2010/10/12

R.I.P. SOLOMON BURKE, 1940-2010


'The King of Rock And Soul'
Solomon Burke was a minor star if measured solely by chart success, he had five top forty hits in the early 1960s for Atlantic and largely fell into obscurity thereafter, bouncing from label to label throughout the '70s, '80s and '90s.

He also had one of the stranger resumes among those inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a preacher, an undertaker, a businessman and host of a gospel radio show on top of being the undisputed King of Rock and Soul for nearly five decades. He held the record for most rejections before induction, too.
-> 2010-10-11

+ American Soul Legend Solomon Burke Dies in the Netherlands at 70

2010/10/09

BEACH BOYS MOVIE SHOOT IN TORONTO?

Dennis, David, Carl, Mike and Brian

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the team behind the Toronto-shot movie version of Hairspray, have joined actor John Stamos in getting the ball rolling on an as yet-untitled project that will use the music of the Beach Boys.

The film isn’t expected to follow in the footsteps of biopics focusing on musicians, like Ray or Walk the Line, instead it will be more in the vein of the stage-musical-turned-movie Mamma Mia! which utilized the music of ABBA to tell a fictional story.

2010-10-07 examiner.com/movies-in-toronto/
beach-boys-movie-to-shoot-toronto

2010/10/07

THE BEACH BOYS' AL JARDINE HOLDS A COMING-OUT PARTY FOR HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM 'A POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA' AT HENRY MILLER LIBRARY


Al Jardine of the Beach Boys will be doing something Friday night for the first time since moving to Big Sur more than 30 years ago.

He'll play his first concert with his own band in what is practically his own backyard, the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur.

2010-10-07 Al Jardine's new cd live party!

2010/10/06

STILL BEAUTIFUL AND HARMONIOUS

[The Beach Boys w/ On the Hunt, The Blue Dogs @ Mount Pleasant Hospital. Sun., Oct. 10]

Charleston musician David Stewart developed a deep love for the Beach Boys in elementary school.

2010-10-05
Blue Dogs make the case for California pop legends the Beach Boys

+ The Blue Dogs Biography

2010/10/05

'ADZ'MAY BE STEVENS BEST YET

Sufjan Stevens has a new cd!


Frenetic waves of cascading glitch electronics abruptly end as soon as they seem to start. Swirling psychedelic soundscapes envelope the listener with warmth and somewhere, just outside of the mix, one can hear the familiar comfort and vulnerability of every Sufjan Stevens’ song of the past decade.


2010-10-04 ADZ review
Official site

Listen:
> Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well
> Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

2010/09/29

WHO IS HARRY NILSSON?

POET, PROVOCATEUR, MASTER
Rockumentary from 2006. A DVD, which includes additional footage not in the theatrical release, will be released on October 26, 2010.

The guest list for this rockumentary is impressive in itself: Micky Dolenz, Terry Gilliam & Eric Idle, Al Kooper, Randy Newman, Van Dyke Parks, Jimmy Webb, the Williamses -- Paul and Robin -- Brian Wilson, and, of course, Ringo, John & Yoko.

2010/09/28

THE BEACH BOYS: EEN SCHOPJE

About Pet Sounds, in Dutch


Afgelopen weekend kreeg ik van mijn goede vriend een schitterende vinyluitgave van een van de beste albums uit de geschiedenis: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

2010-08-16

TWO OF A KIND

No interpretations, this is what they really said...




In Their Own Words (1994) & The Essential Interviews (2009)

2010/09/24

LOVE AND MERCY

An old interview from 2005
Art by Dan Mackin
Fifteen minutes on the phone with Brian Wilson.
Where do you even begin? And which Brian Wilson are we talking about?

2010-09-20
wordpress.hotpress.com/petermurphy/2010/09/20/love-and-mercy/

I also stumbled on these classical voices:

SONIC CIRCUITS INTERVIEW: FENNESZ ON SURFING, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ELEMENTS

Last night’s Sonic Circuits show at the Strathmore Mansion was a treat—and not just because the dark, wooden walls of the arts center’s music room complemented the string-based openers

2010-09-22
washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/09/22/sonic-circuits-interview-fennesz-on-surfing-technology-the-elements/

2010/09/22

The High Llamas - Rotary Hop - cover

A cover from the High Llamas cd "Beat Maize & Corn" (2003)

2010 by Yani Martinelli and Chas Lee Violet

2003 written by Sean O'Hagen &?



Rotary Hop - cover

CHARLES LLOYD ’S NEW QUARTET RELEASES NEW ALBUM (MIRROR) , PLAYS LOBERO THEATRE

This album contains a cover of 'Caroline, No'

Often cited as America’s greatest indigenous art form, jazz wriggles away from any univocal definition, resisting the confines of a single track like water flowing on broken ground.

September 22, 2010 Charles Donelan independent.com/news/2010/sep/22/charles-lloyds-new-quartet-releases-new-album-play/

And two old collaborations with the Beach Boys (circa 1972?):

> "TM in the AM and the PM" "The Beach Boys"

> Charles Lloyd TM

2010/08/18

SEVEN MEMORABLE GEORGE GERSHWIN INTERPRETATIONS

Summertime and there's never a shortage of Gershwin performances at pops and jazz concerts across the country.
But who, we wondered, has also "re-imagined" Gershwin in the rock era beyond the song "Summertime," which has been marvelously rendered by Sam Cooke, Janis Joplin, Bobby Womack and Angelique Kidjo?

Here's a SoundSpike 7 list of impressive Gershwin interpretations in the rock 'n' roll era.

