It’s amazing how similar Mike’s facial expressions, his voice, and his movements are to the final cut. Sometimes, when you get it right, you can just feel it.
Yellowman’s Isolated Vocals For “Zungguzungguguzungguzeng”
Yellowman’s first album release was in 1982 entitled Mister Yellowman followed by Zungguzungguguzungguzeng in 1983 earning instant success. I still can’t believe Word doesn’t know how to spell Zungguzungguguzungguzeng.
Blur’s ‘Song 2’, but every “woohoo” is done by Nintendo’s Mario
So undervalued and genius. Just genius.
Dead & Company Deliver Early Halloween Treats With New Additions To Ongoing Digital Concert Series
ead & Company jumpstarted the band’s “Fall Fun Run” mini tour last year in New York City with sold out shows at Madison Square Garden on Halloween and November 1. With the anniversaries for those shows quickly approaching, Dead & Company will release both concerts digitally on October 23. The group’s cover of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves Of London” – the encore Halloween night – is available today on digital download and streaming services.
Like the other shows in Dead & Company’s ongoing digital concert series, both live performances will be available through all digital download and streaming services. In addition, the concerts will be offered in Apple Lossless and FLAC formats from Dead.net. Live audio for these recordings was mixed and remastered by Dead & Company’s Front of House Engineer, Derek Featherstone, and the band’s Recording Engineer, Ross Harris.
Halloween is one of the most eagerly anticipated dates on the Dead Head calendar and last year’s show was no exception. Despite the festive mood, however, there was a solemn undercurrent to the occasion as the band performed for the first time since the passing of longtime Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.
In a deeply moving opening to the show, Grateful Dead band members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir took to the stage by themselves while their newer bandmates John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge waited in the wings. The trio launched into “Ripple,” one of the most beloved songs Hunter wrote with Jerry Garcia, before the rest of the band joined them mid-song. That night, every song the band played – with the exception of the “Werewolves Of London” encore – was co-written by Hunter, a fitting and inspired tribute to the Grateful Dead’s beloved bard.
The following night, the power of Grateful Dead music to transcend generational boundaries was not only evident by the range of ages in the audience, but also on stage, where the band welcomed a surprise guest to the stage, Grammy nominated, 25-year-old singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. She immediately showed why she’s one of the most acclaimed new artists to have emerged in recent years with her beautiful harmony vocals (and one verse on lead) on another Garcia-Hunter immortal “Friend Of The Devil.” Later, she made a return appearance for the encore to help sing a cover of The Band’s classic “The Weight.”
Dead & Company was formed in 2015 when the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir joined forces with artist and musician John Mayer, Allman Brothers’ bassist Oteil Burbridge, and Fare Thee Well and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. The result was one of the most successful touring bands of the decade. Since its formation, the band has completed seven tours, playing to 2.8 million fans, and has become a record-breaking stadium act. Having toured consistently since its 2015 debut, the band has grossed $307 million across 152 shows.
Dead & Company has headlined iconic stadiums across the country including Folsom Field, Autzen Stadium, Citi Field, Fenway Park and Dodger Stadium. Additionally, the band broke Wrigley Field’s all-time concert attendance record.
DEAD & COMPANY: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FALL 2019
10/31/19 Track Listing
- “Ripple”
- “Shakedown Street”
- “Bertha”
- “Loser”
- “They Love Each Other”
- “Tennessee Jed”
- “Terrapin Station”
- Oteil Rhythm Devils Induction Ceremony
- “Playin’ In The Band”
- “Truckin’”
- “Uncle John’s Band”
- “China Doll”
- “Eyes Of The World”
- Drums
- Space
- “The Wheel”
- “Standing On The Moon”
- “Sugar Magnolia”
- “Werewolves Of London”
11/1/19 Track Listing
- “Cold Rain And Snow”
- “Hell In A Bucket”
- “Row Jimmy”
- “Ramble On Rose”
- “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo”
- “Mr. Charlie”
- “Friend Of The Devil”
- “Bird Song”
- “Scarlet Begonias”
- “Fire On The Mountain”
- “He’s Gone”
- “Smokestack Lightning”
- “China Cat Sunflower”
- “I Know You Rider”
- Drums
- Space
- “Althea”
- “Morning Dew”
- “The Weight”
- “Brokedown Palace”
1-minute tip for artists: Listen to an album. But not THAT album.
Music gives us a different perspective on life, so go listen to something different.
Edmonton’s Chart-Topping Motown-Surf-Punksters BAD BUDDY Unleash the “Hunters” With New Single
Motown-inspired surf-punksters Bad Buddy unleash the “Hunters” with the release of their newest single to land from this year’s self-titled breakthrough album — available now!
“At the time of Bad Buddy’s inception, we were all thoroughly fermented in folk music,” Bad Buddy vocalist and guitarist Emily Bachynski recalls, most especially of their Edmonton, Alberta base. “The scene was dripping with it.
“I bought into this,” she continues. “I had been convinced that, if you were going to be a solo artist — especially a female artist — you just sort of had to play acoustic folk tunes until you choked.
