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video tuesday : Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

On a Friday afternoon in February, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals spent time outside of San Diego recording stripped down versions of songs from their new album. “Paris” is the second in a series of them.

New GPN Album Available for pre-order here: http://amzn.to/gpnamazonpre)

Vocals, Guitar:Grace Potter
Guitar: Benny Yurco
Guitar: Scott Tournet
Knife: Catherine Popper
Ice Bucket and Hair Dryer: Matthew Burr

Directed by: Mason Poole.
Location: Rancho Bernardo, CA

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The Voice Project, Peter Gabriel sings Tom Waits

Peter Gabriel » Tom Waits from The Voice Project on Vimeo.

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singing girls to girls

This is just a fabulous moment.

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patti smith on her book tour

Patti plays a tune on her book tour. Always good to see the famous in small moments like this. Enjoy.

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Chocolate Jesus, Tom Waits

Performance art.

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Gil Scott-Heron, Beginnings

His work again is sufacing. A new generation is discovering his brilliance.

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Don’t Give Up, Gil Scott Heron

Gil Scott-Heron, Rod Youngs-Drums, Kim Jordan-Keys, Don Mc Griggs-Bass, Ed Brady-Guitar, Larry Mc Donald-Perc

So thrilled he’s recording music again. Rock your soul.

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music today : working class hero, green day

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Laura Nyro : poverty train, LIVE

One of my favorite artists. One of the few live videos I’ve been able to find.

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R. Carlos Nakai and Friends

Enjoy. From Sante Fe and my favorite native american flute player.

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second hand emotion

What’s love got to do with it. The greatest legs, Tina Turner.

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stop making sense

This seemed the right song for today. Enjoy.

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Gil Scott-Heron words that turn you round

Always have loved the work. Glad to see that he has been able to produce something new. Just getting acquainted with his new album.

More about his life and career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron

Album website.
http://gilscottheron.net

from his website :

Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron’s recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim for one of his most well-known compositions “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”. On his influence, Allmusic wrote “Scott-Heron’s unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists”.

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