Ralf Hildenbeutel’s Disco is an incredible video made up of 1,250 hand-made drawings of a dancer. Although each drawing is different, it’s drenched in a delightful 2-minute clip.
Ralf Hildenbeutel – Disco from Boris Seewald on Vimeo.
Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” Performed By One Cellist
Known to the world as one of the heaviest songs of all time, Black Sabbath’s War Pigs has reached a level of popular acclaim that would even surprise the band members. Take this video of Aaron Gage performing the song with his loop station and electric cello/voice at Fishhead Cantina. It’s still not for the weak-hearted, with a new level of verve.
John Mayer Adds North American Summer Dates To His “Search for Everything” World Tour
A summer leg has been added to John Mayer’s Search for Everything World Tour, which will launch on Tuesday, July 18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Isleta Amphitheater and runs through Sunday, September 3 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Klipsch Music Center. Each concert on the tour will be comprised of full band, solo acoustic and John Mayer Trio sets of music. Click HERE to find out what to expect from The Search For Everything World Tour direct from John. A full listing of tour dates can be found below.
Tickets will go on sale beginning Saturday, March 4 at 10 AM through livenation.com. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets for select shows before the general public beginning Tuesday, February 28 at 12 PM through Friday, March 3 at 10 PM. Check johnmayer.com/tour for other presale opportunities.
The second wave of music from The Search for Everything will be released on Friday, February 24, consisting of four brand new songs – “Still Feel Like Your Man,” “Emoji of a Wave,” “Helpless,” and “Roll it on Home.” The album, which Mayer began recording in 2014 at the famed Capitol Studios in the Capitol Records building in Hollywood, will be released in its entirety on Friday, April 14 through Columbia Records. Wave Two is available here at HERE.
The Search for Everything World Tour dates:
Fri Mar 31 Albany, NY Times Union Center
Sat Apr 01 Montreal, QUE Bell Centre
Mon Apr 03 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Wed Apr 05 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Thu Apr 06 Washington DC Verizon Center
Fri Apr 07 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Sun Apr 09 Boston, MA TD Garden
Tue Apr 11 Chicago, IL United Center
Wed Apr 12 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Fri Apr 14 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
Sat Apr 15 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Mon Apr 17 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Wed Apr 19 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Fri Apr 21 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Sat Apr 22 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
Wed May 3 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
Fri May 5 Herning, DK Jyske Bank Boxen
Sun May 7 Stockholm, SE Ericcson Globe
Tue May 8 Oslo, NO Spektrum
Wed May 9 Copenhagen, DK Royal Arena
Fri May 12 London, ENG The O2
Tue Jul 18 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
Wed Jul 19 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Fri Jul 21 Quincy, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 22 Portland, OR Moda Center
Tue Jul 25 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Thu Jul 27 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
Sat Jul 29 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun Jul 30 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Tue Aug 01 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Thu Aug 03 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Sat Aug 05 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Sun Aug 06 Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Tue Aug 08 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
Wed Aug 09 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Thu Aug 10 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 12 Fort Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
Sun Aug 13 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
Tue Aug 15 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Wed Aug 16 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Fri Aug 18 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
Sat Aug 19 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun Aug 20 Hartford, CT XFINITY Theatre
Tue Aug 22 Syracuse, NY Lakeview Amphitheater
Wed Aug 23 Wantagh, NY Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Fri Aug 25 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Sat Aug 26 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Sun Aug 27 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
Tue Aug 29 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Wed Aug 30 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Fri Sep 01 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat Sep 02 Tinley Park, IL Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sun Sep 03 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
A limited number of exclusive ticket packages will be available for the North American concerts starting Thursday March 2nd at 10AM local. Select packages include premium tickets and meet & greets. For more information, visit johnmayer.com/tour.
Ron Sexsmith Releasing 13th Album “The Last Rider” On April 21
Three-time Juno award winner Ron Sexsmith has today revealed details about his new album, The Last Rider. Scheduled for release on Friday, April 21, this, Ron’s thirteenth studio recording was co-produced at The Bathouse Studios in Kingston, Ontario by longtime drummer and collaborator Don Kerr and Sexsmith. The album is his first album to include Ron’s touring band.
“At this point, it’s just second nature for me to write short, melodic songs that say everything I want to say,” says Sexsmith. “But having my band totally involved on this album maybe brought out more in the songs than on other recent albums. It felt special, anyway.”
In addition to album release details, Ron has also today announced the dates for his upcoming Canadian tour. Every concert ticket purchased for Ron Sexsmith’s The Last Rider tour will include a digital copy of his new album The Last Rider. Beginning today, fans who purchase concert tickets or pre-order The Last Rider from iTunes or on CD/LP from Ron’s Official Store prior to the album’s April 21 release, will receive five new songs instantly including the single “Radio”. See tour dates below.
