Rusted Root - Drum Trip

homage to drum instrumentals..

Rusted Root - Ecstasy

Rusted Root's best song, the dynamic Ecstasy.. love the rhythms in this. can anyone understand these lyrics?? who cares, just watching Liz move is enough for any man..

Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way

One of the best bands to emerge in the 90's - from Tennessee. and doncha just love Liz, the female percussionist? she's a darling..

Duffy: Smoke Without Fire

from the end credits of the film AN EDUCATION - brilliant vocal!

Duffy: Mercy (acoustic)

Live studio version

Kinetic Art Sculpture, BMW Museum, Munich

nice marriage of art and technology, 2008

Jimi Hendrix: Fire, Stockholm 69

more vintage rock from the 60's

Jimi Hendrix: Spanish Castle Magic, Stockholm 69

amazingly clear bw video, with remastered sound - just like it probably sounded then, distortion and all! those were the days, never again to be repeated by any other generation..

Allan Holdsworth: Live at Glasgow Ferry 2008

Song is called "Fred", named for his son.

Amazing and unreal guitarist, originally from The Soft Machine in the 60's - he still has it 40 yrs later.. no one like him ever came out of rock

Soft Machine: We Did It Again (audio)

From the first Soft Machine lp, when they were opening for Jimi Hendrix Experience - an amazing and innovative band, about 20 yrs ahead of their time and so much better than Pink Floyds elevator muzak.. According to Rolling Stone, drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt could sing along to any John Coltrane solos!

Ricky Lee Jones: Satellite (video)

the 'official video' of one of her best songs..

Ricky Lee Jones: Easy Money

Ricky Lee gives her treatment to Lowell George's (Little Feat) song.. he discovered her and got Warner Brothers to sign her before his death..

Bebo Valdes: Americana

BEBO VALDES, piano, and Javier Colina (on bass)- "Americana", live in Mallorca (03?) - legendary Cuban pianist (father of Chucho) shows why he's considered a master pianist internationally; this improvisation is based on American music, such as Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Willow Weep for Me (Strayhorn?).. incredible REAL music, no namby pamby schlock... for tv, lol.. (this video has the title mislabeled, I saw the concert DVD)

Ricky Lee Jones - Rainbow Sleeves (audio)

my favorite composition of Tom Waits, done as no one else can..

Lyrics:
You used to dream yourself away each night
To places that you'd never been
On wings made of wishes
That you whispered to yourself
Back when every night the moon and you
Would sweep away to places
That you knew
Where you would never get the blues

Well now, whiskey gives you wings
To carry
Each one of your dreams
And the moon does not belong to you
But I believe
That your heart keeps young dreams
Well, I've been told
To keep from ever growing old
And a heart that has been broken
Will be stronger when it mends

Don't let the blues stop you singing
Darling, you've only got a broken wing
Hey, you just hang on to my rainbow
Hang on to my rainbow
Hang on to my rainbow sleeves

Sarah Lee and Arlo Guthrie: Sailing Down This Golden River

Live, with Pete Seeger, the song's composer.. Arlo's daughters sing backup.. Sarah Lee was 14 in this performance

Miles Davis: Water Babies

from the outtakes of the IN A SILENT WAY sessions, this is a great Wayne Shorter composition, which he also recorded on his on first lp release.. this is classic for both, and the Miles Davis Quintet

Evelyn Glennie: Demonstrates her ProLine Mallets

EVELYN GLENNIE, the world's most in demand percussionist has been deaf since age 8, taught herself how to feel music notes w her body.. here she demonstrates her line of pro mallets on the marimba, and displays her remarkable range, both fast and slow.. a review of a documentary on her will follow.. Mind Blowing! certainly the best female percussionist/drummer ever.. (snare drum is her favorite)

The Motels: Only the Lonely (video)

classic Motels from 1981.. Martha Davis has one of the best female voices in rock history..

Martha Davis: Martha's Boogie (instrumental)

holy cow, those ivories are smokin! I'm surprised this didn't start a fire..

Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger: This Land Is Your Land

The three hot backup singers are all Arlo's daughters! This song was recently voted 3rd in a nationwide poll for "which song should be our national anthem", which was won by "God Bless America".. the poll was conducted because many feel that our present anthem is a song that glorifies war

Imogen Heap: Just For Now (Live)

using looping, Imogen layers her vocals live, very creative, similar to Theresa Anderson, though not quite as complex

Jackie Evancho: Nessum Dorma

10 yr old opera singer, this was her audition on America's Got Talent

Bjork: Hidden Place (Live/Royal Opera House)

Bjork live never fails to impress me..
Let's see, this arrangement is for: harp, female chorus, bass, string orchestra, electronic keyboards, scratchin', and a deck of cards.. and of course: lead female singer..

totally hypnotic, every blends perfectly, this is simply a masterpiece of modern pop!

Storyhill: Dangerous Weapon

Bjork: Undo (Live/Opera House)

amazing arrangement

Jimi Hendrix: The Wind Cries Mary (Live 67)

Live on Stockholm TV, 1967.. classic vintage video..

Ecclesium: Wexford Carol

This arrangement is by Philip Stopford, sung in Belfast Cathedral, Northern Ireland.. to me, this is real Christmas music, real religious and spiritual music, and truly timeless art.. choral music doesn't get any better than this.. Kudos to Stopford for this sublime arrangement as well, this is the best version I've heard or could find. I can easily listen to this year round.

Dutch Swing College Band: Swing That Music!

wow- these guys are smokin!

Dutch Swing College Band: My Inspiration

Our 200th POST - been looking for this jazz standard for a long time, and the DSCB has done a terrific arrangement of it!

John McLaughlin: Marbles

audio track of McLaughlin's rockin-est composition.. that's actually Buddy Miles (listenable for once) on drums..

Santana: Written in Sand

great lost song of Santana's.. audio only

Roger Hodgson: Fool's Overture (Live 2004)

Roger updated his epic Fool's Overture, re-arranging it for orchestra and choir, as he originally envisioned it.

Fool's Overture video at YouTube (embedding disabled)

Roger Hodgson: Dreamer (Live 2004)

Roger Hodgson of Supertramp updated "Dreamer" in 2004 live, complete with orchestra and choir..

Supertramp: Dreamer (Live 77)

Blossum Dearie: How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehn

beautiful, poignant, and melancholy

Laura Marling: The Captain and the Hourglass

Laura Marling: No Hope in the Air (Live Tobermory)

clean, austere song.. time warp stuff, like the early 60s

Laura Marling: Alas I Cannot Swim

awesome full, rich, clean sound, and from a teenager!

Laura Marling: Ramblin' Man

Of all the songs with this title, I like Laura's composition the most. beautiful songwriter, this sounds like an immediate classic, in the tradition of Dylan, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell..

Laura Marling: Looking Back

Singing a song written by her father, Charles.. beautiful acoustic rock

Jethro Tull: Skating Away On the Thin Ice of a New Day (live)

terrific acoustic live performance.. also proof that Ian Anderson really is a leprecaun

Be Bop Deluxe: Crying to the Sky

Bill Nelson's beautiful tribute to Hendrix

Be Bop Deluxe: Maid in Heaven

Excellent video quality - too bad all 70's music doesn't have this quality.. looks like a live for tv film..

Bill Nelson: Contemplation (2007)

Beautiful rock song from the guitarist/leader of Be Bop Deluxe

Be Bop Deluxe: Live Jam 77

(title unknown) - live jam from 77, recalls Cream and the Allman Brothers, thanks to the keyboards..

Be Bop Deluxe: Shine (Live)

Be Bop Deluxe: Awesome and rare live version of "Shine" recorded in Rhode Island in 1978.. more jazzy than normal, Bill Nelson was never better

BeBop Deluxe: Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape (live)

Amazing guitar solo here from Bill Nelson, about as fluid as you can hear in a rock guitar solo.. ok, so he's been influenced a little by Santana, at about 6:25 you can hear a little signature of Duane Allman's as well.. this has to be an intentional music nod, one guitarist to another

Parlor Mob: Can't Keep No Good Boy Down

Parlor Mob: Can't Keep No Good Boy Down

Link to video of Parlor Mob's "Can't Keep No Good Boy Down"
(From Entourage, Season 6)

Empire of the Sun: Standing on the Shore

Empire of the Sun: Standing on the Shore

Link only - embedded disabled..

