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Loretta Lynn Releasing New Studio Album, Wouldn’t It Be Great, on September 28

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Aug 22, 2018

Loretta Lynn Releasing New Studio Album, Wouldn’t It Be Great, on September 28

American music icon Loretta Lynn will release Wouldn’t It Be Great, on Friday, September 28.

One of the most deeply personal albums of Loretta Lynn’s career, Wouldn’t It Be Great communicates in song the hard truths and spiritual insights Loretta has gathered throughout her life and reflects the resilience that sustains her still. Comprised entirely of songs written (or co-written) by Loretta, the album premieres new compositions alongside soulful reinterpretations of enduring classics from her catalog.

“This new record means so much to me, but this last year I had to focus on my health and I decided to hold up the release,” said Loretta. “I’m feelin’ good and look forward to it comin’ out. It was really important to me to be a part of it being released and I’m excited to celebrate with everybody!”

“Wouldn’t It Be Great?” is the last song Loretta wrote for her late husband (Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn). “Well,” Loretta observes, “my husband liked to drink a lot and that’s where that song comes from… ‘Say you love me just one time, with a sober mind’… I always liked that song but I never liked to sing it around Doo.” “That song just always meant so much to me,” continues their daughter (and album co-producer) Patsy Lynn Russell, “because of the lyrics, you know, ‘when my fancy lace couldn’t turn your face,’ it was just so powerful and was a song that needed to be recorded for this album with Loretta. It shows just how masterful my mom is with writing down her feelings.”

Like its predecessor, the critically-acclaimed, Grammy-nominated Full Circle (released March 2016), Wouldn’t It Be Great was mainly recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with producers Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash.

An exploration of Loretta’s songwriting, Wouldn’t It Be Great finds her communicating the universality of human experience–love in all its intoxication and heartbreak, the abiding things of soul and spirit, the transformative power of music and connecting to the world. Wouldn’t It Be Great debuts new songs–“Ruby’s Stool,” “Ain’t No Time To Go,” “I’m Dying For Someone To Live For”–alongside newly recorded renditions of recent compositions (“God Makes No Mistakes,” from Lynn’s 2004 Grammy-winning Jack White-produced Van Lear Rose) and immortal classics like “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (the song Loretta says she’s most proud to have written, also the title of her 1976 memoir and subsequent Oscar-winning 1982 film adaptation) and “Don’t Come Home A’ Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind),” her first of 16 career No. 1 country singles.

A self-taught singer, songwriter and performer, Loretta Lynn is an archetype of American music, a singular artist whose music defined a genre and whose songs continue to inform new generations of musicians.

Loretta made waves in the American music world with 2016’s Full Circle, her first album in more than a decade. A powerful return-to-form, acclaimed by fans and critics alike, the album debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s country charts (Loretta’s 40th Top 10 country album and her highest-charting album ever on the Billboard 200) and was nominated for Best Country Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Loretta followed Full Circle that same year with White Christmas Blue, an album sending listeners on seasonal trip to Lynn’s hometown of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky during Christmastime.

As part of its 50th anniversary commemoration, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum mounted a major exhibition in 2017 focusing on the life, art and music of Loretta Lynn. The popular exhibition, “Loretta Lynn: Blue Kentucky Girl,” opened August 25, 2017 and closed August 5, 2018.

Loretta Lynn has long been established as the undisputed Queen of Country Music, with more than 50 years of recording and touring to her name. A self-taught guitarist and songwriter, Lynn was one of the most distinctive performers in Nashville in the 1960s and 1970s. She shook up Nashville by writing her own songs, many of which tackled boundary-pushing topics drawn from her own life experiences as a wife and mother. “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Fist City” and “Don’t Come Home A’ Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” are just three of 16 country No. 1 singles.

Lynn is also one of the most awarded musicians of all time. She has been inducted into more music Halls of Fame than any female recording artist, including The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was the first woman to be named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 1972. Lynn received Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. In 2015, she was named recipient of Billboard’s inaugural Women in Music “Legend” Award. Lynn has won four Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010) and sold more than 45 million records worldwide.

