White Lion - "When The Children Cry" from the album 'Pride' (1987)
https://youtu.be/6tatKFXlYiY?si=7opDIxChk7cfP8cx :
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
ALBUM OF THE WEEK / David Bowie - Hours (Pop Rock , Art Pop)
David Bowie - Hours (1999)
Hours (stylised as 'hours...' ) is the 22nd studio album by the English musician David Bowie. It was originally released on 21 September 1999 through the Internet on the artist's website BowieNet, followed by a physical CD release on 4 October through Virgin Records. It was one of the first albums by a major artist available to download over the Internet. Originating as a soundtrack to the video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul (1999), Hours was the final collaboration between Bowie and guitarist Reeves Gabrels, with whom he had worked since 1988. The album was recorded in mid-1999 between studios in Bermuda and New York City. A song contest conducted on BowieNet in late 1998 resulted in a fan contributing lyrics and backing vocals to one of the tracks.
In contrast to the experimental nature of Bowie's other works throughout the decade, Hours presents a pop rock and art pop style reminiscent of Hunky Dory (1971), further evoking styles and ideals previously explored on Bowie's past works. The lyrics are introspective, detailing topics such as the collapse of relationships and subjects of angst. Also present are overtly Christian themes, which is reflected in the cover artwork. Inspired by the Pietà, it depicts the short-haired Bowie persona from the Earthling era, resting in the arms of a long-haired, more youthful version of Bowie. The title, originally The Dreamers, is a play on "ours".
Hours marked the final collaboration between Bowie and guitarist Reeves Gabrels , who departed following its release.
Track listing:
All tracks are written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels; except "What's Really Happening?", with lyrics by Alex Grant
(Standard edition)
1. "Thursday's Child" 5:24
2. "Something in the Air" 5:46
3. "Survive" 4:11
4. "If I'm Dreaming My Life" 7:04
5. "Seven" 4:04
6. "What's Really Happening?" 4:10
7. "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" 4:40
8. "New Angels of Promise" 4:35
9. "Brilliant Adventure" 1:54
10. "The Dreamers" 5:14
https://youtu.be/T8QOS4-zrwY?si=bfGmLaljsXwzoZz9 :
David Bowie: "The lyrics generally on the album are very simplistic, the simple things, I think, are expressed quite strongly. The music that we wrote for them is more of a supportive kind of music – it doesn't create two or three different focuses."
Source and more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hours_(David_Bowie_album)#Release
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
ALBUM OF THE WEEK / Ayreon - The Source (2017)
Ayreon - The Source (2017)
The Source is the ninth studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on 28 April 2017. It is Lucassen's first album under his new label, Mascot Label Group.
As with every Ayreon album, it is a concept album with each character being portrayed by one singer. Unlike the previous album The Theory of Everything, it marks a return to science fiction and the Ayreon storyline; it acts, in particular, as a prequel to 01011001, making it the first album in the storyline's chronology. In The Source, the Alphans, ancestors of humanity, try to prevent the extinction of their race from machines who took control of the entire planet Alpha, by sending a select few Alphans into space so they can attempt to start anew on a distant world.
In the typical style of the project, the album features several guest singers to portray the characters across the album; although Lucassen usually prefers to work only once with each singer in Ayreon, he mostly cast returning performers for The Source, including James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Simone Simons (Epica), Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder), and Russell Allen (Symphony X), together with newcomers such as Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me), for a total of eleven main vocalists.
Producer: Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Music Publisher: Copyright Control
Composer: Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Lyricist: Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Plot
The Source is set before all previous albums, and tells the origins of the Forever, an alien race central to the Ayreon storyline. It acts as a prequel to 01011001. It is set in four parts, referred to as Chronicles. In the booklet, at the debut of each Chronicle is featured writings by The Historian (James LaBrie), giving more details about the story.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(Ayreon_album)
Monterey Pop Festival 1967 (Summer of Love)
The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. Monterey was the first widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival, attracting an estimated 55,000 total attendees with up to 90,000 people present at the event's peak at midnight on Sunday.
The Showground arena, where the performances took place, had 5,850 stand seats, but many others had floor and perimiter standing tickets. A charge of $1 was also allowed for people to enter the Fairgrounds without tickets to the actual arena, consequently approximately 200,000 were on the festival site over the 3 days.
