Showing posts with label Podcasts. Show all posts
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Thursday, 12 December 2013

News Roundup (Lori Yates, Grammy Nominations, Aaron Moore, Jonny Kerr, Roly Greenway)


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    2014 Grammy Nominations (Click here for full list)

    Roots related categories below

    Best Blues Album
    • Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman: Remembering Little Walter
    • James Cotton: Cotton Mouth Man
    • Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite: Get Up!
    • Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa: Seesaw
    • Bobby Rush: Down In Louisiana
    Best Folk Album
    • Guy Clark: My Favorite Picture Of You
    • The Greencards: Sweetheart Of The Sun
    • Sarah Jarosz: Build Me Up From Bones
    • The Milk Carton Kids: The Ash & Clay
    • Various: They All Played For Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration
    Best Americana Album
    • Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell: Old Yellow Moon
    • Steve Martin & Edie Brickell: Love Has Come For You
    • Buddy Miller And Jim Lauderdale: Buddy And Jim
    • Mavis Staples: One True Vine
    • Allen Toussaint: Songbook
    Best Bluegrass Album
    • Boxcars: It's Just A Road
    • Dailey & Vincent: Label: Brothers Of The Highway
    • Della Mae: This World Oft Can Be
    • James King: Three Chords And The Truth
    • Del McCoury Band: The Streets Of Baltimore
    Best Regional Roots Music Album
    • Hot 8 Brass Band: The Life & Times Of...The Hot 8 Brass Band
    • Kahulanui: Hula Ku'i
    • Zachary Richard: Le Fou
    • Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience: Dockside Sessions
    • Joe Tohonnie Jr.: Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs
    Best American Roots Song
    • Sarah Jarosz: Build Me Up From Bones
    • Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses): Invisible
    • Tim O'Brien And Darrell Scott: Keep Your Dirty Lights On
    • Steve Martin & Edie Brickell: Love Has Come For You
    • Allen Toussaint: Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed
    Best Rock Performance
    • Alabama Shakes: Always Alright
    • David Bowie: The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
    • Imagine Dragons: Radioactive
    • Led Zeppelin: Kashmir (Celebration Day)
    • Queens Of The Stone Age: 
    • Jack White: I'm Shakin'
    Best Rock Song
    • Gary Clark Jr.: Ain't Messin 'Round
    • Paul McCartney & Foo Fighters: Cut Me Some Slack
    • Rolling Stones: Doom And Gloom
    • Black Sabbath: God Is Dead?
    • Muse: Panic Station
    Best Rock Album
    • Black Sabbath: 13
    • David Bowie: The Next Day
    • Kings of Leon: Mechanical Bull
    • Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
    • Queens Of The Stone Age: ...Like Clockwork
    • Neil Young With Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill
    Best Country Solo Performance
    • Lee Brice: I Drive Your Truck
    • Hunter Hayes: I Want Crazy
    • Miranda Lambert: Mama's Broken Heart
    • Darius Rucker: Wagon Wheel
    • Blake Shelton: Mine Would Be You
    Best Country Duo/Group Performance
    • The Civil Wars: From This Valley
    • Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill: Don't Rush
    • Little Big Town: Your Side Of The Bed
    • Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban: Highway Don't Care
    • Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton: You Can't Make Old Friends
    Best Country Song
    • Taylor Swift: Begin Again
    • Lee Brice: I Drive Your Truck
    • Kacey Musgraves: Merry Go 'Round
    • Blake Shelton (co-written by Deric Ruttan) Mine Would Be You
    Best Country Album
    • Jason Aldean: Night Train
    • Tim McGraw: Two Lanes Of Freedom
    • Kacey Musgraves: Same Trailer Different Park
    • Blake Shelton: Based On A True Story
    • Taylor Swift: Red
    Best Improvised Jazz Solo
    • Terence Blanchard: Don't Run
    • Paquito D'Rivera: Song For Maura
    • Fred Hersch: Song Without Words #4: Duet
    • Donny McCaslin: Stadium Jazz
    • Wayne Shorter: Orbits
    Best Jazz Vocal Album
    • Andy Bey: The World According To Andy Bey
    • Lorraine Feather: Attachments
    • Gregory Porter: Liquid Spirit
    • Cécile McLorin Salvant: WomanChild
    • Tierney Sutton: After Blue
    Best Jazz Instrumental Album
    • New Gary Burton Quartet: Guided Tour
    • Terri Lyne Carrington: Money Jungle-Provocative In Blue
    • Gerald Clayton: Life Forum
    • Kenny Garrett: Pushing The World Away
    • Christian McBride Trio: Out Here
    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
    • Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Brooklyn Babylon
    • Randy Brecker, W_odek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic: Night In Calisia
    • Brussels Jazz Orchestra Featuring Joe Lovano: Wild Beauty
    • Alan Ferber: March Sublime
    • Dave Slonaker Big Band: Intrada
    Best Latin Jazz Album
    • Buika: La Noche Más Larga
    • Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente: Song For Maura
    • Roberto Fonseca: Yo
    • Omar Sosa: Egg_n
    • Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin





