Here’s a fantastic show featuring live performance with Lanois on a variety of instruments and knobs and the amazing Kyle Crane on drums. Interview segments are sprinkled throughout.
Enjoy.
Tracklisting:
Elevator
Souix Lookout
Opera
Aquatic
Iceland
The End
Justin Townes Earle performs live on KEXP from the SXSW Radio Day Stage. Recorded 3/17/2012.
Tracklisting:
Look The Other Way
Am I That Lonely Tonight?
Memphis In The Rain
Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Halfway To Jackson
Unfortunately, Anna
Walk Out
Movin' On
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett, Scott Holpainen & Christopher Meister
Edits: Scott Holpainen
Can Live At Rockpalast (1970)
Setlist:
Sense All To Mine
Oh Yeah
I Feel Alright
Don’t Turn The Light On (Leave Me Alone)
Mother Sky
Deadlock
Paperhouse
Bring Me Coffee Or Tea
Besetzung:
Holger Czukay - bass
Irmin Schmidt - organ
Michael Karoli - guitar
Jaki Liebezeit - drums
Damo Suzuki - vocals
Visit Can’s official website (Spoon Records).
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Purchase the album at Amazon.
Listen to “Oh Yeah” from Tago Mago on Episode 26 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.
From the Youtube page:
[NOTE: The "Body Heat" DVD - released in 1989 - is the exact same thing as the VHS tape entitled "The Lost James Brown Tapes." In fact, the company that released this DVD didn't even bother to re-do the titles sequence--it still reads "Lost James Brown Tapes." The good news is that, even though the picture quality is only marginally improved from the VHS version, the sound quality is markedly better. AND, I'm not sure whether THIS video came from the VHS or DVD version.]
Setlist:
The Godfather of Soul
Hardest Working Man In Show Business
Soul Brother No.1
Minister of Funk
Mr. Dynamite
Massive Attack live at the Melt Music Festival in Germany, July 2010.
Setlist:
United Snakes
Babel
Girl I Love You
Invade Me
Teardrop
Safe From Harm
Inertia Creeps
Unfinished Sympathy
Atlas Air
New Order live in New York, 1981.
Setlist:
(Opening Montage)
Chosen Time
Dreams Never End
Everything's Gone Green
Truth
Senses
Procession
Ceremony
Denial
Temptation
(Closing Montage)
“Oz for Africa was an Australian concert held on 13 July 1985 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. It was broadcast locally and internationally as part of the worldwide Live Aid performances to raise money for famine relief in Africa.” (Wikipedia)
Setlist:
Original Sin
Listen Like Theives
Kiss the Dirt
The video’s Youtube page says:
“Armed with the incredible vocalist Bilal, The Roots performed the signature track from Detroit, a film about the race riots in 1967. "It Ain't Fair" glares unflinchingly, takes a knee and raises a fist against the societal construct that has systematically denied equality of experience to those "presumed inferior," to quote one of Bilal's verses. And it achieves all this while covering its heart with its right hand. This reflective hymn tenderly yanks your heart strings and offers a window into the ethos of those who would like to stand for the flag but cannot in good principle, lest these same evils continue to exist.”
Setlist:
"It Ain't Fair"
Musicians:
Curtis L. Jones Jr (Trombone)
Arnetta Johnson (Trumpet)
Hiruy E. Tirfe (Sax)
Richard L. Tate II (Sax)
Joseph Streater (Trumpet)
Norman J. Bradshaw (Trombone)
Damon Bryson (Sousaphone)
Ahmir (Questlove) Thompson (Drums)
Tarik (Black Thought) Trotter (Emcee)
Bilal Oliver (Vocals)
Important People:
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Alyse Young
Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR
Roy Ayers’ stopped by the NPR Tiny Desk in March 2018 with keyboardist Mark Adams, bassist Trevor Allen and drummer Christopher De Carmine.
Setlist:
"Searching"
"Black Family"
"Everybody Loves The Sunshine"
Musicians:
Roy Ayers, Mark Adams (keyboards)
Trevor Allen (bass)
Christopher De Carmine (drums)
Important People:
Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith;
Creative Director: Bob Boilen;
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin;
Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Kara Frame, Bronson Arcuri, Dani Lyman;
Production Assistant: Joshua Bote;
Photo: Jenna Sterner/NPR.
MC’d by Don Imus, this reminds us all of a time when concert lineups were interesting. The 1974 California Jam lineup was:
Rare Earth
Earth, Wind & Fire
Eagles
Seals and Crofts Black Oak Arkansas
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Today we’ve featured Black Sabbath’s set which includes the following list (Of course there are various setlists for this show, but here’s the one I’ve typically gone with):
Tomorrow's Dream
Sweet Leaf
Killing Yourself to Live
War Pigs
Snowblind
Sabbra Cadabra (with Jams)
Sometimes I'm Happy
Supernaut
Iron Man (with "Sabbra Cadabra" reprise)
Orchid
Paranoid
Embryo
Children of the Grave
Digable Planets live for KEXP (November 4, 2016).