Friday June 16, 1967
The Association
The Paupers
Lou Rawls
Beverly
Johnny Rivers
The Animals
Simon and Garfunkel
Saturday June 17,1967
Canned Heat
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Country Joe and The Fish
Al Kooper
The Butterfield Blues Band
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Steve Miller Band
The Electric Flag
Moby Grape
Hugh Masekela
The Byrds
Laura Nyro
Jefferson Airplane
Booker T and The MG's
Otis Redding
Sunday June 18, 1967
Ravi Shankar
The Blues Project
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Group With No Name
Buffalo Springfield
The Who
Grateful Dead
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Scott McKenzie
The Mamas and the Papas
The Monterey Pop Festival embodied the themes of California as a focal point for the counterculture and is generally regarded as one of the beginnings of the "Summer of Love" in 1967. It also became the template for future music festivals, notably the Woodstock Festival two years later.
The festival was planned in just seven weeks by promoter Lou Adler, John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, producer Alan Pariser, and publicist Derek Taylor. The festival board included members of The Beatles and The Beach Boys. The Monterey location had been known as the site for the long-running Monterey Jazz Festival and Monterey Folk Festival; the promoters saw the Monterey Pop festival as a way to validate rock music as an art form in the way jazz and folk were regarded.
The artists performed for free, with all revenue donated to charity, with the exception of Ravi Shankar, who was paid $3,000 for his afternoon-long performance on the sitar. Country Joe and the Fish were paid $5,000 not by the festival itself, but from revenue generated from the D.A. Pennebaker documentary.
The festival was later hailed as a triumph of organization and cooperation, setting a standard that few subsequent festivals have ever matched.
Lou Adler later reflected:
…ur idea for Monterey was to provide the best of everything -- sound equipment, sleeping and eating accommodations, transportation -- services that had never been provided for the artist before Monterey…
We set up an on-site first aid clinic, because we knew there would be a need for medical supervision and that we would encounter drug-related problems. We didn't want people who got themselves into trouble and needed medical attention to go untreated. Nor did we want their problems to ruin or in any way disturb other people or disrupt the music…
Our security worked with the Monterey police. The local law enforcement authorities never expected to like the people they came in contact with as much as they did. They never expected the spirit of 'Music, Love and Flowers' to take over to the point where they'd allow themselves to be festooned with flowers.
Almost every aspect of The Monterey International Pop Festival was a first: although the audience was predominantly white, Monterey's bill was truly multi-cultural and crossed all musical boundaries, mixing folk, blues, jazz, soul, R&B, rock, psychedelia, pop and classical genres, boasting a line-up that put established stars like The Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel and The Byrds alongside groundbreaking new acts from the UK, the USA, South Africa and India.
Performances:
The Who
Although already a big act in the UK, and gaining some attention in the US, Monterey was the concert that propelled The Who into the American mainstream. The band's famed performance was decided by a coin toss, since guitarists Pete Townshend and Jimi Hendrix each refused to go on after the other.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hendrix, ended his Monterey performance with an unpredictable version of "Wild Thing", which he capped by kneeling over his guitar, pouring lighter fluid over it, setting it aflame, and then smashing it. This produced unforeseen sounds and these actions contributed to his rising popularity in the USA.
Janis Joplin
Monterey Pop was also one of the earliest major public performances for Janis Joplin, who appeared as a member of Big Brother and The Holding Company. Joplin was seen swigging from a bottle of Southern Comfort as she gave a provocative rendition of the song "Ball 'n' Chain". Columbia Records signed Big Brother and The Holding Company on the basis of their performance at Monterey. "I became a supporter of feminism watching Janis Joplin at the Monterey Festival", says John McCleary, author of The Hippie Dictionary. "A lot of people had similar experiences watching female role models with that kind of power, unafraid to express themselves sexually while demanding their rights."
Otis Redding
Monterey was the first time that soul star Otis Redding performed in front of a large and predominantly white audience in his home country. Redding, backed in his performance by Booker T. & The MG's, was included on the bill through the efforts of promoter Jerry Wexler, who saw the festival as an opportunity to advance Redding's career. Redding's show included his single "Respect" (which had become an even bigger hit for Aretha Franklin just weeks earlier). Although the festival finally gave Redding mainstream attention, it would be one of his last major performances. He died 6 months later in a plane crash at the age of 26.
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar was another artist who was introduced to America at the Monterey festival. Eighteen minutes of Dhun in Dadra Tal and Teental, an excerpt from Shankar's four-hour performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, concluded the Monterey Pop film, introducing the artist to a new generation of music fans.