        Links: Roly GreenwayMore Crowbar StoriesMore Guess Who Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Manxcatstales



        Links: Shari and Jonny, More Jonny Kerr StoriesVideo above courtesy of Holyzeta


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        Thursday, 14 November 2013

        News Roundup (Big Johnny Blue, Downbeat Reader's Poll, Scotty Campbell)

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        Downbeat Magazine Reader's Poll results 

        Hall of Fame: Pat Metheny
        Jazz Artist: Wayne Shorter
        Jazz Album: Wayne Shorter Quartet, Without A Net
        Historical Album: Miles Davis Quintet, Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
        Jazz Group: Wayne Shorter Quartet
        Big Band: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
        Trumpet: Wynton Marsalis
        Trombone: Trombone Shorty
        Soprano Saxophone: Wayne Shorter
        Alto Saxophone: Kenny Garrett
        Tenor Saxophone: Sonny Rollins
        Baritone Saxophone: Gary Smulyan
        Clarinet: Anat Cohen
        Flute: Hubert Laws
        Piano: Keith Jarrett
        Keyboard: Herbie Hancock
        Organ: Joey DeFrancesco
        Guitar: Pat Metheny
        Bass: Christian McBride
        Electric Bass: Stanley Clarke
        Violin: Regina Carter
        Drums: Jack DeJohnette
        Vibes: Gary Burton
        Percussion: Poncho Sanchez
        Miscellaneous Instrument: Béla Fleck (banjo)
        Female Vocalist: Diana Krall
        Male Vocalist: Kurt Elling
        Composer: Wayne Shorter
        Arranger: Maria Schneider
        Record Label: Blue Note
        Blues Artist or Group: B.B. King
        Blues Album: Dr. John, Locked Down
        Beyond Artist or Group: Robert Glasper Experiment
        Beyond Album: Donald Fagen, Sunken Condos 

         


        Links: Wayne Shorter, Video courtesy of Tadeus Jazz

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          Thursday, 7 November 2013

          News Roundup (Spec Awards, Blues Blast Awards, Tom Wilson, Lou Reed, Krickets)

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              Spectator's Readers' Choice Awards

              All lists are Platinum, Gold, Silver
              • Festival: Super Crawl, Winona Peach Festival, Locke Street Festival
              • Live Entertainment Facility: Hamilton Place, Copps Coliseum, Theatre Aquarius
              • Concert Venue: Copps Coliseum, Hamilton Place, This Ain't Hollywood
              • Live Jazz Club: Augusta House, Cat'N'Fiddle, Stonewalls 
              • Live Music Bar/Lounge: Casbah, Slainte, Stonewalls
              • Music School: Academy of Performing Arts, Suzuki School of Music, Picks & Sticks 
              • Recording Studio: Grant Avenue, Hive, Sound Cave
              • Music Instrument Store: Long & McQuade, Mountain Music, Payne Music
              • Record/CD Store: Cheapies, Beat Goes On, Dr. Disc 
              • Local Artists: Julia Veenstra, Kathryn Smith, Tom Wilson 

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                       Blues Blast Award Winners
                        • Contemporary Blues Album: Shaun Murphy – Ask For The Moon
                        • Traditional Blues Album: The Cash Box Kings – Black Toppin'
                        • Blues Rock Album: Albert Castiglia – Living The Dream
                        • Soul Blues Album: Curtis Salgado – Soul Shot
                        • New Artist Debut Release: Southern Hospitality – Easy Livin'
                        • Song of the Year: Cee Cee James & Rob "Slideboy" Andrews – "I Got A Right To Sing The Blues"
                        • Female Blues Artist of the Year: Shaun Murphy
                        • Male Blues Artist of the Year: Doug MacLeod
                        • Blues Band of the Year: Tedeschi Trucks Band
                        • Sean Costello Rising Star Award: Doug Deming

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                          Links: Rick and the Krickets, More Rick and the Krickets Stories, Video courtesy of SimVid2



                          Links: Lou Reed, More Lou Reed Stories, Video courtesy of Raufschunaiden



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