February 2010 Week 2 The Limited Deluxe Edition features 23 songs (an additional 7 songs) including all the original songs performed in the film by Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell, “The Weary Kind” performed by Ryan Bingham (the theme song heard in the film’s trailer and closing credits) and music featured in the film by […]
Cryin’ Heart Blues
February 2010 Week 1 A great 2005 release from the former bassman and singer for The Band, Rick Danko (R.I.P). Helping Rick out are former Flying Burrito Brothers steel guitar guy, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (R.I.P). The inimitable former organist for The Band Garth Hudson, Blondie Chaplin (frequent Beach Boys contributor)and Paul Butterfield (R.I.P) –Dick Young […]
Keep Rockin’: The 50’s & 60’s Nostalgia Magazine
January 2010 Week 4 Where else can you find out what Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners, Dale Hawkins, Chubby Checker, Fabian, Danny & The Juniors, and John “Bowzer” Bauman, are up to. I love Keep Rockin. Elizabeth and Lou are rare souls deeply committed to keeping the Rock & Roll of the 50’s & 60’s […]
Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey
January 2010 Week 3 Ramsey Lewis is a jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist, and composer who has released approximately 80 albums over a 50-year career. After several years of live performances and over a dozen albums which only caught the attention of jazz fans, the Ramsey Lewis Trio made a huge impression on mainstream audiences with […]
Hi Times: The Hi Records R&B Years [BOX SET]
January 2010 Week 2 Hi Records was a label with personality, thanks in large part to its strongman, Willie Mitchell. Generally pictured as the rambunctious little brother of Stax, Hi actually dates back to 1957, but its heyday coincided with label golden-boy Al Green’s commercial flowering in the ’70s. Hi Times opens with a 1959 […]
Rubber Soul
January 2010 Week 1 The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of […]
The Very Thought of You
March 2010 Week 2 The smoky, smooth pop vocals of Nat “King” Cole make us tend to forget that, at heart, he was essentially a jazz performer. His piano proficiency, vocal phrasings, and utter coolness all hark back to his jazz roots, even in his decidedly pop repertoire or arrangements. Whether singing “Nature Boy”, jamming […]
Booker T. & The MG’S Christmas Spirit
There’s no reason to believe the little drummer boy didn’t break into a danceable groove every now and again–and no cause to think that Christmas music has to be listened to from an easy chair. This legendary rhythm & blues combo spreads the spirit of the season in much the same way it did its […]
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