A tribute to James Taylor from 2006 on AXS TV, including our very own Jimmy Johnson - my wife recognized the Alembic bass.
 
Bill, tgo

Saw this performed on Palladia - Field Day Festival.
 
Really struck a chord.
 
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DGWoB4JjV9Y

About to hear Funky Knuckles in Nashville.   Check em out on Spotify.   Saw them with Snarky Puppy 2 years ago.  
 
Stephen

Norman Blake & Tut Taylor - Flatpickin' in the Kitchen. A collection of home recordings of two of my biggest musical heroes.  
 
*Tut Taylor passed away yesterday... truly was a pioneer, and innovator.  
 
http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/04/09/dobro-man-tut-taylor-dies/25549453/

Listened to Tut's set from the 2011 John Hartford Festival last night to honor his passing. Planning to pull out some of the LPs later. He left behind an amazing legacy of music...

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bird Calls

Went to NIU's annual World Music concert today.
2 gamelon ensembles; check (why I went)
Brazilian drum line; check
Middle Eastern string ensemble; check (piano, 3 violins, a viola, 3 cellos, a guitar, 2 ouds, a flute, a tar, a cajone, & a tamborine)
Mongolian throat singer; check - wait, what?!?!  I've heard of it, but this is the first time I've heard it.  Freakin' amazing!  Cat was bowing a 3-stringed, lap-held fiddle of sort, while at the same time, with his throat (duh - thus the name), he
 
1) Did a raspy/humming bass line
2) Did a baritone line with the same timbre that moved in parallel, and
3) Did a very intricate whistling melody up around 2nd soprano
 
Yes, that's one voice, three simultaneous vocal parts; if I hadn't been sitting there watching, I would have wagered cash money it was at overdubbed.  Did I mention amazing?
 
Peter

I went to see a wonderful live stellar performance of  Carl Orff's  Carmina Burana

Big Wreck, Devin Townsend and my own music to be released this year.


 

Cool! I met Devin maybe ten years ago with my friend Geoff; he used to manage a rehearsal studio where Strapping Young Lad played...so we're on our way to the bar after work and come across Devin sitting on a rock in a vacant lot about 2 blocks from that space; he was just watching the world go by i guess (a busy intersection) and he seemed to have no good story for being there other than to watch man/Ants at work...a funny meeting but even in that short interaction you could tell he was odd in a fun way...Tony.

One of the advantages that comes from running around playing music with my friends' kids (Mom swears I'm trying to get waived into Gen Y) is being exposed to music I would not have discovered independently.  
 
So lately, singer/songwriter Raina Rose came up in our band's Friday night creative circle... here's a tune from a collaborative album I found to be just irresistible. Especially the bass line. =)
 

Nice tune, I like her voice.

I am currently very interested in this unique group !  
FAUN , Beautiful music !  

I've been listening to the other side of Devin Townsend.  

Well, Wolf, I have no idea what they're singing, but it sounds great!
 
Peter