Blatant Commercialism Dept. : Joe Dynan, son of artist Phil Dynan (an old running mate of Dave Monthie and myself) has his first downloadable song available on the Web for $1. I know he'd be thrilled if some of us Tuneweekers bought a copy. Joe first displayed his music talent to us at one of our former annual Geezerpaloozas at least 10 years ago when he was about 11 years old IIRC. He's got a great voice and songwriting talent, and it's a great song. Enjoy!
A rare combo of modern rock band and cartoon character is occurring with Popeye (one of my favorite comic strips) and Wilco (one of my favorite bands):
More on this at Wilco's site:
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Some fine playing in an unusual combo here: resonator guitar and didgeridoo!:
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Denis Franklin wrote to the San Francisco Folk Music Club e-mail list:Heard this guy (Dr. Paul Mealor) on NPR. He was asked to arrange Ubi Caritas for Kate and William's wedding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
At the same time he was asked to write a song for a chorus composed of British military wives. For the lyrics he used "letters and poems sent between the men on the front line and their wives / partners." This one hit the top of the pop charts. Listen to it without shedding a tear if you can. ( I certainly couldn't.):
At the same time he was asked to write a song for a chorus composed of British military wives. For the lyrics he used "letters and poems sent between the men on the front line and their wives / partners." This one hit the top of the pop charts. Listen to it without shedding a tear if you can. ( I certainly couldn't.):
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Here's a one-hour video of the great jazz drummer Max Roach with his quartet in Berlin in 1990 (for those who didn't already watch it when I posted it to Facebook):
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Worthy Flute Thing: This Kickstarter project, a documentary on the beloved Irish flute-maker Patrick Olwell, is worth backing, IMHO. I have no financial interest, just love Irish flute!:
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OK, autoharp. Lots of new developments in the world of autoharp of late. Here's a small batch of recent stuff:
Hal Weeks with the old Grateful Dead tune Althea:
Cathy Britell and William Limbach, Down In The Valley:
Same duo, Harper's Blessing:
And audio of Cathy on Somewhere Over The Rainbow:
Audio, Don McLean's Vincent:
Darryl Minsky does Hide Your Love Away:
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Good news this week for traveling musos, Congress OKs uniform FAA standard for instruments as carry-ons when flying:
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Gone But Not Forgot:
Snuffy Smith, noted banjoist and banjo repairman, 66:
Boatin' Up Sandy played by Jimmy Triplett on a banjo fitted with one of Smith's very popular bridges:
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Keep on Musicking!
Keep on Musicking!
Bob Loomis
In Loving Memory of Shannon Christine Loomis, 1967-2010
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