It’s not easy to describe the demeanour of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk as he earnestly speaks about how books have shaped his spirit, jokes about how he wanted to be a painter, cleverly dodges a question on his love life and even shares his idea of the “ideal reader”. The Nobel laureate is certainly not [...]
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My ideal reader makes his soul through my book: Pamuk
January 28th, 2011 |
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Kevin Smith Rips Bruce Willis
January 24th, 2011 |
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Turns out there’s something Kevin Smith hates more than airlines…..His name is Bruce Willis. The portly lensman launched a scathing attack on the action star during an appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast last week, branding Willis “soul crushing” to work with. Smith — who directed Bruce in last year’s film flop Cop [...]
Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 2: Mason Jennings, Soul Asylum
December 23rd, 2010 |
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AVAILABLE NOW AS LIMITED EDITION DOUBLE WHITE VINYL LP
On December 7, the Minnesota Beatle Project is releasing the second volume of their critically acclaimed
Beatles covers to benefit art and music education in Minnesota Public Schools. The project features artists such as
Soul Asylum, Mason Jennings, Total Babe, P.O.S. and Sounds of
Blackness. A limited edition (500) double white LP will be available exclusively from ElectricFetus.com.
Check out the video clip below of Mason Jennings discussing his decision to cover The Beatles song “Child Of Nature”
for the compilation.
Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 2 Tracklisting
1 – Good Morning Good Morning – Soul Asylum
2 – Revolution – Total Babe
3 – Child Of Nature – Mason Jennings
4 – Fixing A Hole – Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons (Humans Win! Remix)
5 – Real Love – Lookbook
6 – Happiness Is A Warm Gun – A Night In The Box
7 – It’s All Too Much – Polara
8 – Tomorrow Never Knows – Meat Puppets feat. Alison Scott
9 – I Am The Walrus – Pert Near Sandstone
10 – Michelle – The New Standards
11 – And Your Bird Can Sing – Rogue Valley
12 – Dear Boy – P.O.S.
13 – I Want To Hold Your Hand – Edison High School
14 – Golden Slumbers – Communist Daughter
15 – Hey Jude – Sounds Of Blackness
16 – Good Night – Curtiss A’s D’Lando Flaques ffaire *Rockestra
Bluesfest 2011 Sideshows
December 17th, 2010 |
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FEATURING TRUCKS & TEDESCHI, ROBERT RANDOLPH,
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, MAVIS STAPLES,
IRMA
THOMAS
 Mavis Staples |
Bluesfest today announced its first run of
festival sideshows for Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide based audiences. And, what an electrifying array of musical
delights it is, featuring some of the best world-class blues, roots, gospel, and soul talent announced so far for
Bluesfest 2011.
For the first show, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band will be ably supported by the amazing funk
soul pedal-steel master guitarist Robert Randolph and the Family Band in Sydney on April 21 at the Enmore Theatre,
and Melbourne on April 22 at the Palace Theatre.
This next show is ‘A Gospel Celebration!’ with Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Aaron Neville. Opening proceedings
will be none other than Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and legendary vocalist Mavis Staples. The dates are April 20 in
Melbourne at The Palais and April 25 in Sydney at the Opera House.
The third festival sideshow will include Irma Thomas. The soul queen of New Orleans will be traveling down under
for her first ever Australian tour. This “N’awlins Soul Sister No 1” is responsible for cutting some of the finest ever
soul music in the history of New Orelans music including “Time Is On My Side” later recorded by the Rolling Stones,
and “Ruler Of My Heart” which was changed to “Pain In My Heart” and recorded by Otis Redding. This sideshow is
scheduled for April 21 at The Factory in Sydney.
Click here for all information related to Bluesfest 2011
in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Aretha Franklin Cancels All Apperances Through May
November 4th, 2010 |
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The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has cancelled all concert dates and personal appearances through May due to undisclosed medical reasons, The Associated Press said Thursday. The news comes several days after the music legend’s longtime publicist Tracey Jordan announced that Franklin, 68, had been released from a Detroit hospital following a brief stay. In [...]