Spotify users can Pre-Save The Last Rider and it will automatically be added to their Spotify collection upon release.
Since making his major-label debut in 1995, Ron Sexsmith has become recognized worldwide as one of Canada’s most renowned songwriters. He counts among his fans Elvis Costello, Elton John and Paul McCartney and has amassed no less than eight Juno Award nominations as Songwriter of the Year.
The Last Rider track listing:
It Won’t Last For Long
Our Way
Breakfast Ethereal
Worried Song
West Gwillimbury
Who Are We Right Now
Shoreline
Dead End Dreams
Evergreen
Upward Dog
Only Trouble Is
Radio
Every Last One
Dreams Are Bigger
Man At The Gate (1913)
Album and Tour Band:
Ron Sexsmith, guitars and vocals
Don Kerr, drums
Jason Mercer, bass
Kevin Lacroix, guitar
Dave Matheson, piano
The Last Rider tour
April 21 Meaford, ON Meaford Hall
April 22 Morrisburg, ON St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage
April 23 Barrie, ON Mady Centre’
April 24 Belleville, ON Empire Theatre
April 26 London, ON London Music Hall
April 28 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
April 29 * Ottawa, ON NAC
May 6 Winnipeg. MAN West End Cultural Centre
May 7 Regina, SK The Exchange
May 8 Saskatoon, SK Broadway Theatre
May 9 Edmonton, AB Royal Alberta Museum Theatre
May 10 Calgary, AB Bella Concert Hall
May 12 Nelson, BC Spiritbar At The Hume Hotel
May 13 Lake Country, BC Memorial Hall
May 15 Vancouver, BC Rio Thetare
May 17 Victoria, BC Alix Goolden Hall
May 18 * Powell River, BC Mac Cameron
*these shows do not include digital download of The Last Rider
Deaf father Kevin Nadrowski sings “If You’re Happy and You Know It” to his young deaf daughter in ASL
Today, I learned how to sign this. Thank you, Kevin!
Philips Is Creating Their Own Team of Superheroes – Everyday Ones With The Help Of Spider-Man
Philips, the global leaders in health technology – although mostly known for their production of electronics – has launched its latest campaign in Australia which is aimed at healthcare professionals and wants to show the world how Philips sees healthcare differently.
The campaign was created by creative agency Ogilvy & Mather London and its story-line is inspired by true events and actions of Roger Corcoran, who has been cleaning windows the at Children’s Center of Mayo Clinic in Minnesota dressed as Spiderman to see a “smile on the little guys faces”. And that exactly corresponds with the goal of the campaign which suggests that: “There’s always a way to make life better.”
https://youtu.be/1abDtr-Ffnw
The biggest county music stories of the week. It’s your Country 92.9 update with Mike Regnier and I
Countey 92.9’s Mike Regnier and I discuss Darius Rucker playing a TV bad-guy on Friday night, Jason Aldean is selling a property in Tennessee, and K.D. is back on the road!
k.d. lang Announces Canadian Tour
On the 25th anniversary of her platinum selling Ingénue album and the huge hit “Constant Craving,” which launched her into stardom around the world, k.d. lang is about to hit the road solo across Canada. Fans in 17 cities coast to coast, from Victoria, B.C. to St. John’s, NL, will have the pleasure of experiencing lang live as she brings her singular singing style to classics from her 30 year repertoire. These memorable evenings take place over 23 shows from August 12 to September 19, 2017, in a tour presented by AEG Live.
After exploring different creative platforms in recent years, this unique and multi-talented performer is returning to the stage in celebration of her first love, promising to take her music to new heights on this brand new cross-Canada tour. Fans of the chanteuse won’t want to miss this opportunity to catch lang live, in a rare treat that seldom comes along.
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3 at 10am local time. Fan club members can purchase tickets during the presale beginning Thursday, March 2 at 10 am local time. Tickets are available at AEGLive.com. NAC subscribers and donors can purchase tickets to the NAC Gala during the NAC presale starting today (Thursday, February 23) at 3pm EST.
2017 is a landmark year for lang, as it represents the 25th anniversary of the release of her groundbreaking Ingénue album and the 150th anniversary of Canada. The convergence of these two anniversaries is momentous for the singer. Lang is an important part of the fabric of music in Canada, thanks to her original music, the music that’s inspired her and the other artists that she has covered in her own unique renditions. As a result of her deep connection to Canadian music, she’s been invited to be one of Canada’s 150th Ambassadors.
Fans excited for the tour know she is renowned for her live shows, prompting the New York Times’ Stephen Holden to observe: “Few singers command such perfection of pitch. Her voice, at once beautiful and unadorned and softened with a veil of smoke, invariably hits the middle of a note and remains there.”
As part of this new tour lang will perform songs from Ingénue along with hits from her 2004 album Hymns of the 49th Parallel, which featured lang singing the songs that define her country by fellow Canadians, including: Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith, and Bruce Cockburn.
