The White Stripes: We Are Going To Be Friends (Live)

The White Stripes: We Are Going to be Friends (Live on Conan O’Brian’s Last Show From NYC)

Read a brief overview of the Stripes/Conan history.

Neko Case: I’m an Animal

Neko Case: I’m an Animal

“T Bone Burnett says: “Neko is an artist. It’s that simple. She’s above it all, the way an artist has to be. I wouldn’t be surprised if one day she picks up and moves to Bulgaria to learn about Bulgarian art. She’s open to everything. She’s a young woman with an incredible gift, that voice, and the spirit of a true artist” — everything, it seems, except a tremolo.” New York Times

Snooks Eaglin R.I.P.

Snooks Eaglin with George Porter: Ripstick Traces

“Mr. Eaglin often said his mother took care of him until Dee took over. He died on his mother’s birthday.”

Jimmie Lawson: The Real Deal

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KOTIMAISET
1.Jaska Lukkarinen Trio: Trane Ear
2.J. Karjalainen & Veli-Matti Järvenpää: Paratiisin pojat
3.Jo’ Buddy & Down Home King III: Whole Lotta Things To Do
4.Cosmo Jones Beat Machine: Belzeboogie
5.Lester Peabody: Lester Peabody Visits The Johnny Bonanza Show
6.Jimmie Lawson: The Real Deal
7.Kauko Röyhkä & Riku Mattila: Kauko Röyhkä & Riku Mattila
8.Judge Bone & Doc Hill: Big Bear’s Gate
9.Ninni Poijärvi: Virta
10.Hoedown: Hoedown

Esa Kuloniemi, Soundi

Jimmy Lawson: The Real Deal

“Kokonaisuutena Lawsonin debyyttisoolo on tyylikkään pienimuotoista country-bluesia parhaimmillaan. The Real Dealillä maamme sinisävytteisen kentän ykkösmuusikot luovat vahvan pohjan, joka yhdistettynä Lawsonin karismaattiseen tulkintaan luo täydellisen kokonaisuuden. Lawsonin debyytillä yhdistyy maamme tämän hetkisen bluesosaamisen korkea ammattitaito sekä solistin puolivuosisatainen rikas ja vahva perintö.”

Auvo Laaksonen, Jazzrytmit

Blue Note, A Legendary Jazz Label Asks ‘Now What?’

Herbie Hancock: Cantaloop Island (Live)

““One of the first things that Alfred Lion said to me was, ‘What are you going to do to be commercial?’” New York Times

Raphael Saadiq: 100 Yard Dash

Cool video, watch out at You Tube!

The Oxford American Magazine

Furry Lewis:  When I Lay My Burden Down

“When you get down to defining Southern music, you start defining American music.” Marc Smirnoff, editor of The Oxford American Magazine

Lucky Dube R.I.P.

Lucky Dube: Ding Ding

“Three men have denied at the high court in Johannesburg murdering the internationally-acclaimed South African reggae star Lucky Dube.” BBC

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper – The Day Music Died

“Fifty years ago next week, on February 3, 1959, the chartered plane carrying singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, fell out of the Iowa sky and crashed into the heart of rock legend. Holly was 22, and his death, coming as his career suffered its own kind of tailspin, became a metaphor for the end of ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll.” Vanity Fair