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The Hunt for New Music: This past week, we lost another rock giant: Gregg Allman, singer, guitar player, Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso, died at age 69, bringing to a close one of the legendary careers in rock music. As one of the founders of the Allman Brothers band–his brother, the great guitarist Duane Allman was …
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The Hunt for New Music: The big dogs are out: Steely Dan, Think Fast in Cincinnati, published on YouTube in 2014. Do not have a clue when the concert actually took place. The video is good, the sound is very good (sound board mix? you expect very good sound from Steely Dan), published to YouTube …
Editor’s note: A movie biopic of the rockband Queen and its’ legendary lead singer, Freddie Mercury, opens in theaters today. We have not seen the film yet, but we have seen–and featured, some three years ago–their astonishing concert at Wembley Stadium. You may not get a chance to see the film, but you certainly must …
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From the Rawa Blues Festival 2013 (the world’s biggest indoor blues festival), here’s the very smooth, very talented Keb ‘Mo and his band (the Keb ‘Mo Band) doing a one set. Shot in HD, with good sound, and very good camera work, it’s a nice way to unwind this weekend. As always, bump it to …
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From the Rawa Blues Festival 2013 (the world’s biggest indoor blues festival), here’s the very smooth, very talented Keb ‘Mo and his band (the Keb ‘Mo Band) doing a one set. Shot in HD, with good sound, and very good camera work, it’s a nice way to unwind this weekend. As always, bump it to …
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The Hunt For New Music: Amy Winehouse died on 23 July 2011. At the time of her death she has completed and released one terrific album (“Back in Black” ) and produced a series of searing, scintillating, musically-exciting concerts. As good as the recorded songs were, Amy Winehouse was such a force of nature, that the …
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The Hunt for New Music. The Blues Brothers, a traditional blues/R&B/soul band, began as an comical/music act on Saturday Night Live, inspired by a meeting that John Belushi had with blues singer Curtis Salgado while Belushi was filming Animal House. In the faux-blues-band-turned-real-live-performers, Belushi performed as “Joliet Jake” Blues (Vocals) and Aykroyd was Elwood Blues(Backing …
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Ed Sheeran is not just a massive talent, he is a very kind, very human artist, of the type we simply do not see enough of these days. This concert was filmed lived in Dublin and was part of Ed’s Multiply tour (you knew the X on the album meant “multiply”, not “x”, of course) …