The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas performed the closing act of the festival as member John Phillips helped organize the festival. They also introduced several of the acts including Scott McKenzie. They played some of their biggest hits including Monday, Monday and California Dreamin'.
Cancellations and no-shows:
Several acts were also notable for their non-appearance:
The Beach Boys, who had been involved in the conception of the event and at one point scheduled to close the show, failed to perform.
The Kinks were invited, but could not get a work visa to enter the US due to a dispute with the American Federation of Musicians.
Donovan was refused a visa to enter the United States because of a 1966 drug bust.
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band was also invited to appear but according to the liner notes for the CD reissue of their album Safe As Milk, the band turned the offer down at the insistence of guitarist Ry Cooder, who felt the group was not ready.
According to Eric Clapton, Cream did not perform because the band's manager wanted to make a bigger splash for their American debut.
Dionne Warwick and the Impressions were advertised on some of the early posters for the event, but Warwick dropped out due to a conflict in booking that weekend: she was booked at the Fairmont Hotel and it was thought that if she canceled that appearance it would negatively affect her career.
Though the logo for the band Kaleidoscope is seen in the film, they did not perform at Monterey Pop.
Though The Beatles refused an invitation to play, they were assigned to the board of directors. George Harrison and Paul McCartney were seen in Monterey the weekend of the festival and most likely attended the concert incognito.
Although The Rolling Stones did not play, guitarist and founder Brian Jones attended and appeared on stage to introduce Hendrix.
Though it was long rumored that Love had declined an invitation to Woodstock, Mojo Magazine later confirmed that it was Monterey they had rejected.
The Doors did not appear because the coordinators forgot to invite them. John Densmore, the bands drummer, in his book, "Riders on the Storm", expressed his belief that they were not invited because their music didn't express the ideals of the time, Peace and Love.
Influence:
Music writer Rusty DeSoto argues that pop music history tends to downplay the importance of Monterey in favour of the "bigger, higher-profile, more decadent" Woodstock Festival, held two years later. But, as he notes:
…Monterey Pop was a seminal event: it was the first real rock festival ever held, featuring debut performances of bands that would shape the history of rock and affect popular culture from that day forward. The County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California… had been home to folk, jazz and blues festivals for many years. But the weekend of June 16 - 18, 1967 was the first time it was used to showcase rock music.
The festival launched the careers of many who played there, making some of them into stars virtually overnight. Some artists who rose to popularity following their appearances at Monterey included Janis Joplin, Laura Nyro, Canned Heat, Otis Redding, Steve Miller and Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.
Monterey was also the first high-profile event to mix acts from major regional music centres in the U.S.A. — San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis and New York City — and it was the first time many of these bands had met each other in person. It was a particularly important meeting place for bands from the Bay Area and L.A., who had tended to regard each other with a degree of suspicion — Frank Zappa for one made no secret of his low regard for some of the San Francisco bands — and until that point the two scenes had been developing separately and along fairly distinct lines. Paul Kantner, of Jefferson Airplane, said, “The idea that San Francisco was heralding was a bit of freedom from oppression.”
Monterey also marked a significant changing of the guard in British music. The Who and Eric Burdon & The New Animals represented the UK, with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones conspicuous by their absence. The Beatles had by then retired from touring and The Stones were unable to tour America due the recent drug busts and trials of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The Stone's Brian Jones appeared on his own, wafting through the crowd, resplendent in full psychedelic regalia, and appearing on stage briefly to introduce Jimi Hendrix. As it transpired, it was two more years before The Stones toured again, by which time Jones was dead; The Beatles never toured again. Meanwhile, The Who leaped into the breach and became the top UK touring act of the period.
Also notable was the festival's innovative sound system, designed and built by audio engineer Abe Jacob, who started his career doing live sound for San Francisco bands, and went on to become a leading sound designer for the American theatre. Jacob's groundbreaking Monterey sound system was the progenitor of all the large-scale PA's that followed. It was a key factor in the festival's success and it was greatly appreciated by the artists -- in the Monterey film, David Crosby can clearly be seen saying "Great sound system!" to band-mate Chris Hillman at the start of The Byrds' performance.