Susan Boyle warns off gold diggers as she waits for Mr. Right
November 1st, 2010 |
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Scottish singer Susan Boyle has revealed that she has not given up yet on finding her soul mate, and also issued a warning to gold diggers. Boyle, 49, said that she is not in any rush to find her soul mate though she would very much like to meet him. “There’s still time to meet [...]
Solomon Burke Dead at 70
October 11th, 2010 |
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GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SOUL SINGER DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES
 Solomon Burke |
Soul legend Solomon Burke
passed away on Sunday, October 10 at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. He was
70 years old.
Burke was best known for classic hits like “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” and “Cry to Me”. His songs has
been covered by The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, among others. Inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, his final album, Hold On Tight, is due out later this month.
“Early this morning, Sunday, October 10, 2010, the legendary King of Rock & Soul, Solomon Burke, our father,
passed away due to natural causes.
Solomon had just arrived at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for a sold out show at Paradiso with
Dutch band, De Dijk. He was on his way to spread his message of love as he loved to do.
This is a time of great sorrow for our entire family. We truly appreciate all of the support and well wishes from his
friends and fans. Although our hearts and lives will never be the same, his love, life and music will continue to live
within us forever. As our family grieves during this time of mourning, thank you for respecting our privacy.
Family of Solomon Burke”
Solomon Burke, “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love†Crooner, Dies At Amsterdam Airport
October 10th, 2010 |
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Robust soul singer Solomon Burke — dubbed “The King of Rock and Soul” during a career that spanned five decades — died Sunday at an airport in Amsterdam airport. He was 70. A spokeswoman for Schiphol Airport confirmed that Burke, a Grammy Award winner, died but could not say whether he had died during his [...]
Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy On The Colbert Report
October 7th, 2010 |
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A SOUL LEGEND AND AN INDIE ROCK ICON
Last night, Mavis Staples and
Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy stopped by The
Colbert Report for an interview with Stephen Colbert and a performance of the title track off Staples’ new album
You Are Not Alone, produced by Tweedy. Check out both clips below. (via The Audio Perv)
Halle Berry As Aretha Franklin? Queen Of Soul Wants Halle For Aretha Franklin Biopic
September 20th, 2010 |
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Never one to mince words (Or turn her back on a free buffet), Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has some very strong opinions on which Hollywood heavyweight should sing her heart out in the lead role in a proposed biopic about the “Respect” diva. Here’s a hint: It isn’t Gabourey Sidibe.The years have not been kind [...]
Aretha Franklin to perform with Condoleezza Rice
July 2nd, 2010 |
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”Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will be sharing the stage for a duet performance in Philadelphia next month. The pair will perform songs such as ”Natural Woman” and ”Say a Little Prayer” for a fundraising event for inner city children on 27 July at the Mann Centre [...]
Sharon Jones on Letterman
May 5th, 2010 |
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SAUCIEST OLD SCHOOL SOUL REVUE CHARMS AGAIN
It’s hard to get over HOW much better the soul music being offered by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is than the vast majority of contemporary soul out there. One can easily imagine this tune playing on the radio next to Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and other soul pioneers back in the day. This is their performance last night on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Tour Dates :: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings News :: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Concert Reviews
SXSW: Partial Band List/Panels
February 2nd, 2010 |
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SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ANNOUNCES PARTIAL BAND LIST, PANEL INFO, STAGE NEWS
 Pretty Lights |
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place March 17-21, 2010 in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce a few of the bands scheduled to perform, artists that are participating on panels and exciting changes at the SXSW Day Stage.
This year’s SXSW Music Conference will feature some notable artists that will be speaking on panels taking place in the Austin Convention Center. Judy Collins shares her thoughts on Where Goes English Folk Music?, John Doe joins Ian Rogers‘ panel The Cultural Significance of Direct-to-Fan Marketing, DJ Spooky encourages the spread of music into established cultural institutions in Performing Arts: New Frontier for Live Acts, Melissa Auf Der Mar exhibits her photographic side on Image Makers Of Rock and Soul, Suzanne Vega kicks MP3 butt on Music Artists: Getting A Digital Ass-Kicking, Andrew WK dissects rock star myths on What Becomes A Legend Most, Chris Walla highlights his studio work on Producers Adapt & Survive, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth recall early gigs on CBGBs Stories, and Anya Marina talks soundtracks on Case Study: New Moon.