After first appearing on stage as the cowgirl with the golden voice, she went on to become the crooner who sang “Constant Craving” and also achieved much success interpreting other artists’ songs. Pervading all her interpretations is a sense of melancholy that lang manages to render with nuance and grace. Some of her most memorable recordings are the (now-iconic) rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” Roy Orbison’s “Crying,” and her collaboration with Tony Bennett on their 2002 Wonderful World duets album. She later joined Bennett for a successful co-headlining concert tour. He says of lang: “She’s the best singer of her generation.”
Branching out into uncharted territory isn’t foreign to lang. In 2014, she guest-starred in the hit TV show Portlandia, playing an exaggerated version of herself. In 2015, the Alberta Ballet staged an original performance piece called Balletlujah!, based on the life and music of lang. The creative process and dance numbers were also turned into a film of the same name, featuring lang’s participation, which aired on the CBC.
lang has recently been working with new collaborators: indie icon Neko Case and respected singer/songwriter Laura Veirs. The three joined forces to write and record the album case/lang/veirs, which was released in June, 2016.
Here are the 2017 tour dates:
Saturday August 12 – Victoria, BC, Royal Theatre
Sunday, August 13 – Victoria, BC, Royal Theatre
Wednesday August 16 – Vancouver, BC, Orpheum Theatre
Thursday August 17 – Vancouver, BC, Orpheum Theatre
Saturday August 19 – Edmonton, AB, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Sunday August 20 – Edmonton, AB, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Tuesday August 22 – Saskatoon, SK, TCU Place
Wednesday August 23 – Calgary, AB, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Thursday August 24 – Calgary, AB, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Saturday August 26 – Regina, SK, Conexus Arts Centre
Sunday August 27 – Winnipeg, MB, Burton Cummings Theatre
Wednesday August 30 – Toronto, ON, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Thursday August 31 – Toronto, ON, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Saturday September 2 – Montreal, QC, Place des Arts – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Sunday September 3 – Quebec, QC, Grand Théâtre de Québec
Thursday September 7 – Moncton, NB, Casino New Brunswick
Friday September 8 – Charlottetown, PEI, Eastlink Centre Charlottetown
Saturday September 9 – Halifax, NS, Scotiabank Centre
Monday September 11 – Sydney, NS, Centre 200
Thursday September 14 – St. John’s, NL, Mile One Centre
Saturday September 16 – Ottawa, ON, National Arts Centre Fundraising Gala **
Sunday September 17 – Ottawa, ON, National Arts Centre
Tuesday September 19 – Hamilton, ON, FirstOntario Concert Hall (formerly Hamilton Place)
** The National Arts Centre Gala includes a performance by the NAC orchestra, as well as a concert by k.d. lang. This is the only tour date to include the addition of an orchestra performance to the program.
Tickets on sale at each venue and at all usual outlets. Fan Club pre-sale begins Thursday, March 2 at 10 am.
Watch The BBC Doc “A Is For Abba” And Realize How Little Anyone Knows About The Group
ABBA – Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. With all of their success, you would think we’d all know a lot about them, but when you think about it, they’re really one of the most secretive, kept to themselves, and quiet bands of all time.
Even when a decade after their breakup, very little was really known about them. Which is likely by the BBC cast John Peel in this 1993 retrospective documentary called A Is For Abba and added Ray Davies, Elvis Costello, Roy Wood, and Ian McCulloch for good measure. Add parody skits from Not the Nine O’Clock News and French and Saunders, and you’ve got this documentary as close to what we may know for a while.
King Crimson (And Their 4 Drummers!) Announce North American Tour Dates
King Crimson have officially announced a previously mentioned summer U.S. tour, as well as plans for a new 12-inch single. Set for April release, King Crimson’s as-yet-untitled single marks their first new music since 2003’s The Power to Believe. Band founder Robert Fripp is joined by returning long-time Crimson members Tony Levin, Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins. They’re also bringing four drummers: Bill Rieflin, Gavin Harrison, Pat Mastelotto and Jeremy Stacey. Which is one more than…well…anyone else, really.
King Crimson ‘Radical Action Tour’ Dates
6/13 – Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
6/15 – Saratoga, CA, Mountain Winery
6/17 – San Francisco, CA, TBA
6/19 – San Diego, CA, Humphrey’s
6/21 – Los Angeles, CA, TBA
6/24 – Denver, CO, TBA
6/26 – Minneapolis, MN, TBA
6/28 – Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre
6/30 – Rochester, NY, Kodak Hall
7/03 – Montreal QC, Montreal Jazz Festival
7/05 – Toronto, ON, Massey Hall
7/07 – Quebec, QC, TBA
7/09 – Red Bank, NJ, Count Basie Theatre
7/14 – Mexico City, MX, TBA
7/15 – Mexico City, MX, TBA