Loretta Lynn – Wouldn’t It Be Great
01. Wouldn’t It Be Great? (written by Loretta Lynn)
02. Ruby’s Stool (written by Loretta Lynn, Shawn Camp)
03. I’m Dying for Someone to Live For (written by Loretta Lynn, Shawn Camp)
04. Another Bridge to Burn (written by Loretta Lynn, Lola Jean Dillon)
05. Ain’t No Time to Go (written by Loretta Lynn, Patsy Lynn Russell)
06. God Makes No Mistakes (written by Loretta Lynn)
07. These Ole Blues (written by Loretta Lynn, Patsy Lynn Russell)
08. My Angel Mother (written by Loretta Lynn)
09. Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (written by Loretta Lynn, Peggy Sue Wells)
10. The Big Man (written by Loretta Lynn, Shawn Camp)
11. Lulie Vars (Traditional, arrangement by Loretta Lynn)
12. Darkest Day (written by Loretta Lynn)
13. Coal Miner’s Daughter (written by Loretta Lynn)

Spiritualized Release Track Listing For “And Nothing Hurt”

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Spiritualized Release Track Listing For “And Nothing Hurt”

Spiritualized is set to release their eighth album, entitled And Nothing Hurt via Fat Possum on September 7. In late July, Spiritualized shared Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go, which Jason Pierce of the new track: It is a list of instructions that, if followed, allows the listener to find my house. The route is real but it’s on the west coast of America so the house being mine is a fiction. I love the line about the cop waiting up all night to add to his total busts for the day. I wanted it to all end in happiness but it leaves with just a small trace of sadness.”

Track Listing:
1. A Perfect Miracle
2. I’m Your Man
3. Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go
4. Let’s Dance
5. On the Sunshine
6. Damaged
7. The Morning After
8. The Prize
9. Sail on Through

ERIC SCHENKMAN (Spin Doctors) Set To Release Third Solo Album ‘Who Shot John?’ October 26

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ERIC SCHENKMAN (Spin Doctors) Set To Release Third Solo Album ‘Who Shot John?’ October 26

You might have seen ERIC SCHENKMAN before, on stages before thousands of fans throughout the world with the Spin Doctors. You would already know he is one of the band’s not-so-secret weapons — a vital songwriter and a virtuoso guitarist who both crafted the ‘90s band and co-wrote all five of their Top 100 hits. He also worked with Chico Hamilton, Carly Simon, Natalie Merchant, Noel Redding, Phoebe Snow and Corky Laing, among many other notable musicians.

And that is exactly what you hear as well on his self-produced third solo album, WHO SHOT JOHN?, October 26.

WHO SHOT JOHN? showcases the many sides of ERIC SCHENKMAN from raw, rockin’ blues to funk/soul/pop. With its elemental lineup of guitar, bass and drums, and songs that seldom stray beyond three chords it’s radio-friendly and familiar enough to draw listeners in. After that, the complexities reveal themselves.

The proof is in the beats, in the intimacy of those late nights on the stage and through every moment of WHO SHOT JOHN? It’s even expressed in the title track, an old American colloquialism meaning “cut the bullshit, let’s get real.”

Already performing a residency in his current hometown of Toronto every Wednesday at Grossman’s Tavern, he has lined up three shows outside of Toronto to celebrate the release of his album: My Father’s Place in Roslyn, NY on September 27, The Barn in Egremont, MA on September 29 and at the Rockwood Music Hall in New York City on September 30. Tickets are available on SCHENKMAN’s official website. The Spin Doctors are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a special show at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY on November 8, presented by Relix magazine. More solo shows are currently in the works and will be posted online in the coming weeks.

