Over the last year, musicians like Tom Waits, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James (above) and Steve Earle traveled to Preservation Hall in New Orleans to collaborate with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on classic New Orleans repertoire.
The end result is a new album, Preservation, set for release on Fat Tuesday, February 16. Proceeds from the sale of the project will benefit Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program.
Hello BeatCrave readers! Nothing like a new, cheap album to start off the week of right. Now, some of these are more “average priced” than cheap, but they are still much less than a regular album. Overall, there aren’t too many to pick from, but there is some interesting stuff for rummage through and just for the fun of it, we threw in an old album that is only $5.00!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:48PM - By Seraphina L.
Andrew Bird has been known to sell out venues ever since people realized his layered samples of violin, mandolin, guitar and whistling was something cool for a guy to do all by himself.
However, the unconventional singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has decided to take his upcoming tour outside of the arenas and into more “sacred” spaces. This winter, Bird will be taking his heavenly sounds into… church!
Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:02PM - By Seraphina L.
We couldn’t have two more wonderful and darling musicians collaborating together, and thanks to La Blogotheque we’ve now got joint live performances by unconventional violinist, Andrew Bird, and multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter St. Vincent (Annie Clark) all on video!
The two artists had toured together way back in October, but they had a chance to do some live performances together in April when they did this taping for the “Soirée De Poche, ” a series from the esteemed French blog. The sweet house performances feature songs by each artist but it’s fun to see where they coincide. Check it all out below!
Hey BeatCravers! Above is a quick summary of the coverage of my first day at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. Stay tuned for more awesome videos (day two and day three) during the festival, and afterwards for less abridged footage of the bands and interviews.
For the second day I’m hoping to catch Crystal Antlers, Shellac, A Certain Ratio and Bloc Party, among the many other bands that are performing, and also hope to publish a few more videos. Thanks for watching!
Day one of the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona came to a close, and though the crowd shuffled away worn out and bleary-eyed, there was still the excited hubbub of fans satisfied with the day’s shows. If the performances had continued, then people would still be there dancing holes into the ground. Watch the video of day one.
After checking out Marnie Stern, Lightning Bolt and Yo La Tengo, I hurried to see Andrew Bird, The Bug, and Jay Reatard. To finish the first day of the festival, two stunning acts from Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, complete with visuals and electronic wizardry, led the entertainment into the wee morning hours.
The Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain is off to a great start, with multiple bands performing simultaneously on six different stages. The turnout exceeds all expectations, and each act has been heavily populated. I imagined that the festival would be spread out, but the stages are very close to each other, and it’s been possible to jump from show to show quickly.
So far, I’ve seen Marnie Stern at the Ray-Ban Vice stage, Lightning Bolt at the ATP arena and Yo La Tengo at the Estrella Damm stage. At the same time, La Bien Querida, Magik Markers, The Vaselines and The Bats have made their appearances on other stages. If you’re looking to rock out while also fitting in a good dose of dancing to electronica, then Primavera Sound has you covered. Check out the video coverage for day one, day two and day three.
A modern day Pied Piper, Andrew Bird wooed followerss into his whimsical adventure that took us away from the chaos of the SXSW streets. Bird is an amazing artist that has the ability to make any inanimate object into a music dispenser.
Bands named after animals are nothing new. Some of the greatest bands of all time took their name from the animal kingdom. And The Eagles did too! But in recent years, indie bands in particular have shown a special sort of fascination with beastly band names. And when it comes time to pick those names, they turn to these five animals more than any others…
