Archive for May, 2011
The 30-Day Song Selection Spectacular: #1, Favorite Cover Version
Singer-songwriter and American Songwriter contributor Paula Carino lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her latest album, Open On Sunday, is available at paulacarino.com. Now at over a million members, the Facebook 30-Day Song Challenge community page has incited music geeks of all stripes to make torturous daily decisions about favorites–e.g. “a song from a band you hate…a [...]
Remembering Gil Scott-Heron
A lot has been written about Gil Scott-Heron over the weekend. The singer-songwriter and poet died on Friday, though most found out about his death on Saturday morning. It poured down rain that day here in Chicago, giving Scott-Heron’s birth city a somber feeling. Perhaps the best remembrance of Scott-Heron came from XL label boss, [...]
The Beatles Ready Remastered Anthology Albums
On June 14, iTunes will debut remastered versions of The Beatles’ three Anthology albums. In addition to being sold as individual albums, Anthology Vols. 1-3 will be also be bundled as an iTunes-exclusive Anthology Box Set. The Box Set will include all 155 tracks from the three volumes ($79.99) and an exclusive 23-track Anthology Highlights [...]
Trent Reznor and Karen O Cover Led Zeppelin, Weezer Cover Radiohead and More
Coldplay have unveiled the lyrics to their upcoming single, “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall,” on their official site. The band, who are gearing up to play some European summer festivals, will release the single digitally on June 3. Read the lyrics here. Trent Reznor has teamed with Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O for a [...]
Music Supervisors Panel Enlightens Nashville
L to R: Dave Parker, Julia Michels, Dave Jordan, Anastasia Brown, Julianne Jordan, Rachel Levy and Jojo Villanueva. On May 21, 821 Entertainment Group President Anastasia Brown (music supervisor for Footloose, August Rush, Taken) moderated the Nashville Screenwriters Conference’s annual “Music In the Movies” panel. Sponsored by Ole, one of the world’s largest independent music [...]
Joe Jackson Trio: Live Music (Europe 2010)
Imaginative reworkings of both well known and under-the-radar material.
Premiere: Lauren Shera, “Stealth”
On June 7, California rising indie-folk star Lauren Shera will release Once I Was A Bird (featuring guest vocals from Abigail Washburn and Kristin Hersh), and make her Bonnaroo debut that weekend. We’re excited to bring you a sneak peak of Once I Was A Bird with an exclusive stream of the gorgeous track “Stealth,” [...]
Alison Krauss, “Paper Airplane”
“Paper Airplane” carries all the hallmarks of a Robert Lee Castleman composition.
Waylon Jennings: The Eternal Outlaw
Waylon Jennings had not yet realized his potential as a songwriter when he first played “Good Hearted Woman” for Willie Nelson at a poker game. After hearing it, Nelson sneaked in this line right before the hook: “Through teardrops and laughter/we’ll walk through this world hand in hand.” And suddenly that collaboration, now a country [...]
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