SCHENKMAN’s unique artistry emerges in the exhilarating anarchy of “Agent Orange.” The sensuous rumba feel of “Fortune Teller.” The rock ’n soul infused love song “Only A Fool.” The Americana-tinged “Lincoln’s Feat.” The steady, pulsing grove of “Locked in the House.” And the hard-hitting rock of “No Pain.” Every track digs in deep and doesn’t let go, thanks to SCHENKMAN’s voice, commanding guitar and powerfully emotional lyrics.

WHO SHOT JOHN? is both classic and immediate. And, as SCHENKMAN would likely admit, it’s overdue. “I’ve been playing the Ontario blues circuit for about a decade,” he explains. “I have this long history as a guitarist in relationship to the blues up here in Canada. And I’ve been writing songs in a couple of different idioms. So WHO SHOT JOHN? comes from a convergence of my three worlds — vocals, guitar and songwriting. It’s about my life. Where I’m at now.”

The new album kind of launched itself, beginning in December 2017, when SCHENKMAN went to visit Van Romaine in Newark. A bona fide groove master, Romaine plays drums with Enrique Iglesias and with the Steve Morse Band. Together they recorded the foundation for about half the songs on WHO SHOT JOHN?

The rest of the guitar/drum basics were nailed when SCHENKMAN asked another longtime pal, North Mississippi All Stars drummer Cody Dickinson, to play electric washboard on the title track. That session led to Dickinson playing drums on the rest of the tracks which were recorded at the Checkerboard Lounge just south of Memphis.

The next step was to invite Canadian blues veteran, Shawn Kellerman who plays with Lucky Peterson, to co-produce and play bass. As the production continued in Kitchener, New York and Los Angeles, it became clear SCHENKMAN accomplished what many have tried: each track crackles with the live energy he has cultivated for the last 30+ years on stage.

SCHENKMAN attributes this both to his choice of songs and to the calibre of his fellow musicians. “All of us are live players. These guys love to play live. You can feel that throughout the album.”

This Live 3D Effect Shows How The Rolling Stones Have Looked For 55 Years

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Aug 21, 2018

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This Live 3D Effect Shows How The Rolling Stones Have Looked For 55 Years

Angel Nene who created a remarkable video in which photos of The Rolling Stones are morphed into live 3D timelapses and uses the music released to match that time. The aging process begins in 1962 and goes through present day.

https://youtu.be/T2vTuOaqo74

This is an interesting idea: The Beach Boys’ “Do It Again” with the drums sound originally delayed removed

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Aug 21, 2018

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This is an interesting idea: The Beach Boys’ “Do It Again” with the drums sound originally delayed removed

During the mixdown of The Beach Boys’ Do It Again, engineer Stephen Desper came up with the drum effect heard at the beginning of the track. He explained that he had “commissioned Philips, in Holland, to build two tape delay units for use on the road to double live vocals. He moved four of the Philips PB heads very close together so that one drum strike was repeated four times about 10 milliseconds apart, and blended it with the original to give the effect you hear.

distinctive delay effect applied to the drums by sound engineer Stephen Desper, giving it its weird blend of electronic fuzz and nostalgia (“like something from another planet”). Being honest with myself, I have to say it’s better this way. But then, I wasn’t th

Here’s the original:

Here it is with the delay effect removed:

Barack Obama Released His Summer Reading List

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Aug 21, 2018

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Barack Obama Released His Summer Reading List

Barack Obama wants you to get away from the TV for a few hours and do some serious thinking this summer. For his annual list of the best books to read this season, Obama has selected five books worthy of your attention – including one by Michael Ondaatje, the Sri Lanka-born Canadian poet, writer, essayist, novelist, editor and filmmaker.

One of my favorite parts of summer is deciding what to read when things slow down just a bit, whether it’s on a vacation with family or just a quiet afternoon. This summer I’ve been absorbed by new novels, revisited an old classic, and reaffirmed my faith in our ability to move forward together when we seek the truth. Here’s what I’ve been reading:

Tara Westover’s Educated is a remarkable memoir of a young woman raised in a survivalist family in Idaho who strives for education while still showing great understanding and love for the world she leaves behind.