Electronic music pioneers Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause set up a booth at Monterey to demonstrate the new electronic music synthesizer developed by Robert Moog. Beaver and Krause had bought one of Moog's first synthesizers in 1966 and had spent a fruitless year trying to get someone in Hollywood interested in using it. Through their demonstration booth at Monterey, they gained the interest of acts including The Doors, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel and others. This quickly built into a steady stream of business and the eccentric Beaver was soon one of the busiest session men in L.A., and he and Krause earned a contract with Warner Brothers.
Eric Burdon and The Animals later that same year sang a song about the festival entitled "Monterey", which quoted a line from the Byrds song "Renaissance Fair" ("I think that maybe I'm dreamin'"). In the song, Burdon mentions Monterey performers The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Hugh Masekela, The Grateful Dead, and The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones ("His Majesty Prince Jones smiled as he moved among the crowd"). The instruments used in the song imitate the styles of these performers.
Recording and filming the festival:
Main article: Monterey Pop
The festival was the subject of an acclaimed documentary movie entitled Monterey Pop by noted documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker. Pennebaker's team used newly-developed portable 16mm color cameras equipped to record synchronized sound. Sound was captured by Wally Heider's mobile studio on state-of-the art eight-track tape. The Grateful Dead do not appear in the film, because the believed that this was too commercial, and thus refused to give permission to appear.
An expanded version of the documentary has been released on DVD by the Criterion Collection.
The audio recordings of the festival eventually became the basis for many albums. Most notable are the 1970 release Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival featuring the sets by Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix. Other releases recorded at the festival included The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Ravi Shankar. In 1992, a four-CD box set was released featuring performances by most of the artists; various other compilations have been released over the years. According to the radio promotional feature that accompanied the '92 box set release: on modified stages, including flatbed {Kaleidscope (LA)} trucks, set up in the surrounding environs, there were several spontaneous jam sessions for the overflow crowds, and erstwhile campers which included at the Monterey Peninsula Comm. College sports stadium (right across the Hwy. 1 interchange) where Jimi Hendrix flanked by (re: the Axis: Bold as Love cover) Jorma Kaukonen and John Cippolina played for the adoring throng. Reported locally also that Eric Burdon had checked out the provisions, and health care facilities.
Source:: wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival
Sunday, July 9, 2023
SONG OF THE DAY / Eloy - Reflections from the Spheres Beyond
Eloy - Reflections from the Spheres Beyond
Track from Eloy album Ocean 2 The Answer (1998)
Ocean 2: The Answer is the sixteenth studio album by German rock band Eloy, released in 1998. It was the conceptual and, some would say, musical follow-up to the band's 1977 album Ocean.
This album saw the addition to the band of drummer Bodo Schopf.
The keyboard outro to "Reflections from the Spheres Beyond" is very reminiscent of the main theme to the 1970s American sci-fi TV series, "Battlestar Galactica."
https://youtu.be/T6pJ24FEGeQ :
https://youtu.be/ACW1ltOr9no :
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Tangarine (Indi Folk / Netherlands)
Arnout and Sander Brinks of Tangarine have been the most famous singing brothers in the Netherlands for a decade and have become indispensable in the music landscape. They sing as only identical twins can. "Singing together, so beautiful that it seems to come from one mouth instead of two, wrote "de Volkskrant".
On June 23, 2023, the new full length album called 'Blank Cassette' will be released. An album that is characterized by strong melody lines and two-part harmonies and sounds both familiar and evokes a nostalgic feeling for the west coast and soft rock of the 1970s. The record includes the singles 'Big Star', 'City to the Country' and 'On the Road', with which they were frequently heard on radio and TV in the past year.
In 2014, Tangarine gained national fame as the house band of 'De Wereld Draait Door' and conquered the hearts of TV viewers. In the following years they released 4 albums, 2 EPs and several singles. Including the album 'There and Back', which they recorded together with the renowned American band Calexico in 2016. The brothers traveled to almost every stage in the Netherlands and played at festivals such as Lowlands, Haldern Pop and Into The Great Wide Open. Arnout and Sander were also named 'best dressed artist' by Esquire in 2017.
In addition to the release of the new album, Tangarine will be seen frequently on stage in the coming period, including this fall with their theater tour 'Running in the Family'.
Biography:
Tangarine is a Dutch folk duo, consisting of the twins Sander Brinks (vocals, guitar) and Arnout Brinks (vocals, guitar).
'Tangarine' is formed by the twin brothers Sander and Arnout. They were born in Lelystad and moved to Assen at the age of nine. From the age of twelve, the brothers started writing and composing songs. Because they could not find a booker and record label, they decided to do everything themselves. They released a number of records, sometimes played together with their band 'Tangarine & Friends' and traveled all over the country to give performances (which they usually organized themselves).
