Joe Maphis- Pickin' And Singin'

welcome to the uncanny valley pt 1

The Wicked Wilson Pickett- Midnight Hour

Paul Pena from the movie Genghis Blues

Rufus- Tell Me Something Good

Jim Carroll RIP

Barbara Lynn- You'll Lose a Good Thing

Angioplasty Media Presents: Brown Bird- Bottom of the Bottle

That's me on dobro to the far right of the screen. This was video taped in a sweltering warehouse very late at night after a show in Burlington VT by the fine folks at Angioplasty Media. This tune is off an album we have coming out in October on Peapod Recordings.

RIP Les Paul :(

Skip James- Crow Jane

Richard Thompson- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Les Paul & Mary Ford- How High the Moon

Jan Svankmajer- Darkness/Light/Darkness

or tma/svelto/tma in its untranslated version. My second non-music post in a row!!! Strange days my friends... Here is a 1989 short film by renowned Czech filmaker/animator/surrealist Jan Svankmajer. Enjoy!

Juan Enriquez on the economy and the future of technology

I've been challenged to post something not music related so here it goes.... Juan Enriquez makes a well supported, concise, and humorously delivered impression of what the economic and technological future may hold. From the always fascinating TED Lectures.

Ali Farka Toure

I've already expressed my love for African guitarist and few have been better than Mali musician Ali Farka Toure

Taraf De Haidouks - Turceasca

Romainian Roma music (gyspy) featuring two accordions, two violins, double bass, and cymbalum...

Orchestra Baobab Live

Something about good African guitar players just kills me... add in a heavy Cuban a influence and the result is undeniable:

The kings of western swing- Bob Wills and Spade Cooley

and for a different kind of swing... one of the more hotly contested musical titles of this century :)
Also two amazing steel players, Leon McAuliffe with Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys and Joaquin Murphey with the Spade Cooley group (btw- Bob Wills is still king!)

Duke Ellington- C Jam Blues 1942

Camaron- Volando Voy

My friend Chirss Sutherland just released a beautiful album called "Worried Love." He does a great cover of "Volando Voy" along with his own inspired originals in English and Spanish. Here is the original by gypsy flamenco singer Camaron De la Isla:

Buddy Rich solo

so my requisite super cheesy drumer joke:

A jazz trumpeter of some renown dies and goes to heaven. As he approaches St. Peter at the gate he hears the most amazing drumming coming from near by. The trumpeter turns to St. Peter and asks: "wow, is that Buddy Rich." St. Peter simply sighs and says: "no that's God, he just thinks he's Buddy Rich

Bireli Lagrene and Philip Catherine

Bob Brozman- Hawaiian Melodies

Even though I've already posted a Bob Brozman video before, I've been listening to his album "Post Industrial Blues" on repeat lately so I figured, hey, you can't have too much of this guy!

Roy Smeck- Wizard of the Strings

Roy Smeck was a master of the banjo, uke, and slide guitar as well as an instructor, instrument inventor and marketing genius. Here he is displaying his varies musical talents:

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Goin Down to the River

John Fahey- Red Pony

RIP Blossom Dearie

One of my favorite jazz singers, Blossom Dearie has died at the age of 82. There is precious little performance footage on the web:

RIP Lux Interior

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Amazing!!!

Balinese Gamelan

Happy New Year to all! May it be joyful and prosperous.