Norwegian 10-piece… they’ve got it! Democratic and joyous, Jaga have a new record out and will hopefully be making a trek stateside in the future.

America is waiting…

with clear inspiration from the lads at “Flight of the Conchords”..
this is pretty damn good.
(seen first on the k’baa blog).

I’ve said it before,
Huell picks up where Timothy Leary left off.
He is the ..California Gold..
Man.
Oh My Gosh!

a curiously mesmerizing piece..
coming down Market St; San Francisco, on a streetcar.
1905..
one year before the Big One.
so much going on..
everyone is going somewhere.
where are they now?

this one from 82′..
enough said..
just makes me glad, at least briefly, to be on the same planet.

here’s what seems to be a really nice guy..
Jimmy Page,
talking about the astonishing Link Wray number:”Rumble”,
given the time and place, this one really made an impression, and freed up the guitar for a lot of then young guys like Jimmy Page and RT.
you can hear the chords in the next post..
RT (and Linda’s) song:
“Shoot Out the Lights”
what goes around, come’s around.

Far to the left of what some would call “liberal”, Dick Gaughan has always stood for the Rights of Man, and his music and songs make the case for a real freedom beyond any political affiliation.. a philosophy deeply rooted in a love of land and all life.
A Song for Ireland, and all our world.
Peace in 2010.

Side A
01 - Jon Hassell - “Aurora”
02 - Mountains - “Add Infinity”
03 - White Rainbow - “Major Spillage”
04 - Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - “Rett Pa”
05 - Julianna Brawick - “Bode”
06 - Skyramps - “Dripping Water Hollows Out a Stone”
07 - Animal Hospital - “Memory”

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Side B
01 - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - “Anglo Ethio Suite”
02 - The Flaming Lips - “The Sparrow Looks Up At The Machine”
03 - Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - “Fall Aside”
04 - Timbre Timbre - “Lay Down in the Tall Grass”
05 - PJ Harvey & John Parish - “A Woman a Man Walked By”
06 - Booker T. Jones - “Get Behind the Mule”

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Side C
01 - Extra Golden - “Piny Yore Yore”
02 - Jonathan Kane - “Blissed Out Rag”
03 - Nudge - “Burns Blue”
04 - Fever Ray - “I’m Not Done (live)”
05 - Califone - “Giving Away the Bride”
06 - Do Make Say Think - “Do”

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Planet Earth lost a tremendous talent on the guitar a couple weeks back, and waaaaay too early. Jack Rose died of a heart attack on the morning of December 5th. He was 38.

Rose was as well rounded a threat on guitar as they come; incorporating elements of drone, ragtime, folk, blues, and Eastern classical into his playing, often times within a single song. The man had grace to spare.

Thrill Jockey will be releasing his tenth solo album, Luck in the Valley, on February 23, 2010.

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