“I didn’t even listen to folk music, but I sure wrote and played a lot of it through my shitty solo project that I weakly tried to pound into something remotely palatable. It was so unnatural for me, and Bad Buddy is the polar opposite. Nothing against folk music, it’s just not meant for me.”
“Bringing ‘Hunters’ to our first rehearsal felt like a big stretch after a long, cramped car ride. We all met up in my basement as ‘not exactly strangers’ but also ‘not quite friends.’ I think I played the song once through for everyone before we all looked at each other as if to say, ‘alright, let’s fire this baby up and see what she can do.’”
“That first rehearsal I was kind of nervous, wondering what I had gotten myself into,” guitarist and vocalist Andi Vissia adds. “I had never played electric guitar, and any acoustic performances were reserved for campfires and at kitchen parties. Playing in Bad Buddy really gave me the room and confidence to be creative on a brand new instrument, in a brand new genre, and “Hunters” was the kickstart of it all.”
“Hunters”, much like the rest of the release, is gritty, primal, dissonant, and unsettling, a stark juxtaposition to the tight-as-can-be three-part harmonic explosions. It is the song Bachynski, along with bandmates Andi Vissia, drummer Geoffrey Hamdon-O’Brien, and bassist and vocalist Alex Vissia credit as Bad Buddy’s inaugural foundation.
“‘Hunters’ seriously captures the long-lost spirit of The Pixies, and just has this menacing, predatory, ‘evil grin in the dark’ (thing) going for it,” the Edmonton Journal says. “To be honest, Bad Buddy scares the hell out of me, they’re so electrifying; comical and fierce, a total confidence machine with thrash-y pop songs so infectious, you’re still banging your head to them six months later. Easily one of the most exciting bands (right now).”
“The song definitely holds a place near and dear in my heart,” Bachynski says. “It’s simple, but it unleashed a fury in each of us. It was so satisfying to not have to sing ‘pretty’ or be ‘pretty’ or be… Anything for anyone but ourselves.”
Hitting #1 on Earshot!, their eponymous debut 13-track LP was released earlier this year, and was preceded by EP, The Sneakie Peakie.
“Hunters” and Bad Buddy is available now.
Acclaimed Canadian Filmmaker PETER ROWE Wonders What the Deal is With Musicians & The Authorities with New Book, ‘Music vs The Man’
Award-winning Canadian author, filmmaker, and painter Peter Rowe explores stories of musicians in the crosshairs of the authorities — police, border guards, mayors, city councils, the FBI, the Kremlin — in his new book, Music vs The Man, available now!
The book features stories of racial oppression, censorship, political extremism, extravagant behaviour, self-destructive obsessions, and more as he deftly moves through music history. Chronicled are the stories of the FBI’s battle against John Lennon, the US Drug Administration’s harassment of Billie Holiday that led to her death, the Chilean military assassination of folksinger Victor Yara, the role of The Beatles in bringing down the Soviet Union, the fight throughout the 50s against rock and roll, the violent world of Narcocorrido music in the drug wars of Mexico, and many others.
“Music wields the type of revolutionary power that politicians and authorities only dream of,” Rowe notes. “Music has the power to open hearts, change minds, and get people to stand up for what they believe in. That’s why, for years authorities have been trying to censor it, throwing musicians in prison, raiding their homes, and sometimes even killing them.”
Involved with music since the 1960s, Peter Rowe has made over 190 films as a director, writer, or producer. Among the musicians he has filmed are John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, at events like the Isle of Wight Festival and the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, and concerts by the Jefferson Airplane and the Mothers of Invention.
Rowe’s credits include documentary profiles of both the psychedelic soul band The Chambers Brothers and famed New York DJ Cousin Brucie, as well as features including Treasure Island, and The Best Bad Thing. His 49-part television series Angry Planet took him to 30 countries on all seven continents, and aired in 35 countries around the world. He’s won and been nominated for multiple awards, including Geminis, Genies and film-festival prizes, and tales of his film career are described in his previous release, Adventures in Filmmaking (2013).
Peter Rowe’s Music vs The Man is available now from Armin Lear Press via Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
Contemporary Folk-Rocker Howard Gladstone Is Here With ‘The Promise’ of Blue Skies Ahead
Canadian contemporary folk-rocker Howard Gladstone has issued “The Promise” for blue skies ahead with the story-rich release of his new single and anticipated album of the same name — both available now.
His sixth album release, this resonant collection of nine songs are contemporary yet highly personal reflections of the singer/songwriter’s, and feature some of his most thoughtful and heartfelt lyrics to date. Rich with allusive language and poignant moments of pure poetry throughout, The Promise and its layered lyrics are compellingly matched by Gladstone’s intimate and summoning vocal style.
This is a collection of work with a clear narrative arc: it begins at a place of shining hopes, dreams and memories in ‘Woodstock Fifty’ but, in the end, leaves at a crucial, critical juncture focusing attention on the climate crisis in ‘Crossroads’ where those dreams and hopes are in peril.
Between these, there are many interesting stops — both utopian and dystopian — along the way, including examining the fate of exiles in “Birds of Spain,” visiting the south seas in “Paradise, Passing Through,” or waltzing while the empire crumbles in “It All Falls Down.”