Setlist:
The May 4th Movement
Black Ego
Pacifics
What Cool Breezes Do
Jettin'
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters & Kevin Cole
Audio Recording & Mixing: Kevin Suggs & Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore
Director: Scott Holpainen
Editor: Jim Beckmann
Erykah Badu performs for NPR’s Tiny Desk. 08/15/18.
Felix Contreras says:
“Some folks around the NPR Music office said they felt an almost spiritual connection to Erykah Badu during her visit to the Tiny Desk. And that was before she and her band even played a single note. It came from the waft of earthly scents that followed in her wake, to the flowing dreads and clothes that hung on her like robes.
After her self-introduction, which included a rundown of her spiritual and creative aliases, Badu rolled into one of her earliest musical calling cards, "Rimshot." It's an ode to the sound the percussionist makes when a drumstick is struck against the metal edge of the snare drum. On this performance, as on her 1997 album Baduizm, it becomes a device to play with time — stretching it, stopping it, suspending it. Propelled by jazz chords on the piano and the steady pulse of the acoustic bass, the playful performance unfolded in the tradition of the best bebop.
But the panoramic song "Green Eyes" is the centerpiece of Badu's Tiny Desk performance. It's wide-ranging in scope and musical arrangement and brilliantly executed by the jazz and hip-hop musicians in her backing band. The story of heartbreak is striking enough, but her interpretation showcases her formidable vocal skills. By the time it was over, we were all just as emotionally and spiritually spent as she was from the experience.
Erykah Badu is an artist for the ages. To old-school jazz fans like myself, names like Nina Simone, Betty Carter and Shirley Horn come to mind as much as Billie Holiday because of Badu's singular approach to a lyric. They all cut their own creative path and left behind a legacy that you can identify with just one note. Erykah Badu is on that same path, and one day her name will be mentioned along with the other Elders who share her spirit of musical adventure.”
Setlist:
"Rimshot"
"Green Eyes"
Players:
Erykah Badu (lead vocals)
RC Williams (Keys)
Braylon Lacy (bass)
Cleon Edwards (Drums)
Frank Moka (Percussion)
Kenneth Whalum (Sax)
Keyon Harrold (Trumpet)
Dwayne Kerr (Flute)
Credits:
Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Khun Minn Ohn, CJ Riculan
Production Assistants: Catherine Zhang, Téa Mottolese
Photo: Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR.
I’ve never been a huge fan of a lot of what been called “Christian Music.” I don’t listen to Christian radio stations. I don’t follow Contemporary Christian Music. In fact, I have often wondered: “Why "Christian" Music Is Often So Bad.”
But there have always been exceptions. For example, I highly recommend you spend some time with my playlist Joyful Sounds: An Introduction to Sacred Steel. And, during college, there were a handful of bands who openly identified as “Christian Artists” (whatever that means) and incorporated their faith into their music without diluting either. Bands like Five O’Clock People, Plankeye, Poor Old Lu, Soulfood 76 and others. But, my favorite band of that time is by far Black Eyed Sceva (later known as Model Engine).
I still remember the first time I heard the group’s first album Way Before The Flood. I was in college and also serving as a volunteer Jr. High youth group leader. I had just found out that a longtime girlfriend had cheated on me and I remember sitting in the back of a car as we drove a couple of hours North for a Jr. High weekend winter retreat when my friend put that cassette.
I also remember buying Model Engine’s The Lean Year’s Tradition the same time I bought Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind at the old Zia Records location at 7th Avenue and Indian School. I was lucky enough to see the band several times in both incarnations and am happy to report that they were a terrific live band on top of everything else.
Your Google-Fu skills are probably better than mine but here are the three videos I could find on Youtube. The two were part of a promotional video that I’m pretty sure I had and included both the tour video and the live “Mudhouse” video. The other one is (to my knowledge,) the band’s only official music video and it is for one of their best-known tracks: “Justified.”
Enjoy!
And please let me know if you have other videos not included here (or audio recordings!).
Taj Mahal live for Sessions at West 54th, Season One, 1997.
Setlist:
"She Caught the Katy,"
"Corrina, Corrina"
"Mr. Pitiful."
Albita performs
"Corazon rumbero,"
"El son del tahurete,"
"Valca el brillo de tus ojos"
"El chico Chevere."
But one of the Youtube comments says: 'Queen Bee'.
