Maceo Parker * 2007 * Germany
10/Apr/2009 Filed in: Funk/R&B/Soul
"This live set from the summer of 2007 finds famed ex-James Brown horn man Maceo Parker cutting loose with Germany’s incredible WDR Big Band. The concert shoots the intensity up several notches with Parliament-Funkadelic alumni Dennis Chambers (drums) and Rodney "Skeet" Curtis (bass) driving the energy to uncommonly soulful and sweaty peaks. The concept of playing hard funk with a brassy big band in tow is somewhat unusual, but the results smash all preconceptions. Parker’s dueling alto battle with Karolina Strassmayer on "To Be or Not to Be" and a rousing 17-minute version of the J.B.’s classic "Pass the Peas" are just a few highlights of this rollicking, electrifying set."
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Charlie Hunter * 6.1.09 * KPLU FM
20/Feb/2009 Filed in: Jazz
"Guitarist Charlie Hunter appeals to a lot of music fans on a lot of different levels. His amazing technique and improvisational skills have earned praise from straight-ahead jazz critics and fans. His willingness to experiment musically is looked upon with great favor by devotees of the avant-garde. And his ability to dig into a big, nasty groove and then run away with it has made him a favorite with jam-band audiences.
No matter what sort of music he plays, his amazing technique has been Hunter's calling card since he started recording in the mid-1990s. Armed with a seven-string guitar, he possesses the unique ability to sound like at least two guitarists at once, as he seems to play bass lines, melody lines, chords and improvisational passages at the same time.
However, as he tells KPLU's Nick Francis in this session, he feels that he's taken technique as far as he can. Hunter jokes that, at a certain point in the recent past, he felt that the only thing he could do to outdo himself on stage would be to set himself on fire. Since he was understandably hesitant to take such a drastic step, he began to re-think the music he was playing and the reasons he wanted to play music in the first place.
His conclusion, as you'll hear, was that he'd spent enough of his career in the service of technique — and that it was now time to serve the music. The solo guitar pieces he plays in this interview clearly demonstrate the fruits of Hunter's new path."
--88.5 KPLU FM
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Bon Iver * 9.10.08 * MySpace Transmission
15/Feb/2009 Filed in: Folk
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Loving all-things-Bon-Iver these days, and his debut album For Emma, Long Ago, is just too short! It is a perfect and complete recording that satisfies me in so many ways, but at less than 40 minutes, I am always left wanting more when the last track fades. So, in my search around the internets for more Bon Iver music, I came across this excellent 4-song live set that MySpace was giving away for free. I downloaded it, mixed it in to one track, added chapters and artwork -- voila!
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Radiohead encores * 8.28.08 * Santa Monica
12/Feb/2009 Filed in: Rock
The encores
from Radiohead's concert supporting "In Rainbows",
from the summer of 2008, at the Santa Monica Bowl in
Cali.
First Encore
Cymbal Rush
House of Cards
Paranoid Android
Go Slowly
Everything in Its Right Place
Second Encore
Videotape
Lucky
Idioteque
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First Encore
Cymbal Rush
House of Cards
Paranoid Android
Go Slowly
Everything in Its Right Place
Second Encore
Videotape
Lucky
Idioteque
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