Mazzy Star live at Primavera Fest., Spain (2012).
Setlist:
Blue Flower (Slapp Happy cover)
Disappear
Ghost Highway
Halah
Still Cold
She Hangs Brightly
Look On Down From The Bridge
Fade Into You
Lay Myself Down
Flying Low
So Tonight That I Might See
I don’t know if you know Memphis’ Star and Micey, but you should. I posted their song ‘So Much Pain’ as part of the Musical Worldview Project and also included the track on Volume 03 of the Musical Worldview Project Playlist.
The Youtube page only provides the following information: “(ARCHIVE RELEASE) Star & Micey perform on Audiotree Live, June 5, 2013.” That’s not a lot to go on, except for your trust in me as your musical guide. Let me guide you to Star & Micey.
Setlist:
Love Me?
#1
So Much Pain
I Can't Wait
Everything
Jesus & The Devil
Tiger
I’ve been listening to the new live Khaira Arby album and I’ll tell you what: I’m a fan.
So here’s her 2011 Tiny Desk set for NPR.
If you’re not yet familiar with her, Khaira Arby is something known as “The Nightingale of Timbuktu,” while NPR calls her “the queen of desert rock.” Whatever you call her, her musical influence cannot be denied.
According to Wikipedia, “She began singing at a young age for weddings and traditional festivals, and at the age of eleven, began singing in a musical troupe from the city of Timbuktu.” Even after facing family pressure from her father and husband to abandon music, Arby persisted. And we are thankful.
Setlist:
Salou
Cinquantenaire
Goumou
Follow Khaira Arby at Facebook
Purchase Khaira Arby’s music at Amazon
Listen to/Download the Holiday at the Sea playlist: Tuareg Guitar: Welcome To Saharan Desert Rock
Can live in Paris at Bataclan; 22 March 1973.
Setlist
Spoon
Pinch
Sing Swan Song
Visit Can’s official website (Spoon Records)
Follow Can on Facebook
Purchase the album at Amazon
Listen to “Oh Yeah” from Tago Mago on Episode 26 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow
Chuck Berry's 1965 Belgium TV Appearance. The Youtube page doesn’t offer much information other than saying: “This is the complete show broadcast on Belgium TV 2-6-1965.”
Setlist:
Maybellene
Things I Used to Do
Memphis, Tennessee
No Particular Place to Go
Roll Over Beethoven
Promised Land
Johnny B. Goode
From the Youtube page (via Google Translate):
“J Gray, whose lyrics go far beyond the familiar "My Baby Left Me" clichés, has an extremely succinct voice - and the ability to move with his songs. Both emotionally and physically. For almost 15 years John Gray Higginbotham aka JJ Gray has been trying to implement his vision of honest, handmade southern music - with Mofro he has found the ideal backing band.”
Tuareg wunderkind Mdou Moctar performs (at home) for the NPR Tiny Desk and this is my love language.
Setlist:
Ya Habibti
Tala Tannam
Afrique Victime
Players:
Mahamadou "Mdou Moctar" Souleymane: lead guitar, vocals
Ahmoudou Madassane: rhythm guitar, vocals
Mikey Coltun: bass
Souleymane Ibrahim: calabash
Important People:
Video: Mamadou Halidou, WH Moustapha, Sabrina Nichols
Audio: Mikey Coltun, Seth Manchester
Special Thanks: Dynamique Image and Machines with Magnets
Tiny Desk People:
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Kara Frame
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Maia Stern, Gabrielle Pierre
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
Visit Mdou Moctar’s Facebook page
Follow Mdou Moctar on Twitter
Purchase Mdou Moctar’s music at Bandcamp
Purchase Mdou Moctar’s music at Amazon
Listen to Tarha” by Mdou Moctar, from the ‘Blue Stage Session,’ featured on Episode 43 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow
Visit all Holiday at the Sea Mdou Moctar posts
Built To Spill performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded July 24, 2015.
Setlist:
So
Never Be The Same
Living Zoo
Stab
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore
Director: Scott Holpainen
Editor: Jim Beckmann
By now we’ve all seen the viral hit ‘Racist Sexist Boy,’ from the Linda Lindas (see it for yourself here in the Musical Worldview Project). It’s taken off so much that, according to Rolling Stone, the group recently signed with Epitaph Records. Well, here’s the whole show along with interview with the group.
From the video’s Youtube page:
“Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a mini concert and interview with LA's own Asian & Latinx teen band The Linda Lindas! This program was made possible by the library's Future Read Teens and LA Made program funds, with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association.”
Setlist:
Claudia Kishi
Missing You
Never Say Never
Monica
Interview
No Clue
Racist Sexist Boy (?)
Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill Cover)
Big Mouth (The Muffs Cover)
Yo La Tengo perform an acoustic set for the Tiny Desk. From the notes:
“We've been filming Tiny Desk concerts for more than 10 years. While revisiting our archives, we discovered that some of our earliest concerts never made it to YouTube! Watch Yo La Tengo’s Tiny Desk concert from 2013”
Setlist:
"Is That Enough"
"Tears Are In Your Eyes"
"Ohm"
Important People:
Producer: Otis Hart;
Editor: Denise DeBelius;
Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait;
Videographers: Lizzie Chen, Denise DeBelius, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo;
photo by Marie McGrory/NPR
In honor of Cibo Matto's landmark debut 'Viva! La Woman' turning 25, we revisit the band’s 2014 stop at the KEXP studios.
Setlist:
10th Floor Ghost Girl
Emerald Tuesday
Déjà Vu
Important People:
Host: Morgan Chosnyk
Audio Engineer: Jackson Long
Cameras: Luke Knecht, Tim Meinig & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
“This concert was recorded at The Mill & Mine on March 24, 2019, as part of the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn.”
Setlist:
"My Queen is Ada Eastman"
"My Queen is Angela Davis"
"The Itis"
"Breadfruit"
"Mo' Wiser"
"My Queen is Harriet Tubman"
"My Queen is Mamie Phipps Clark"
"Inner Babylon"
"My Queen is Berta Cáceres"
"My Queen is Albertina Sisulu"
"Afrofuturism"
Players:
Shabaka Hutchings (saxophone)
Theon Cross (tuba)
Tom Skinner (drums)
Eddie Hicks (drums)
“Dinosaur Jr. perform live on KEXP from the Doug Fir Lounge during MusicfestNW. Recorded on September 8, 2012”
Setlist:
The Lung
Forget The Swan
Budge
In A Jar
The Wagon
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen, Christopher Meister & Jenna Pool
Editing: Scott Holpainen
Pavement live at at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (03/06/1994)
“Two camera fan-shot (one back, one side). Cams were edited and enhanced with soundboard feed and cam audio.”
Setlist:
Pueblo
Gold Soundz
Silence Kit
5 – 4 = Unity
Cut Your Hair
Elevate Me Later
Newark Wilder
Debris Slide
Trigger Cut
Two States
Brinx Job
Unfair
Heaven is a Truck
Box Elder
Stop Breathing
In the Mouth of the Desert
Forklift
Fillmore Jive
You know what they say: “Don’t read the books if you don’t want to know.”
OK, I’ve never heard anyone actually say that, but I’ve been reading a lot of Grateful Dead material lately. I read Phil Lesh’s book, then Billy’s book, and now I’m reading Garcia: An American Life. Anyway, Billy’s book left me conflicted. On one hand, you read the book to hear the thoughts of the people involved, and then sometimes you’re sorry you did.
But whatever I may have thought of the book of the personality Billy projected through it, he has been behind the drumkit for some of my most favorite music ever. Bill Kreutzmann recently celebrated his 75th birthday with a string of three live-streamed show with his band Billy and the Kids. Two of those shows have appeared at the Live Music Archive and are definitely worth your time and I wish him nothing but the best and I wish everyday was Bill Kreutzmann’s birthday, because all of this is great.
As if Billy on drums, Reed Mathis on bass and Billy Strings wasn’t enough, how about saxophone?! No? Still not enough? How about appearances from Santana?! If that’s not enough, you’re in the wrong place. Anyway, here’s the two live sets from the Archive and some videos that I’ve been hanging out with.
Billy and the Kids (05/07/21):
Billy and the Kids (05/08/21):
Players:
Aron Magner – Keyboards, Vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Billy Strings - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals
James Casey - Sax
Reed Mathis – Bass, Vocals
Tom Hamilton – Guitar, Lead Vocals
As if all of that goodness wasn’t already enough, THERE’S VIDEO!
"Mississippi Half-Step"
“Help on The Way" and more”
“China Cat Sunflower”
“Tangled up In Blue”
Billy & The Kids ft. Carlos Santana, Billy Strings - "Scarlett Begonia's" and "Iko "Iko"
“Ripple”
KEXP presents Yo La Tengo performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded on January 18, 2013.
Setlist:
I'll Be Around
The Point of It
Ohm
Before We Run
Important People:
Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Scott Holpainen
“Watch the world's reigning pipa virtuoso play ancient music from her Chinese homeland in the NPR Music offices. When her fingers start to fly, Wu Man can create scenes of cinematic grandeur or serene, moonlit moments.”
Setlist:
"Ambushed From All Sides"
"Night Thoughts"
"White Snow In Spring"
KEXP “presents Jupiter & Okwess performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 15, 2018.”
Setlist:
Ofakomolo
Nzele Momi
Musonsu
Ekombe
Important People:
Host: Darek Mazzone
Audio Engineers: Francois Gouverneur & Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