Photek: T'rainon

PHOTEK did the awesome soundtrack for the 2006 film Dreamland, which I haven't been able to find online (the soundtrack cd that is.. the film is pretty good but the music would be played a lot more in my house)

Harman-Ising: Pipe Dreams (cartoon)

This was one of the best color cartoons ever made, imo... Harman and Ising quit Disney over a contract dispute, founded "Happy Harmonies" which became "Merry Melodies" (!).. they created every after Mickey Mouse for Disney, then all the Merry Melodies cast: Porky Pig, Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd.. then at the end, a cat and mouse named "Puss N Boots", who were later renamed "Tom and Jerry".. these guys were the real creative genius behind Disney studios and he let them go rather than pay them a decent wage!

Chris Thompson: The Twitter Song (Do the Twitter Dance)

funny and fun stuff.. this should be a big radio hit, in 1965 maybe..

Leo Kottke: Last Steam Engine-Stealin (Live)

live, from Japanese tv, 1974.. this is as good as 12-string acoustic guitar gets!

Black Ice: Imagine (Def Poetry)

Rap poetry at its best.. he's my favorite

Pat Rolland: I've Got You Under My Skin

somehow I think Cole Porter might prefer this very sensual version of his classic song..

Chris Thompson: Low Budget Love Song

pretty funny, worthy of tv since it's better than 95% of what passes for comedy nowdays..

Sungha Jung: With or Without You (acoustic)

are you kidding me? this kid looks about 10, has super tiny hands and plays the heck outta this acoustic.. great sound too.. (over six mil views already at youTube)

Worlds Greatest Jazz Band: South Rampart St Parade

This is a good as Dixieland jazz gets! these guys are awesome, find their version of "My Inspiration" if you can, one of the all-time greats..

Nicole Kidman: Unusual Way

Nicole Kidman's song and clip from Nine.. sung in a much lower key than the original, but still a good song..

Marion Cotillard: Take It All

her rehearsals, vocal recording, mixed with excerpts of the scene in the film - what a breathtaking performer Marion Cotillard has already become! she's fast becoming one of the best actresses ever, not only of this generation

Kate Hudson: Cinema Italiano

Six weeks of rehearsal, then two days of shooting for her one song, Hudson shows she can really sing - plus, you have to like the subtle spoof of her mom, Goldie Hawn, who began as a go-go dancer.. this is the scene as shown in the film, not the video remix trailer

Penelope Cruz: Call From the Vatican

Unreal! From "Nine", this got her the Oscar nomination I'm sure.. perfect for Mother's Day, cuz it makes me want to procreate! if this doesn't move you then you're (a) dead, (b) blind, (c) hopelessly squared, (d) too connected to the Vatican

Robin Hackett: Runnin

Love Robin Hackett! bought her first cd, "One Foot Barefoot" directly from her online, it's well worth the money.. she won a poll around 1998-9 on the internet at "Best Female Artist" and was runner-up at Lilith Fair (1999) for best artist.. hard to believe talent like this isn't bigger commercially..

Jeff Beck: Beck's Bolero-Immigrant Song-Peter Gunn Theme

Live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with guest Jimmy Page on Immigrant Song..

Jeff Back: Nadia (live at Ronnie Scotts)

Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scott's jazz club, London, 2007.. beautiful song, written for Nadia Comaneche.. Aussie bassist Tal Wildenfeld tears up this set, at age 22! she's played w the Allman Bros, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea already..

love those electronic tablas! wish I had those instead of my real ones..

Jeff Beck: Cause We've Ended as Lovers (R Scotts)

Jeff Back live at Ronnie Scott's, from that dvd.. 22 yr old Tal Wilkenfeld's bass solo is simply awesome!

Michael Danso: Begin the Beguine

Danso lets this song flow naturally, and hits all the notes.. very tasteful and understated version..

Tuxedo Junction: Begin the Beguine

A little pop perhaps, but an interesting big band version of the Cole Porter classic, with a Brazilian beat.. (or is it a rhumba, therefore Cuban?) [hey - are Astaire and Powell making fart sounds with their hands in the film still shown above?? LOL..]

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Hilarious opening from Mason Spurlock's film of this title, with Osama break dancing to M.C. Hammer's "Can't Touch This"

"Maybe he's a nine foot tall bionic ninja with x-ray vision.."

Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal Video

great video.. love the kid in the mask..

