Nick Lowe on Christmas Musical “Naffness”
The profoundly underrated Nick Lowe — the Jesus of Cool! NL has writen great songs ranging from rockabilly through to power pop. And if you want to know what “Naffness” means . . . Christmasmusicnick lowe
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Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans
Check out the amazingly talented and sweet Doreen & Co.: she often can be found in The Quarter performing on Royal Street next to Rouses not far from St. Louis Cathedral. See a ton of stuff on YouTube. clarinetDoreen KetchensDoreen’s Jazz New OrleansJazzmusicnew orleans
James Booker’s Goodnight Sweetheart
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Goodbye Walker Percy
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Jimmy Page Coffee Table Book
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Jack Bruce
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Fats, Dave and Mac
Good to see that Fats and Dave were able to attend this showing as per my last post. Here are some lovely shots of the three maestros, Dave ever irrepressible; Fats the quiet one. The best extended research on Fats and Dave is in the excellent book Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of…
Fats, Dave and The Big Beat
Glad to hear that this documentary has come to full fruition. Below is the blurb from the film’s Kickstarter page. The early years (1949-62) of the Fats Domino / Dave Bartholomew collaboration and its roots in the culture and music of New Orleans. ….On the day in 1948 the unlikely paths of Antoine “Fats” Domino…
James Booker: Old Soul with New Wrinkles
Since we are coming up to the time of year when Booker died I thought I’d mark it now. IMHO Booker is one of those geniuses on par with “Gatemouth” Brown in the sense that they were so versatile encompassing so many different styles and so authentically. Both were “characters” but of course were very different in…
Star pianist quits competition jury over ‘dishonesty and fraud’
This from Slipped Disk. Classical musicmusicNorman LebrechtPascal Rogépiano
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