There’s a video teaser for the official illustrated book: ‘Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin’
Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin is the first and only official illustrated book to be produced in collaboration with the members of the band. Celebrating 50 years since their formation, it covers the group’s unparalleled musical career and features photographs of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham on and offstage, in candid moments and in the recording studio. This definitive 400-page volume includes previously unpublished photos, artwork from the Led Zeppelin archives and contributions from photographers around the world. It comes out in October, and you can pre-order it here.
Musician Slays Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” On A Ukulele
Canadian musician and ukulele virtuoso James Hill channeled Jimi Hendrix in a incredible live cover of Voodoo Child (Slight Return).
Muhammad Ali’s Heated Debate On Race Relations with Sly Stone and Wayne Hays
In 1966, two years after winning the heavyweight title, Muhammed Ali antagonized the white establishment by refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War. He was eventually arrested, found guilty of draft evasion charges, and stripped of his boxing titles. He successfully appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, by which time he had not fought for nearly four years and thereby lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. Ali’s actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation.
There might not be another time when two artists and a politician argue on national television over a heated topic as race relations. The risk of losing your audience is too much, and Ali stays his ground so perfectly here.
https://youtu.be/IbJorYK6QuQ
It’s Saturday. Here’s the Peanuts gang playing Rush’s 2112.
All 21 minutes and 12 seconds of it. That is all.
Christina Martin Releases New Video For “Impossible To Hold”
Christina Martin is a multi-award winning Canadian singer-songwriter whose style has been described as an effortless union between Americana and Rock.
Following two years of touring across Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, The UK, Switzerland, Austria, France and Canada, Christina Martin returned home briefly in 2016 to write her newest album. A fervent anthem for those who are lost and longing, Lungs Are Burning was the first single from her album Impossible To Hold. The first single was triggered by the rising Fentanyl drug crisis killing thousands of Canadians, with Christina’s lyrics set to music by her and Dale Murray. With lyrics like “while I’m watching the babies” and “got to go out and get some, baby”, Martin captures the desperation of “chasing the dream” and the horror of living it. Murray’s stately production brings that stark reality home with a bite. She says, “The song is an modest attempt to bring light to the heavy topic of addiction, and reflects my own personal sense of loss, longing and a deep void, and the ache I feel from losing my brother and friends to addiction and mental illness.”
“Impossible To Hold” is Martin’s sixth and strongest studio album, achieving a perfect balance between organic ambiance and impeccable production. “I’m writing about faith and love more than ever with songs like ‘Keep Me Calm’ and ‘Always Reminding’, but I haven’t shaken the need to write about the darker things that are part of our human journey”. Combining good taste, passionate singing and thoughtful lyrics, “Impossible To Hold” is where music and poetry meet.