Dream Academy: The Love Parade

rare.. see it now before YouTube removes it again!

Bruce Springsteen: Secret Garden

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run Live

Live video version

Bruce Springsteen: I'm On Fire

video version, with the story..

Bruce Springsteen: Long Walk Home

Video version

Bruce Springsteen: One Step Up

video version of a live performance

Antonio Carlos Jobim: A Felicidade

live from the Montral Jazz Festival.. if you were this cool, you could have more Brazilian babes singing backup than you had musicians in the group!

Catiela: Samba de Uma Nota So

they make this Brazilian jazz classic by Antonio Carlos Jobim (One Note Samba, from the 60's) sound so simple, Takeeki is playing some pretty complex stuff effortlessly.. Fujida has one of the nicest voices of anyone

Catiela: Ainda Lembro

This Japanese lady, Eri Fujida, has an incredible voice, and she sings this Brazilian song in Portuguese.. guitarist Takaaki Ohnishi isn't bad either, that's some pretty complex rhythms.. these "rehearsal" songs they record have such a clear purity that they blow away the live stuff they've put out..

Charlatans: Sproston Green

live video of cd version (?)

Charlatans: Weirdo

tv video, original cd version..

Led Zeppelin: That's the Way It Is (live)

Live at Earl's Court 1975 - beautiful song.. from the multi-disc dvd Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin: Going to California (live 75)

beautiful live acoustic version from Earl's Court 1975

Led Zeppelin: Rock and Roll (live)

Live from Seattle, and the film The Song Remains the Same

U2: In God's Country

Music video version to the cd original from The Joshua Tree album.. great song..

James Brown: Cold Sweat, Soul Train 73

Does r&b get any better than this? only, they truncate the video before the song concludes, otherwise an undeniable soul classic and his singing was never better.. pretty bitchin trombone solo too..

Dave Brubeck: Take Five 1961

Joe Morello was never better on drums, which is to say this is probably as good a jazz drum solo as you will ever see and hear! He used to win every poll for best drummer back then, for about a decade.. this is just about the most uptempo version of this jazz classic as I've ever seen them do..

Theresa Andersson: The Waltz (Luxury Wafers Sessions)

nice sound on this simple and interesting composition..

Catiela: I Can Let Go Now

beautiful clean, clear version of Michael McDonald's best ballad - vocal by Eri Fujida, amazing what people are doing now at home! ok - so she sings "where I'm no longer found" rather than "no longer bound", forgive her one gaff.. imagine singing this in Japanese yourself!

Luciana Souza: Here It Is

nice easy samba rhythms from this Brazilian singer

Luciana Souza: I Can Let Go Now

NO one alive can sing like Michael McDonald, but Luciana gives this song a female perspective that is worth a listen or two.. nice arrangement.. what does Michael have that others lack? perhaps a sweet natural melancholia.. I especially love the acoustic bass player on this.. McDonald's version was actually overproduced, with an unnecessary string orchestra.. it was also too short at just over two minutes.. everyone else thankfully adds a repeat of the chorus..

Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody (live)

theirs was the classic version, wasn't it? this is live..

U2: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Stockholm 1992)

One of their best songs, and one of the few live videos that you can hear adequately, from Stockholm Sweden in 1992..
"You're dangerous, cause you're honest.. you're dangerous, you don't know what you want.. well, you left my heart empty as a vacant lot, for any spirit to haunt.." (I think we've all been here)

Pete Seeger: Little Boxes (live on tv)

The Malvina Reynolds song that is the theme song of "Weeds".. love the way he pronounces "boxes" each time, like it's a despicable word..

Theresa Andersson: Birds Fly Away (The Basement)

This is an awesome vocal performance, maybe the best I've ever witnessed live.. from The Basement in Nashville - thanks to whoever recorded this for the world!

Theresa Andersson: Birds Fly Away

This is absolutely amazing, especially considering the locale (her kitchen, note the fridge!) and all the stuff she does by herself.. and of course, she's an amazing singer.. this gave me goosebumps.. Now from New Orleans, originally from the isle of Gotland in Sweden

[As I post more videos of hers, I keep moving this one so it remains at the top - I think new viewers should start with this one, as she made these at home first before recording the Hummingbird Go cd, and before the tv appearances - LJS]

Theresa Andersson: Na Na Na

Live on Craig Ferguson "Late Late Show" - very good sound on this one! (maybe they made her up a little too much, but then that's tv..)