Join these artists and over 350 other speakers for an enlightening look at the past, present and future of the music industry.
The SXSW Day Stage also in the Austin Convention Center, will be partnering with six great radio stations from around the country who will present Day Stage performances on their airwaves. These are KCRW, KEXP, WXPN, The Current, KUT, and Mexico City’s Reactor.
Each station will present a three hour block of music. Highlighting KCRW‘s block on Saturday March 20 will be Rogue Wave, Middle East and Lissie. More artists will be announced soon. SXSW Day Stage performances take place in Ballroom D from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
SXSW Initial Band List (selected from over 10,000 entries)
!!! (Brooklyn, NY)
Amaral (Madrid, SPAIN)
Anita Tijoux (Santiago, CHILE)
Apoptygma Berzerk (Oslo, NORWAY)
Athlete (London, ENGLAND)
Bajofondo (Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA)
Balkan Beat Box (Tel Aviv, ISRAEL)
Band of Skulls (London, ENGLAND)
Bear In Heaven (Brooklyn, NY)
Black Milk (Detroit, MI)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Los Angeles, CA)
Bomba Estereo (Bogota, Colombia)
Broken Social Scene (Toronto, CANADA)
Chalie Boy (Hearne, TX)
Chamillionaire & Paul Wall (Houston, TX)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (New York, NY)
Deer Tick (Providence, RI)
Evan Dando (New York, NY)
Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk, SCOTLAND)
Fucked Up (Toronto, CANADA)
Grant Hart (St. Paul, MN)
Hauschka (Dusseldorf, GERMANY)
Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
Hudson Mohawke (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
Invincible (Detroit, MI)
jj (Gothenburg, SWEDEN)
Killer Mike (Atlanta, GA)
LA Riots (Los Angeles, CA)
Les Savy Fav (Brooklyn, NY)
Maldita Vecindad (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Marina & The Diamonds (London, ENGLAND)
Mayer Hawthorne & The County (Ann Arbor, MI)
Midlake (Denton, TX)
Miike Snow (Stockholm, SWEDEN)
Mr Hudson (London, ENGLAND)
Mundo Livre SA (Recife, BRAZIL)
Murs (Los Angeles, CA)
Natalia Lafourcade (Mexico City, MEXICO)
Pretty Lights (Charlottesville, VA)
Rye Rye (Baltimore, MD)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (Brooklyn, NY)
She & Him (Los Angeles, CA)
Shwayze (Malibu, CA)
Spoon (Austin, TX)
Steve Aoki (Los Angeles, CA)
Systema Solar (Taganga, COLOMBIA)
Texas Tornados (San Antonio, TX)
The Drums (Brooklyn, NY)
The Middle East (Townsville, AUSTRALIA)
The Soft Pack (San Diego, CA)
The Very Best (New York, NY)
The xx (London, ENGLAND)
Trae (Houston, TX)
VV Brown (London, ENGLAND)
Wolfgang Gartner (Austin, TX)
This list is subject to change. This is only a portion of the bands that will be performing at the SXSW Music Festival.
For more on SXSW, check out our 2009 coverage here.
Monday Melody
July 27th, 2009 |
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TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER
 Van Morrison |
Few things hit ya in your soul like the early work of Van Morrison. For about a decade at the start of his solo career after leaving Them he seemed to possess a divining rod that lead him straight to sweet musical waters, which he ladled out with a kind hand to us thirsty cats ‘n’ kittens. There’s a sense of being on a profound journey in Van’s early catalog, a purposeful momentum that invigorates day-to-day life. This vibe is rarely more apparent than “Caravan” off 1970′s Moondance, which celebrates the road and the power of music to uplift one’s life. The repeated cries of “radio, radio” make one wanna reach for the volume and answer to his call to crank it up “so you know you got soul.” Let this one carry you into a swell-as-hell week, children.
Snap! Bonus Van for your weekday pick-me-up with the hippie gospel saunter of “Call Me Up In Dreamland” from the indestructibly great His Band and Street Choir album.
