http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/06/pastes-100-best-living-songwriters-the-list.html Not sure I agree with all of these (I assume, by his omission, that Billy Bragg is dead?), but Top-10/100/1000 lists are always good argument starters, and generally introduce me to new awesomeness.
Category Archives: Classic Rock
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_en_mu/music_donovan_1 At a festival question-and-answer session, Donovan told how George Harrison suffered stiff knees while learning the sitar. He even sang an unrecorded verse of “Hurdy Gurdy Man” written by his old Beatle chum. He talked about leaving a private audience with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as the Grateful Dead were walking in and how […]
The Zimmers “My Generation” Released: 28/05/07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY A band comprised of geriatrics belt out one of the greatest hits of the 60s. While this could also refer to the latest Rolling Stones tour, this particular video is from The Zimmers. These are some rockin’ pensioners!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_en_ce/people_keith_richards_6 Headline du jour, as us old-fashioned types weep for what’s become of society: Keith Richards: `I snorted my father’
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070206/ap_en_tv/prince_super_bowl_2 400 years after the Puritans landed their fun-hating asses on American soil, their prurient legacy lives on. The Bush administration pushed forward a 2 TRILLION dollar budget, but of course all the press wants to talk about is how Prince’s guitar looked like a big penis. As if all guitars aren’t phallic symbols in […]
Sandy Denny – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Denny Another artist who died before her time, yet left behind a hugely promising body of work. There’s something sharper to her songs than one typically gets from folkie women of her generation. Very moving songs.
the ROCK&-&Welcome!
http://www.therock.fm/ I never thought I’d ever hit a point when I looked forward to a workday, but Thursday and Friday nights, now, my drive home is rocked out by The Mars Bar. David Marsden’s been on Canadian radio since before I was born, and he’s Toronto’s whacked-out answer to the late, great John Peel. At […]