Theresa Andersson: Na Na Na (splitscreen version)

Split-screen, widescreen edited version (from Shockhound.com) of this very popular song of hers.. the violin solo at the finish is much better than the version from The Late Late Show, but the sound isn't as good.. I do like the attempt to show visually the music that's looping to give you an idea of the complexity of what she's doing live

Theresa Andersson: On Your Way Down

This is the classic Alan Toussaint song, now my favorite version - and I was a huge Little Feat fan (lucky to see them with Lowell George).. live from The Basement in Nashville

[I counted at least five vocal tracks going here, and at least two hand rhythms, at the same time.. anyone else remember Al Jarreau? this is like a Jarreau quintet, all from one person! Does anyone else from Sweden have this much soul? Silly question - doe the entire country of Sweden have this much soul?]

Theresa Andersson: Mary, Don't You Weep

This live song by Theresa features some nice violin work, beginning with some pizzacata (sp?) or string plucking, and a traditional blues-jazz solo that reminds me of jazz legend Stephane Grappelli (who seemingly played the entire 20th century), which isn't too shabby! I also can hear some of the angst of Bartok in her violin, I wonder if she's had some classical training..

Theresa Andersson: Innan Du Gar

This is sung in Swedish, the title is "Before You Go" in English.. a true siren song.. the living incarnation of the Muse

Theresa Andersson: Interview on Kiwibox

Nice interview about her new CD "Hummingbird, Go", how it was made and her plans..

My Song "Angie G (Eulogy)" At TuneCore

This is my first composition published at TuneCore, "Angie G (Eulogy)" (TuneCore removed the spaces and capital G, dunno why).. in the future, "available at an online store near you".. this was originally "Eulogy for my Mother", written on a Yamaha Digital Grand about a week after getting it, written for horns and strings. I ported it into the computer, used Cakewalk to change it to guitar and piano, then I renamed it for my singer friend, Angie, who liked it best of all my compositions. It's about two people who can't quite get in sync - the two instrumental parts never come together as a result..

The album title should actually read "Little Journeys", which is my homemade CD of my first five compositions (in order of creation): 1.Awakening 2.Sky 3.Eulogy 4.Angie G 5.Gone
These were all written in three weeks, then I spent about four months getting the proper MIDI to USB cable, porting them into Cakewalk, then exporting them as MP3 and WAV files. That took longer than writing the music originally! Everyone, including Yamaha, was out of the connecting cables - I had to wait for one from the factory in Malaysia.. (Doh!)

Logorama - Oscar nominated animated short

Warning: this film contains non-deleted expletives! probably rated R

Jean-Luc Ponty: No Strings Attached (Live)

Jean-Luc Ponty, Live solo, original title "No Strings Attached" (click the song title)

[Embedding Disabled by YouTube - this links directly to the video there]

Alanis Morissette: Incomplete

Beautiful acoustic performance on NPR

Alanis Morissette: Ironic, Live

Alanis Morissette, IRONIC live

Alanis Morissette: Perfect

Alanis Morissette, PERFECT (studio version, slide show)

Alanis Morissette: Unvited, Live

Alanis Morissette, UNINVITED, live.. this is powerful stuff!

Stephen Bishop: On and On (Live)

Nice live version of this soft rock ballad that has a light jazzy feel.. Bishop played the guy in Animal House whose guitar was smashed by Belushi after he sang "I gave my love a cherry, that had no stone.."

Hey Jude Crowd Sing in Trafalgar Square

Around 13,000 people sing "Hey, Jude" together in Trafalgar Square - too bad they miked some of these people, but the video is very well shot..

Liverpool Street Station Dance

Crowd dance at Liverpool St Station, for a T-Mobile ad..

Belgium Train Station Crowd Dance

Hundreds dance to "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music, including passersby who join the fun..

Baha Men: Who Let the Dogs Out (Original)

Baha Men, original video of Who Let the Dogs Out - this is inspired insanity
"The one million dollar question: who let the dogs out?"

Surfing Dog: Who Let the Dogs Out

Dog named Huckleberry surfing, title "Double Over Tail"
music track: Baha Men "Who Let the Dogs Out"