Legendary singer/songwriter John Prine is releasing “The Tree of Forgiveness,” his first album of new music in 13 years. The first video, “Summer’s End,” is above. The Guardian has a story on the folk singer Linda Watson. Below is “October Song”...
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Guitarist Larry Campbell has played with everyone. He was in Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour band, which ran from 1997 through 2004. He has played with Levon Helm, Phil Lesh, Judy Collins, Cry Cry Cry, Linda Thompson, Sheryl Crow, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, k.d. Lang, Rosanne...
Huffington Post this week <a href=”; two recordings from Jerry Garcia when he was 18 years old. The recordings of “All My Trials” and “Trouble in Mind”, the earliest known of Garcia, were made at a party in Menlo Park, CA on May 26, 1961. The host was an audiophile who had the...
Huffington Post this week <a href=”; two recordings from Jerry Garcia when he was 18 years old. The recordings of “All My Trials” and “Trouble in Mind”, the earliest known of Garcia, were made at a party in Menlo Park, CA on May 26, 1961. The host was an audiophile who had the...
Sign up here for our rock newsletter, which we have slated for Thursdays. We’ll send you one great video, along with a bit of context. A major goal of The Daily Music Break is to encourage people to listen to genres that they haven’t focused on in the past. So...
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.
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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.