7. "But Not for Me," Elvis Costello (1994)

6. "Embraceable You," Laura Nyro (1994)

5. "It Ain't Necessarily So," Sun Ra & His Arkestra (1960)

4. "I've Got a Crush on You," Bill Frisell & Petra Haden (2003)

3. "Our Love is Here to Stay," Four Freshman (1955)

2. "Someone to Watch Over Me," Jimmy Scott (1992)

1. "I Loves You, Porgy," Nina Simone (1957)


August 18 2010, by Phil Gallo on soundspike.com:
Seven memorable George Gershwin interpretations

2010/08/16

Electric Light Orchestra - Birmingham Blues

(repost)
According to wikipedia it is inspired by Gershwin:
Quote: The central theme of Rhapsody in Blue is used as a riff in The Electric Light Orchestra's "Birmingham Blues" off their 1977 hit album Out of the Blue. (listen at 0:28!)
According to myself it is also inspired by John Fogerty's 'Rockin' All Over The World' (1975, covered in 1977 by Status Quo and in 1983 by Carl Wilson)


1977

Written by: Jeff Lynn (&...?)



Birmingham Blues

+ Another tune from Out Of The Blue with nice harmonies:
(the a capella part is based upon an old classical chord chart)
Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero (Remastered)

CHECK IT OUT!

# Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin

2010/08/15

MORE REVIEWS

A list of the latest. You'll have to check it out for new additions!


2010-08-17 from kearth101.radio.com
> Brian Wilson Visits The Morning Show!

2010-08-17 from peteramescarlin.com
Brian Wilson Reimagines Brian Wilson: America's native tormented musical genius keeps it as real as possible

2010-08-17 from capitalnewyork.com
Music for salad courses: 'Brian Wilson Reimagines George Gershwin' reviewed

2010-08-17 from ontheredcarpet.com
Brian Wilson releases Gershwin album with Beach Boys sound (with video!)

2010-08-17 from expressnightout.com
Pet Standards: Brian Wilson, 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin'

2010-08-17 from philly.com
These new musica albums are, well, different

2010-08-16 from music.msn.com
Wilson and Gershwin: Top American Pop Masters Meet (with video: track by track comments by Brian)

2010-08-16 from spinner.com
Brian Wilson Resurrects Gershwin, Addresses Beach Boys Reunion Talk

2010-08-16 from spinner.com
Brian Wilson Says Reimagining Classic and New Gershwin Tunes Is Proudest Moment

2010-08-16 from spinner.com
> Full CD Listening Party

2010-08-16 from baltimoresun.com

2010-08-16 from latimes.com
Brian Wilson waxes rhapsodic on Gershwin

2010-08-15 from nypost.com
Surfin’ Gershwin

2010-08-15 from bostonherald.com

2010/08/10

FORMER BEACH BOY SENDS ‘POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA'

One of my favorite Northern California drives is the journey through the giant redwoods on Highway 12 from Santa Rosa to Bodega Bay.


August 10, 2010 Bruce Fessier
mydesert.com

2010/08/09

Cosimo Matassa Interview

2005





Interview

COSIMO MATASSA RECALLS ENGINEERING THE SOUND OF NEW ORLEANS

Born 13 April 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana. He 'invented' R&R together with Fats Domino in 1949

QUOTE:
As a self-taught engineer and studio operator, Matassa, 83, was pivotal in developing the New Orleans sound during the fertile rock and R&B era of the '50s and '60s. He has a more modest take.

"There were great musicians everywhere you turned," he says. "They made me look good."

7/17/2009



2010/08/07

BRIAN WILSON REACHES BACK FOR 'GERSHWIN' PROJECT

In 2004, Brian Wilson scored a critical and commercial victory by releasing a completed version of "Smile," the legendary "Pet Sounds" follow-up he'd originally begun work on in 1966.
Six years later, the Beach Boys mastermind is reaching even further back in time for his latest project, "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin," due Aug. 17 from Walt Disney Records.

augustus 06, 2010 Mikael Wood
article from billboard.com

+ livestream.com: Interview

+ nyconversation.com: of-talent-lost-and-found

+ nodepression.com: Review: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin

+ blog.napster.com: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin Coming Next Tuesday, Aug. 17

2010/08/06

CONFESSIONS OF A ROCK SNOB: HOW I REPENTED & INVITED THE BEACH BOYS INTO MY HEART

Rich Horton's wonderful world of music discoveries

Hard to believe I was almost 30 before I finally listened to Pet Sounds.

AUGUST 4TH, 2010 Rich Horton

2010/07/31

ENDLESS SUMMER: MIKE LOVE ON WHY BEACH BOYS MUSIC HAS OUTLASTED SO MANY OTHERS

QUOTE:
Besides the Everly Brothers and Little Richard, the group Love and the others respected most was The Temptations.

“They were unbelievably great. Ball of Confusion, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Cloud Nine. The Temptations, in my opinion, were on a par with The Beatles and the Beach Boys. They just didn’t get the print we did.”

Jul. 30, 2010 Ted Shaw
nationalpost.com/arts/
Endless+summer+Mike+Love+Beach+Boys+music+outlasted+many+others/3343157/story.html



+ thestamfordtimes.com:
After all these years, Beach Boys still sending out good vibrations

+ theday.com:
Mike Love reflects on life as a Beach Boy

+ telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com:
Founding member of Beach Boys Mike Love hopes to collaborate again with cousin Brian Wilson

Celebration - Almost Summer

The Temptations influence?
Mike and Brian in synchro-showdance!

1978 Written by Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine





Almost Summer