“The title song ‘The Promise’ lets us know that for every stormy sky, there’s one of blue, while ‘Someday’ hints at a better tomorrow,” Gladstone says.
Kevin Laliberte (guitar), Russ Boswell (bass), Marito Marques (drums) accompany Gladstone on “Paradise, Passing Through,” as well as six of the album’s nine songs. Laura Fernandez and Julie Gladstone add background vocals, and Bob Cohen plays guitar/bass on three of the folkier songs on The Promise.
The Promise is available now.
The Promise Track Listing:
Woodstock Fifty
Paradise, Passing Through
Birds of Spain
Someday
The Promise
Tell Me Now
There Is Only Love
It All Falls Down
Crossroads
Canadian Actor, Singer & Philanthropist TOM JACKSON Announces 33rd Season of HURON CAROLE
For more than three decades Canada’s most beloved, iconic and active philanthropist, actor and singer Tom Jackson has officially ushered in the Holiday season with his legendary seasonal variety show and fundraiser, The Huron Carole.
While its 33rd season may look a little different this year due to COVID-19, the show — and its critical initiative to support local food banks and other social service agencies nationwide — is set to press on starting this November.
And in many ways, Jackson shares, it may be among The Huron Carole’s most important seasons so far.
“Under the cloud of these challenging times, I am of the opinion that food banks and those less fortunate in our world are going to be the ones most impacted by the current economic fall-out from COVID-19,” Jackson considers. “This Christmas season is going to be different from any other, and it’s going to require us — as individuals and as a society — to look even more inside ourselves for a light of optimism…a silver lining…
“We must treasure that light and hang onto that silver lining with all our might.”
Following a 32-year tradition of travelling nationwide and spotlighting some of the country’s top talent, The Huron Carole will adjust Season 33 to be a virtual event that can either be enjoyed from home or a local venue’s big screen within its regional social distancing protocol and allowance. The show’s dedication to high-quality production and riveting entertainment value remain steadfast; the show is produced by Tomali Pictures Ltd. and Joe Media Group, and is sponsored nationally by Canada Life, a long-standing supporter for 24 years.
The virtual presentation of The Huron Carole is not Tom Jackson’s first foray into helping manage the impact of COVID-19; this Spring, Jackson launched and hosted 12 weekly artist-led episodes of Almighty Voices in support of the Unison Benevolent Fund (a non-profit registered charity providing counselling and emergency financial relief services to the Canadian music community). The series featured Governor General Julie Payette, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Susan Aglukark, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Shannon Gaye & Kristian Alexandrov, The Small Glories, The Travelling Mabels, Beverley Mahood, My My Sugar, Christina Martin, Cynthia Dale, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Alex & Tamen Jadad, Sarah Slean, Liona Boyd, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Measha Brueggergosman, April Wine blues rocker/producer Myles Goodwyn, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, and many more.
For Jackson, the act of giving comes naturally and spreads easily with his indefatigable energy to be on the look-out for those in need or responding to an unexpected crisis. To date, he has helped coordinate more than $230 million in funds and in-kind services to various charities and relief organizations, volunteers with Calgary’s DOAP Team (Downtown Outreach Addictions Partnership), is an Ambassador for the Red Cross, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, received both the JUNO and Gemini Humanitarian Awards in 2007, and the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2014.
Australian Chart-Topping Dance-Pop Artist COLE PHOENIX Has the Magic “Touch” With New Single
Chart-topping and award-nominated International dance-pop artist Cole Phoenix has the magic “Touch” with the release of her newest bop — available now!
“This is about holding onto someone and loving them for who they truly are,” she muses. “All guards down.
“When making music, you need to shed all masks and be genuine to truly connect, to ‘Touch’ your audience right,” she continues. “It’s a little… No, it’s a LOT like love.
“You have to release your inhibitions and realize you have more to gain and nothing to lose when you show for who you are — the real you. That’s the path to finding true love and forming touching music.”
Originally from Australia, and first on the scene in 2012, Cole Phoenix (Nicole Pentis) also holds acting, scriptwriting and authorship credits to her name. She was nominated for a New Music Award’s ‘Best New Top 40 Artist of the Year,’ and a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition twice for singles “Catch-22” and “Cannibal.”
Speaking of singles, her hit song “UFO” hit #1 on the Top 40 Internet, #3 on the AC/Hot AC Internet, and #10 on the Hot 100 Singles charts, and “Back Back To Me” and “Stone Woman” racked up radio play and retail and flight synch lists the world over.
2020 has seen Cole Phoenix’s signature blend of pop, soul, electronic and rock whirl together in releases “Diamond,” “Endless Love,” “Ready to Live,” and “Superhero.”
Recorded at The Warehouse with vocal engineer Alex Krotz, “Touch” was written with Los Angeles-based Billboard-charting producer Guy Gabriel. “Recording at Bryan Adams’ studio in Vancouver’s historic Gastown gave a nice ‘Touch’ to the experience,” she shares. “Gastown is a magical place.”