tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505224958528554552024-02-08T06:06:29.636-08:00Eclectic JukeboxBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-20678284666656824522013-01-24T23:00:00.000-08:002013-01-24T23:00:02.297-08:00The Low Anthem – "Charlie Darwin"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nKUo1HHfpUY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-52535406995603480052012-12-31T18:00:00.000-08:002012-12-31T18:00:08.595-08:00Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – "Baby"<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47748996" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONIJXHvoynw">Here's</a> the original. There's a <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/07/entertainment/la-et-ms-emerson-brothers-20120708">wild</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/garden/touring-the-farm-where-the-emerson-brothers-recorded-their-1979-album.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">story</a> <a href="http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2012/12/top-10-cover-songs-of-2012/">behind</a> this one.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-62691845664319820822012-12-14T02:00:00.000-08:002012-12-14T02:13:20.527-08:00Ravi Shankar – "Raga Ahir Bhairav"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/34ucT93R_7A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Shankar">RIP</a>. It would be hard to overstate Ravi Shankar's influence on introducing world music… to the world. He was an excellent musician, a true master, and also a good composer. I'm fond of his work with Phillip Glass, he did the music for early films of the great Indian filmmaker, Satyajit Ray, and Beatles fans are well aware of Shankar's influence on George Harrison. Still, for all the fusion and crossover work he did, much of it very good, it's his traditional music that may be the most, well, transcendental. I haven't been able to authenticate it, but he allegedly said something I love about education and learning being an ongoing process: "One does learn the sitar – one studies it." He leaves behind an amazing legacy.
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Here are the obituaries from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/ravi-shankar-indian-sitarist-dies-at-92.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0"><I>The New York Times</i></a>, <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/11/local/la-me-ravi-shankar-20121212"><I>Los Angeles Times</i></a> (also an <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ravi-shankar-appreciation-20121213,0,7500757.story">appreciation</a>), <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ravi-shankar-grammy-winning-indian-sitar-virtuoso-dies-at-92/2012/12/12/3f4ae71a-c5dc-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html"><I>The Washington Post</i></a> and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ravi-shankar-sitar-virtuoso-who-brought-indian-music-to-west-mentored-beatles-dies-at-92/2012/12/12/af40eb26-44c1-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html">the AP</a> (plus another piece, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/sitar-maker-says-ravi-shankars-legacy-will-inspire-another-generation-of-musicians/2012/12/13/bb1cee28-4588-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html">"Sitar maker says Ravi Shankar’s legacy will inspire another generation of musicians"</a>). Other appreciations abound.
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Shankar was ridiculously prolific, and YouTube features a great deal of his music, including a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYlPcbNAPH8&playnext=1&list=PL0E6BC41DFDEC707D&feature=results_main">playlist</a> or two.
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Local KCRW DJ (and world music guru) <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/cl">Tom Schnabel</a> will be doing a Ravi Shankar tribute show this weekend. (I'll update the link for the specific show after it airs.)
Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-59683456033769259012012-12-07T23:00:00.000-08:002012-12-07T23:00:06.559-08:00Dave Brubeck Quartet – "Blue Rondo à la Turk"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KAlVasHbipo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/arts/music/dave-brubeck-jazz-musician-dies-at-91.html">RIP</a>. I have several Brubeck albums, and the man had a great run, performing 'til he was 88. This tune is one of his most famous, and also one of his best.
Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-88245619293835515342012-11-15T23:45:00.000-08:002012-11-15T23:45:00.733-08:00School of Seven Bells – "Night"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GSAiuHRuFc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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The band solicited fan videos for this song, and this one was the winner. More information <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSAiuHRuFc4">here</a>.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-13229700835726824442012-11-09T00:15:00.000-08:002012-11-09T00:17:26.085-08:00Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – "This Land Is Your Land"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DzLMSNYQxBE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings do Woody Guthrie? Just about the best pick possible for this week. (We ran with some other classics back in 2008.) Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-14212165132171431002012-11-01T23:25:00.000-07:002012-12-14T02:13:52.125-08:00Bob Dylan – "Not Dark Yet"<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RZgBhyU4IvQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>
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I saw Bob Dylan last week at the Hollywood Bowl. Mark Knopfler, who opened, delivered a fantastic, celtic-flavored set (I'll have to pick up his latest album). Dylan's voice, alas, was pretty much shot. It was never conventionally pretty, but it could quite expressive. Some of the arrangements were great, though, including a pretty one of "Desolation Row." (The <a href="http://www.bobdylan.com/us">set list</a> was mostly old classics: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, To Ramona, Things Have Changed, Tangled Up In Blue, The Levee's Gonna Break, Make You Feel My Love, Cry A While, Desolation Row, Highway 61 Revisited, Love Sick, Thunder On The Mountain, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone, All Along The Watchtower and Blowin' In The Wind.) I've only seen Dylan live once before, about 13 years ago, with Brian Setzer opening. Besides some classics, Dylan heavily featured the songs from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_Of_Mind"><i>Time Out of Mind</i></a>, his latest album at the time (it's become one of my favorites). Some friends also attended, and one of them, who was a major Dylan fan and had seen him twice before, said it was the best of the three. Anyway, this is probably my favorite track from <i>Time Out of Mind</i>.
Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-83668399285935769522012-09-20T19:00:00.000-07:002012-09-20T19:00:02.400-07:00The Belle Brigade – "Belt of Orion"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sgla91W6D9U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />With the vocal blend on those harmonies, you might guess that the singers are related, and you'd be right. The core of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belle_Brigade">The Belle Brigade</a> is Barbara and Ethan Gruska, who come from a musical family (their grandfather is composer John Williams). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_imQBsC8m2s">Here's</a> a live version.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-60362053348184589802012-09-13T23:30:00.001-07:002012-09-13T23:30:39.283-07:00The Shins – "No Way Down"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b9vDylXln_E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-5235917672441392132012-09-06T22:15:00.001-07:002012-09-06T22:15:37.045-07:00Family Of The Year – "Hero"<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22545380" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <br /><br />This is a local L.A. band. I've had this song stuck in my head for the past week, so I decided to learn it (the chords are pretty easy). You can also hear the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSzl41UAGw">studio version</a> or this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_gxn0R4lE">stripped down one</a>. <br />Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-69437252610056293272012-08-24T01:25:00.000-07:002012-08-24T01:25:00.779-07:00Grizzly Bear – "Two Weeks"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tjecYugTbIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-42929092366354533092012-08-02T20:30:00.000-07:002012-08-02T20:30:00.025-07:00Warren Zevon – "Werewolves of London"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nhSc8qVMjKM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />This is one of my favorite Zevon songs. It's appropriate due to the London Olympics, and also because <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/07/26/157429964/from-scorn-for-zevon-a-father-daughter-moment-is-born">this recent NPR story</a> (which received <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/07/30/157613413/letters-a-girl-her-dad-and-werewolves-of-london">plenty of letters</a>). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbmS5Pq6e7A&feature=player_embedded">Here's</a> a live version.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-33791154448933880592012-07-19T20:30:00.000-07:002012-07-19T20:30:02.511-07:00Best Coast – "No One Like You"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8Rvg64h0H1I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Not to be confused with "No One Likes You"...Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-72903072610691081402012-07-12T22:45:00.000-07:002012-07-12T22:45:00.238-07:00Traffic – "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/R8M8R835Ck4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-87494767092918428252012-07-05T21:00:00.000-07:002012-07-05T21:00:09.307-07:00Of Monsters and Men – "King and Lionheart"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5AiSrCPvpco" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOBVKHviBJ0">Here's</a> a live version by this band from Iceland.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-87616184863900343412012-06-14T23:45:00.001-07:002012-06-16T10:52:52.611-07:00Electric Guest – "Troubleman"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3OC2aPCuzjo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />This one's been running through my head for the past couple of weeks. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jB9CBavIho">Here's</a> a live version from their <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb120612electric_guest">KCRW session</a>. (It's good, but I prefer the stronger harmonies on the studio version.)Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-3287494086241408722012-06-07T20:30:00.000-07:002012-06-07T20:32:48.683-07:00Elton John – "Rocket Man"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-LX7WrHCaUA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />One of John/Taupin's best songs, and supposedly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Man_(I_Think_It%27s_Going_to_Be_a_Long,_Long_Time)_(song)">partially inspired</a> by a <a href="http://vagabondscholar.blogspot.com/2012/06/ray-bradbury-19202012.html">Ray Bradbury</a> short story.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-29320453678128027572012-05-31T20:00:00.000-07:002012-05-31T20:00:05.229-07:00Doc Watson and Jack Lawrence – "Tennessee Stud"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U5c1k949Zn4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_watson">RIP</a>. <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2012/05/doc-watson-rip">Erik Loomis</a> has a nice post up and some other clips and links.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-81741468392198819332012-05-17T23:30:00.001-07:002012-05-17T23:30:03.795-07:00Tennis – "My Better Self"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gY5kKn24qvs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-13620228454220888442012-05-10T21:00:00.001-07:002012-05-10T21:00:04.498-07:00Glen Hansard – "Love Don't Keep Me Waiting"<iframe width="540" height="302" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/48mg05Yh3ds" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-45250579311136733902012-05-03T21:30:00.000-07:002012-05-03T21:31:01.566-07:00Meiko – "Leave The Lights On"<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7FxqBssNfSw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-64520977676341755842012-04-26T21:45:00.000-07:002012-04-26T21:45:00.237-07:00Levon Helm<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eOi0tC00Luc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sjCw3-YTffo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_Helm">RIP</a>. These are probably my two favorite songs by The Band. Both clips are from Martin Scorsese's doc, <I>The Last Waltz</i>. Levon Helm was quite a talent. <br /><br />(Side note: I played trumpet on a version of "The Weight" in high school.)Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-37799096236945255072012-04-13T01:00:00.002-07:002012-04-13T01:07:31.679-07:00Heartless Bastards – "Only for You"<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/F8wqmh3KybI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqojr5lc3ls">Here's</a> a version from a live radio session.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-88369854132548549172012-04-05T23:45:00.000-07:002012-04-05T23:45:00.968-07:00First Aid Kit – "Emmylou"<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PC57z-oDPLs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />This one keeps getting stuck in my head. Every time I hear that chorus, I think, wow, the scansion of "Gra-ha-ha-ham" is terrible, but damn, that's one hell of a come-on. Plus, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Aid_Kit_(band)">the band</a> is two Swedish sisters, only 22 and 19 years old, mostly doing their own songwriting, and writing and performing in a second language, not to mention an American genre. Overall, I'd say they're pretty impressive, and their best work is hauntingly gorgeous. <br /><br />I feel it all comes through in the song itself, but here are <a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=14024">their comments</a> on this one:<br /><br /><blockquote>The artists we mention in 'Emmylou' are some of our all-time favourite singers and songwriters. They have inspired us endlessly and in a way this is a tribute to them. When they sing together it's an otherworldly power. You can hear the love seeping through those vocals chords. The song is about the intimate connection you get when you sing together. Johnny and June were obviously married and although Emmylou and Gram never were an official couple there are certainly rumours. To us the song is saying: 'We may not be able to be together, but at least we can sing together.'</blockquote>Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750522495852855455.post-37298804797978669732012-03-29T20:45:00.000-07:002012-03-29T20:45:00.408-07:00Earl Scruggs – "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/icMTVV5Lwaw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/01/steve-martin-earl-scruggs.html">RIP</a>.Batocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.com0