In 2011 they played as support act for Tim Knol, where they came into contact with keyboard player Matthijs van Duijvenbode. He put them on the trail of Excelsior Recordings. In February 2012 they played in De Wereld Draait Door. An album that had already been recorded was scrapped and Tangarine recorded a new album, Seek & sigh, with Frans Hagenaars and Van Duijvenbode as producers. The album was released on April 12, 2013.
In the 2013/2014 season, Tangarine was the permanent house band of the television program De Wereld Draait Door.
On June 23, 2023, the new album Blank Cassette was released. The album includes the singles Big Star and City to the Country. For the recordings, the brothers worked together with producers Martijn Groeneveld and Christon Kloosterboer. Many musicians also play on the album, including a contribution by saxophonist Benjamin Herman in the song Still Kids.
Discography:
Albums:
- Between the lines (2008)
- Fields of Poetry (2009)
- A Mystery That Binds Us, Still (2010)
- Winter Songs - The December sessions (2010)
- Seek & sigh (2013)
- Move On (2014)
- There and Back (2016)
- Because of You (2018)
- Barricade (2020)
- Shadow (2021)
- Y O U (2021)
- Blank Cassette (2023)
Singles:
This Old Robe (2008)
Fields of Poetry (2009)
Carry Your Stones (2010)
It's Alright (2014)
Move On, John (2014)
Things Go Like This Anyway (2016)
Home in Your Arms (2016)
New York City (2017)
Lemonade Sky (2018)
In Your Thoughts (2019)
Barricade (2020)
Shadow (2021)
Scars (2021)
Here with You (2022)
Big Star (2022)
City to the Country (2022)
On the Road (2023)
Words (2023)
You: https://youtu.be/ZjhkKnvMBbE :
Source: Wikipedia
SONG OF THE DAY / Jonathan Jeremiah - Early Warning Sign
JONATHAN JEREMIAH - "Early Warning Sign" taken from his latest studio album 'Horsepower for the Streets'.
Early Warning Sign: https://youtu.be/65NcWy33xis :
Source : YouTube
Monday, February 13, 2023
ALBUM OF THE WEEK - Evan Cheadle - Fault Line Serenade (2021)
Evan Cheadle - Fault Line Serenade (2021)
Evan Cheadle - Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Slide Guitar, Piano, Bass, Organ, 12-string guitar
David Parry - Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Piano, Organ, Vibraphones, Mellotron
Clayton Linthicum - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar
Maria Grigoryeva - Violin, Viola
Lyudmila Kadyrbaeva - Cello
Additional Strings - Colin Nealis
Brian Askew - Drums
Eli Browning - Drums
Ryan Boldt - Bass
Elan Noon - Backing Vocals, Glockenspiel
Fraser Roodbol - Backing Vocals
All songs written by Evan Cheadle
Produced by David Parry & Evan Cheadle
Full album: https://youtu.be/w27nHsD1TP0 :
Tracks:
No Love Lost
Sorrow in the Morning
I Hear the Singing
Joker Ice Water
Some Fool
First Morning Light
All Sing Out
Fumes
Look Out
So Wild
Float on Down the Line
Source: YouTube, https://evancheadle.bandcamp.com/album/fault-line-serenade
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Monday, January 9, 2023
The Deep Dark Woods (alternative country, folk, folk rock / Canada)
The Deep Dark Woods are a Canadian folk band from Saskatoon, currently signed to Sugar Hill Records in the United States and Six Shooter Records in Canada.
History:
First established in 2005, the band consisted of singer and guitarist Ryan Boldt, bass guitarist Chris Mason, guitarist Burke Barlow and drummer Lucas Goetz. Pianist and organist Geoff Hilhorst joined the group in 2009 after the release of their breakout album Winter Hours. Founding member Burke Barlow played guitar until 2012 when he left the group and was replaced by Clayton Linthicum. Founding Member Lucas Goetz left the group in late 2014, after which the band went on hiatus. In 2017 Chris Mason officially left the group.
They have released seven albums to date, and contributed an original song, "Charlie's (Is Coming Down)", to CBC Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest in 2009. Their fourth record, The Place I Left Behind, was released in Canada on Six Shooter Records in August 2011, and internationally on Sugar Hill Records on October 18, 2011. The band's fifth album, Jubilee was released on September 30, 2013 through Sugar Hill Records. The latest, Yarrow, was released on October 27, 2017 and was nominated for a Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year category in 2019.
