The Kansas City-based blues band Trampled Under Foot is comprised of siblings Danielle, Kris and Nick Schnebelen. Other songs include Heart on the Line, Wrong...
Category - Blues
Ragtime, perhaps because of the popularity of Scott Joplin, is associated with the piano. There also is a school of ragtime guitar, however. Elizabeth Cotten...
Editor’s Note: The Daily Music Break periodically re-posts great music that has been on the site before. This post originally appeared on April 30, 2012...
Alabama Shakes is from Athens, Alabama. The singer, Brittany Howard, is a powerhouse. The band was suggested to me. Other great tunes are Hold On, Heavy Chevy...
Editor’s Note: The Daily Music Break often re-posts music from earlier in the run of the site. This is a good one. It initially was posted on April 12...
The Daily Music Break is re-posting old posts because so much good music is attached to them. This post originally appeared on March 15, 2012. The home page...
David Bromberg has played everything with everyone, or at least it seems that way. His profile is deep and wide: Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, George Harrison, Ringo...
Reading Music
The stories of the great bands and musicians are fascinating. Musicians as a group are brilliant, but often troubled. The combination of creativity and drama makes for great reading.
Here are some books to check out.
Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.
What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.
The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").
David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.