Set after WWII, Warlight by Michael Ondaatje is a meditation on the lingering effects of war on family.

With the recent passing of V.S. Naipaul, I reread A House for Mr Biswas, the Nobel Prize winner’s first great novel about growing up in Trinidad and the challenge of post-colonial identity.

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is a moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.

Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.

THE Book For Bassists Is Here: The Bass Space – Profiles of Classic Electric Basses

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Aug 21, 2018

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THE Book For Bassists Is Here: The Bass Space – Profiles of Classic Electric Basses

The long-awaited, definitive book for lovers of the low-end. Willie G. Moseley, Senior Writer for Vintage Guitar Magazine, profiles more than 100 historic and unique electric bass models from such makers as Alembic, Danelectro, Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hamer, Kramer, Rickenbacker, and many others. Rare and legendary instruments, from the earliest attempts at amplified basses in the mid-1930s to the cutting-edge instruments of today, are presented in more than 250 color and period photos. The main feature of this book is the exclusive coverage of historic and one-of-a-kind basses owned and played by such famed musicians as: Bill Black (Elvis Presley), Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge), Mark Egan (Pat Metheny Group), John Entwistle (The Who), Paul Goddard (Atlanta Rhythm Section), Bruce Hall (REO Speedwagon), Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), Benjamin Orr (The Cars), Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick), Carl Radle (Derek and the Dominos), Gene Simmons (Kiss), Steve Wariner, and others.

You can get it here.

That Time Dave Grohl Visited Lemmy From Motorhead At His Home

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That Time Dave Grohl Visited Lemmy From Motorhead At His Home

“I was flipping out. Once you get to the building, it’s like that weird ‘Pulp Fiction’ scene, I don’t know, fuck dude. So I’m walking in like, ‘Am I about to get assassinated right now?’ Then I look up on the balcony and there’s a guy who works for him [saying], ‘Up here!’ So I go up and I walk into the apartment, it was just like a hoarder maze of porn, magazines, fucking Nazi stuff all over the place. God bless him, he wasn’t a Nazi, but he collected that shit. I come around the corner and he’s sitting there on the couch in his fucking g-string underwear that I’ll never forget, it had a black widow right on the dick. It was black, his black widow, and fucking nothing else on; he’d just dyed his hair black. He’s on the phone doing a [phone interview], and there’s a fucking video game on pause on the TV. He’s [mumbling], I sit down on the couch like, ‘What is going on right now?’ He goes, ‘Want a drink?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah.’ The way he did it was so cool, this dude in the kitchen had the ice and Coke, but Lemmy kept the bottle right next to him. There’s a 1/3 of an inch left for Coke. I walk into the bathroom, and I think he had just dyed his hair, because it looked like someone had just blown their head off in the fucking sink. I’m peeing and I go to wash my hands, and I’m like, ‘Oh shit, where’s the towel?’ I’m like no no no, there’s dirty robes hanging on this thing, and I’m like fuck! I go to barely touch one, and they all fall to the ground. There’s cologne everywhere, it was the greatest day of my entire life.” – Dave Grohl, on visiting Lemmy at his home.

Celine Dion, age 16, singing “O Canada” at a Montreal Expos game in 1984

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Celine Dion, age 16, singing “O Canada” at a Montreal Expos game in 1984

In 1984, Celine Dion released Mélanie, reaching Gold in Canada with the help of two top ten Quebec singles in “Une colombe” and “Mon rêve de toujours”, which peaked at number two and four, respectively. Around the time of the release in August, she performed the Canadian anthem at a Montreal Expo game.

https://youtu.be/We2awoQPqmQ

1960s Motown-Style Remake of Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’

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Aug 21, 2018

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1960s Motown-Style Remake of Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’

For the latest edition of pianist Scott Bradlee’s “Postmodern Jukebox” music series, the Postmodern Jukebox band and recording artist Melinda Doolittle perform a Diana Ross-Inspired 1960s Motown soul rendition of Justin Bieber’s 2010 hit, Baby.