Boldt has also released one album, Broadside Ballads, as a solo artist independently of the band.
Genres: Alternative country, folk, folk rock
Years active: 2005-present
Members:
- Ryan Boldt
- Geoff Hilhorst
- Evan Cheadle
- Leon Power
- Erik Nielsen
- Clayton Linthicum
- Mike Silverman
Past members:
- Burke Barlow
- Chris Mason
- Lucas Goetz
Discography:
Full albums:
- The Deep Dark Woods (2006)
- Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (2007)
- Winter Hours (2009)
- The Place I Left Behind (2011)
- Jubilee (2013)
- Yarrow (2017)
- Changing Faces (2021)
Singles:
- Love Is Pleasing + The Tide Was Flowing b/w Lone Pilgrim (2018)
The Deep Dark Woods performs "River In The Pines" live in-studio for HearYa.com. The session was recorded in downtown Chicago at Shirk Music + Sound and sponsored by Beer Nuts.
The Place I Left Behind: https://youtu.be/sKKVF1cqGMU :
Source: wiki
More info: https://thedeepdarkwoods.com/about/
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Syd Barrett - The Radio One Session (Full Album) + full album
The Radio One Sessions is an album by early Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist Syd Barrett.
It features the complete Peel Sessions recordings, plus three unreleased songs recorded for a Bob Harris show in 1971.
Track List:
1. Terrapin - 0:00
2. Gigolo Aunt - 3:09
3. Baby Lemonade - 6:51
4. Effervescing Elephant - 9:27
5. Two of a Kind - 10:30
6. Baby Lemonade - 13:03
7. Dominoes - 15:27
8. Love Song - 18:30
Full Album:
Thursday, December 29, 2022
MU - (psychedelic rock, blues rock, folk rock / USA)
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Formed: 1969, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Disbanded: 1975, HI, United States
Genres: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Biography:
In 1969, Merrell Fankhauser and Jeff Cotton formed MU together with Fanhauser's old bandmates from the mid sixties group Merrell and The Exiles. Cotton (aka Antennae Jimmy Semens) had left Captain Beefheart with three broken ribs after the exhausting experience of recording Trout Mask Replica.
Their only album, Mu, was released 1971. After a couple of singles on their own Mu Records, they moved to Maui, Hawaii, in 1973. Larry Willey did not want to move, and Jeff Parker replaced him. In January 1974, they began work on their next album (The Last Album), but broke up before it was released when Cotton and Wimer left to study religion.
Fans of Antenna Jimmy (Jeff Cotton’s) unmistakable slide guitar work will hear it off the bat. And this may be the record to clue the skills behind the Magic Band to those who ever thought Captain Beefheart’s troupe were overrated hacks. But Mu is really a Merrell Fankhauser project.
The band happened across a copy of James Churchward’s The Lost Continent of Mu, a book about the mythical “Hawaiian Atlantis.” This provided the band name and a set of ideals (the bands’ matching those of the lost civilization) for inspiration. The fascination grew to a point that the group moved to Maui to try and find the lost city themselves.
The sound of Mu is a wholly unique mix of psychedelic rock and rhythm and blues. The interlocking rhythms and primal pulse of the Captain’s music shows its influence, but Mu is a more radio-friendly affair, think the Magic Band Lite. The tunes are largely instrumental and mildly progressive suites, with just enough structure and restraint to entice more conventional listeners. Mu benefits from this, the rare even blend of experimental with consonant songcraft. Cotton turns in some excellent slide, but also bass clarinet, and contributes a good deal of the songwriting. The rhythms are undeniably good, the songs sound better and better, and the drum break on the 9 minute Eternal Thirst (the longest track by a while) nudges the album into the realm of the hypnotic.
After an unissued follow up record recorded in Maui (included on the Sundazed 2CD set). Jeff Cotton, along with Randy Wimmer, left Mu in 1975 to study the Christian Ministry. Merrell grew increasingly fascinated with the lost continent of Mu, recording more albums based on the Mu theme and continuing to play music in the Hawaiian islands.
