A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
I’ve always liked Ferry’s quirky rendition of Dylan’s classic and the low-budget glam video (well it was 1973). bob dylanBryan Ferrymusic
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The Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars
Soon to be released. Co-produced by Scott Wenzel and Ricky Riccardi. Liner notes by Ricky Riccardi. JazzLouis ArmstrongmusicRicky Riccardi
Classic Zappa Interview
Zappa ever honest, insightful and articulate makes the interviewer somewhat uncomfortable. One rarely hears Zappa on radio — an appalling neglect but then Zappa doesn’t meet the corporatized taste that still prevails, not to mention that he of course is so-called “political correctness’” bete noir. musicmusic businesszappa
Hello, Dolly! @ 50
Over at the terrific Dippermouth blog Ricky Riccardi commemorates this tune. Armstrong forgot all about the tune until people in the audience of his shows began shouting for it. He had no idea what it was all about until he was reminded that it was from this forgotten record date. Using a record as a…
Varieties of extended emotions
The very excellent Joel Krueger has a new paper. AffectCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessdistributed knowledgeEmbodied cognitionEmotionsExtended Mindjoel kruegerJoint listeningmusicphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindSelf-regulation
Hammer of the Gods
Listening again to the O2 concert it has became clearer than ever that Led Zep’s sound is of Wagnerian proportions, dragging you through the Mississippi delta up to Norse and Celtic mythology and much in between and then back down to the delta. Here are two decent enough interviews — the first is with Jimmy…
George Avakian interview
An emotional highlight of the 2013 Satchmo Summerfest in New Orleans as legendary record producer George Avakian was interviewed by Louis Armstrong historians Ricky Riccardi and David Ostwald about a 9-CD boxed set of live recordings of Armstrong that Avakian produced in the 1950s. Towards the end of the interview, the 94-year-old Avakian listens to…
What Louis Armstrong Really Thinks
This from The New Yorker. JazzLouis Armstrongmusicnew orleansracism
Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Here’s a just published book on Pops. JazzLouis ArmstrongModernismmusicnew orleansThomas Brothers
Bacteria strain named after Frank Zappa
This from the NME. Always good to hear that Frank is getting recognition from unlikely quarters on the grounds that he gets no real radio play and that he pissed off the ideologues of both political wings. P. Zappae is not the first time that Zappa has inspired the name of a new discover. The musician has provided inspiration…
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