Just saw this compilation version of Stand by Me on Gizmodo. As quoted from Gizmodo: It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the…
It has been a long time since I have gone and seen a concert, so when a friend said that she had an extra ticket for the Decembrists at the Moore Theater in Seattle on Thursday night, I couldn’t pass it up. The funny thing is that I honestly had only heard one of their…
A friend of mine, Denis, had sent me a video of a band called the National about 6 months ago along with an email asking if I wanted to go see them in concert. After listening to the video, I was sold. Flash forward 6 months to last night. They were playing at the Moore…
Now anyone reading this blog can watch the New Orleans Jazz Fest concerts live at: http://music.msn.com/music/neworleansjazz/home That is phenomenal. I love the fact that live streaming concert video is becoming standard fare. Thanks to AOL for setting the standard with Live 8. You can see what you are missing! Ill make sure to have…
I went with my friend Dan to see the Roots concert at the Showbox Theater in Seattle on Saturday night. The show was phenomenal. As I have said a few times before, the Showbox is a top 5 venue nationwide for seeing live concerts. That combined with the fact that the Roots are all…
Last night, I went to Jazz Alley to see the Bad Plus in concert. It was a last minute call, but one I am glad I made because they were really good and it had been a while since I had been to a concert. For those of you that don’t know the Bad…