Google Open Sources Heart and Soul of Google Wave Code
July 26th, 2009 |
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Google programmers open source two components of the Google Wave messaging and collaboration prototype. One includes the Operational Transform, which forms the complex center of the Wave model. Google Wave is an example of the Pushbutton Web, where real-time communications rule the roost.
– Google
programmers continue to advance the Google Wave prototype application, which strives to put e-mail, instant messaging communication and
file-sharing collaboration functionality in one palette.
Google July 24
said it released to open source the OT (Operational Transform) code, the framewo…
Lucero: 1372 Overton Park
July 20th, 2009 |
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LUCERO’S 1372 OVERTON PARK
OUT OCTOBER 6
BAND’S FIRST MAJOR LABEL RECORD LOOKS TO MEMPHIS SOUL INFLUENCES
 Lucero |
Playing between 150-200 live shows a year, Lucero has come to be known as much for their hard-touring work ethic as for their critically acclaimed records. After releasing five studio albums Lucero has managed to land a major label contract with Universal/Republic Records. The band’s new album, 1372 Overton Park, due out October 6, was produced by Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem) and features horn arrangements by legendary Memphis session player Jim Spake (Al Green, John Hiatt, Solomon Burke, Cat Power). The record marks a decided turn toward the Memphis soul sound that has long influenced the band’s sound from afar.
The new album’s name comes from the address of the Memphis loft in which all four band members lived, practiced and even recorded portions of their 2003 release That Much Further West. Over recent years band members have gradually moved out leaving lead singer and guitarist Ben Nichols the sole resident of the space until word finally came down that the building would be sold and demolished. Almost as if marking the end of an era not only for the building but for the band as well, this record turns the page and signals a strong move toward the Memphis soul sound that has long served as an influence for the group.
While 1372 Overton Park serves as a love letter to Memphis and its musical heritage, the band has far from abandoned the country/rock/punk influences that they’ve become known for over their previous five records and countless tour stops. “I think the fact that we don’t claim a genre is very important to what Lucero is,” Nichols said. “There are too many rules in punk rock. Too many rules in country music. We’re hard headed and… god damn if we don’t do things the way we want to do them.”
Lucero is currently streaming “The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo” off the forthcoming album at their website here: luceromusic.com.
Lucero Tour Dates:
08/15/09 Sat Subterranean Chicago, IL
08/16/09 Sun Eckhart Park Chicago, IL
09/11/09 Fri The Crossroads Kansas City, MO
09/15/09 Tue Rumba Cafe Columbus, OH
09/17/09 Thu Pygmalion Music Festival Champaign-Urbana, IL
09/19/09 Sat Rumba Cafe Columbus, OH
Film Weekly: the power behind Soul Power
July 11th, 2009 |
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Soul and funk take centre stage in this week’s podcast as Jason Solomons gets down with Stewart Levine. The legendary music producer is the man behind Soul Power, an extraordinary documentary chronicling the three-day festival in Kinshasa, Zaire pegged to the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle fight between Ali and Foreman. Levine shares how he got the idea for the concert, and how he and Hugh Masekela put together a dream ticket of performers (including Miriam Makeba, Bill Withers, BB King, Celia Cruz and main attraction James Brown) and crew (including producer Leon Gast and cameraman Albert Maysles). He explains how the venture survived the news that the fight had been postponed, and how the 450,000 feet of film footage was distilled into this joyous film.
Xan Brooks then joins Jason to review the week’s key releases: Claire Denis’s haunting 35 Shots of Rum; Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s followup to Borat; and Paul Schrader’s cool biopic of the Japanese author, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.
And finally, Jason meets Rebecca Miller and Robin Wright Penn to talk about The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Miller’s movie of her novel. Miller, who also wrote and directed the film, tells Jason how she managed to change Alan Arkin’s mind about playing the part of an elderly publisher who betrays his perfect wife, while Wright Penn shares what it was like to work with the veteran actor.
Lee Schneider: Money and Power and Swimming with Sharks
July 10th, 2009 |
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I strive, therefore I am. Some sharks are like that — they can’t stop swimming because then they stop breathing.