountain. Phil drops a serious bass assault during I Need a Miracle and Jerry delivers the goods with a sublime and breathtaking Stella Blue. After Bobby leads the boys in a stomping Sugar Magnolia finale, only then does the real magic begin.
“If we could have your patience for another five or ten minutes, we’re going to try something a little special tonight, one night only.” – Phil Lesh
The road crew ran around the stage, setting up screens and projectors. Images of deep space appeared, and then the familiar triad of notes begins.
READ ON to find out more and to listen to the Greek ’84 Dark Star…
Back in May we told you that JVC had decided to stop sponsoring their long-running Jazz Festival series and that no company had stepped up to help George Wein throw
I’ve been on a Van Hagar kick lately, so you all have to share in the pain… Van Halen – Dreams (Blue Angels)
On Saturday, the Governor’s Island Concert Series kicks off with a fun triple bill featuring quintessential Grateful Dead tribute act the Dark Star Orchestra, one man orchestra Keller Williams along