Members:
Merrell Fankhauser (vocals, guitar), Jeff Cotton (slide guitar, saxophone, 1969-74), Randy Wimer (drums, 1969-74), Larry Willey (bass, 1969-73), Jeff Parker (bass, 1973-75)
Related Artists: Merrell and The Exiles
Discography:
MU - The Band From The Lost Continent 1971 1972; 1974
Full Album: https://youtu.be/Hac5FqnzjaI
Source: rateyourmusic.com
Monday, December 5, 2022
The Farm (country / USA)
The Farm, also known as The Farm Inc., was an American country music trio consisting of Nick Hoffman (vocals, fiddle), Damien Horne (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Krista Marie (vocals, guitar). Signed to All In Records in association with Warner Music Nashville and Elektra Records and New Revolution, the trio has released the singles "Home Sweet Home" and "Be Grateful", which have charted on Hot Country Songs. Horne is a former member of John Rich's songwriting group MuzikMafia, while Marie is a former solo artist for Broken Bow Records. Hoffman is the host and producer of the award-winning TV show "Nick's Wild Ride" that airs on Outdoor Channel and played fiddle in Kenny Chesney's road band. The three met during a songwriting session which included former Western Flyer member Danny Myrick, who also became the group's producer.
Origin: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Genre: Country
Years active: 2011 - 2014
Their self-titled debut album, released in 2012, produced two top 40 hits on Country Airplay: "Home Sweet Home" and "Be Grateful". In 2014, they announced a third single, "Mud".
Members:
Nick Hoffman (vocals, fiddle)
Damien Horne (vocals, keyboard, guitar)
Krista Marie (vocals, guitar)
Discography:
Albums:
The Farm (2012)
Singles:
- Home Sweet Home - 2011
- Be Grateful - 2012
- Mud - 2014
https://youtu.be/AohMw6QWkSs : Home Sweet Home :
Source: Wikipedia
Farm (blues/psychedelic/southern rock / USA)
The band's only release combines boogie/blues rock with Acid and Psychedelic influences and created a unique listening experience, which has become increasingly valuable in recent years.
Discography:
- Farm (1971)
Members:
Del Herbert, Gary Gordon (4), Steve Evanchik
Farm - Farm (1971) full album: https://youtu.be/x-eyr1cO3rU :
Source: Discogs
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Roger Rodier (pychedelic, psych folk, folk rock / Canada)
Roger Rodier is a Québecois composer, singer and guitarist, that drew favorable comparisons to Nick Drake. He was born in Montréal and released only one album, called Upon Velveatur, in 1972 and two singles prior to that (1969) in collaboration with his buddy Germain Gautier. Rodier is really an unknown/forgotten artist, an obscure character, he didn't make public appearances often. When his album came out, he only made a couple of gigs, some alone, some in support of Procol Harum and Genesis.
Biography:
Roger Rodier (born in Montréal) was a Canadian folk singer/songwriter. His 1972 album, "Upon Velveatur", on Columbia was very much in line with the folk-rock-oriented singer-songwriter trends of the era. It was at least as much indebted to British sounds from that genre as North American ones and featured breathy vocals, subdued melancholy, and combination of predominantly acoustic guitars with subtle strings and some female backup vocals. Prior to the album, Rodier had issued a couple of singles on the local Montréal label "Pax", the first of them sung in French.
Despite getting praised in Rolling Stone by Lester Bangs for its "timeless grace," the album, Upon Velveatur, received little exposure when it was issued in autumn 1972. Rodier made only a small number of gigs, some alone, some in support of Procol Harum and Genesis.
Although Rodier did start work on a second album for Columbia in early 1973, it wasn't finished, and Rodier left music a few years later without having released anything else.
Rodier came to music in the late 60's as a folk artiste and recorded a pair of singles with buddy Germain Gauthier. Both singles were released in 69 and went unnoticed, partly due to Rodier's lack of willingness to strike it big with the medias, despite a certain hype and some label efforts. Both singles are included as bonus tracks on the present album's CD reissue. Upon Veveatur was recorded in 1972 in a brand new Montreal recording studio, with his buddy Germain and a certain Red Mitchell on electric guitar and some unknown musicians to boot. Released on Columbia and receiving some very worthy plaudits, but never released outside Canada.
Genres: Psych., Folk
Past members:
Germain Gauthier (bass)
Roger Rodier (vocals guitar)
Red Mitchell (guitar)
Discography:
- Upon Velveatur (1972)
https://youtu.be/PEFwJX9O4Bg: Full Album
Source: Progarchives / Last FM: a part of this bio is written by Gabriel Rivest (Tsevir Leirbag), Quebec, Canada
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