Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:40PM - By Seraphina L.
Michelle Obama is doing all she can to promote the arts from the White House and we applaud her efforts. Earlier in the year, she emphasized how important music education was with her night of classical music held in the White House. However, with February coming up and having Black History Month hitting more at home with her family, next month will feature musical artists from all genres singing songs about civil rights.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:18PM - By Seraphina L.
We previously commended Bob Dylan for making a Christmas album which will have proceeds go to charities that provide hunger relief. However, Dylan just doesn’t seem to be himself these days.
Or perhaps, he’s just cracking out of that bubble where all music fiends, like us, glorify him for his magnificent songwriting during his Blonde on Blonde days. Don’t get us wrong, he’s still one of the greats but after appearing in a Victoria’s Secret commercial, teaming up with CitiBank, and now releasing this video for “Must Be Santa,” it seems like he’s just getting a bit silly.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:25PM - By Seraphina L.
If Bob Dylan is all right with looking like a creeper in the shadows of a Victoria’s Secret commercial, then we can assume he’s up for any kind of mind-blowing industry deal.
The renowned singer-songwriter will be releasing a Christmas album titled Christmas In The Heart on October 13 via Columbia Records. We commend the musician because it’s always exciting to get new material from him but mostly because all the proceeds from this upcoming album will be going toward charities that feed the needy.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:45PM - By Seraphina L.
Bob Dylan has been an active painter since the 60′s and it’s not a secret when one of his songs is titled, “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”
According to Variety, the National Gallery of Denmark will be exhibiting 100 acrylics and watercolors done by the infamous musician. Works will include 30 canvases from Dylan’s “Brazil Series” along with numerous paintings from the “Drawn Blank Series” which was debuted in a German exhibit and published in book form in 2008.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:46PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Bob Dylan returns to the road with his ‘never-ending’ tour October 5th in Seattle. That’s good news, but even better news for fans is that joining Dylan will be his old buddy and Arc Angels guitarist Charlie Sexton. That’s right, he has rejoined the group.
Check below to watch a great clip of Dylan and Sexton perform “Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones.
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Monday, August 17, 2009 11:30AM - By Andy Keil
If you’ve been to a Bob Dylan show in the past few years, then you know the iconic rocker isn’t looking like his old self. On July 23, a New Jersey homeowner felt the same way when an “eccentric-looking old man” wandered into his yard. Rain was pouring down and the figure, dressed in sweatpants tucked into rain boots with several rain jackets and a hood pulled over his head, prompted the homeowner to alert police to a “suspicious person,” according to an article at ABCNews.com.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:57AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
It’s that time of year again when we show appreciation to the men who we owe our lives to. No, I am not talking about your future ex-husbands (you know I’m right, have you seen the divorce rates these days??), I am talking about your father!
Now even though I was generalizing and not all children are blessed to have a father who is always there for them and who always provides them with the love and affection they need but, for the sake of this editorial, we are going to pretend we all have the perfect father and we are trying to get our perfect father the perfect album for a Father’s Day gift.
Not all fathers are alike but they tend to fall in one of the following categories. Find your “father” and check out what kind of music he would prefer…
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Monday, June 8, 2009 2:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
I love the blues. It is my cup of tea, and so are Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz from The Dutchess and the Duke. Both Morrison and Lortz have joined and re-joined a number of unsuccessful bands, but it wasn’t until 2002 that the two started making music together. In 2007, the duo debuted their first single “Reservoir Park,” a song that sounds like early Bob Dylan and soulful. Both Morrison and Lortz make me feel like 60s soul venturing through a live concert of some of the best blues singers of all time including Scrapper Blackwell. Their clapping and co-ed harmonies accompanied by an acoustic-blues guitar make the Seattle-based band unlike many indie bands today.
She’s the Dutchess, he’s the Duke, is the first and only album by Morrison and Lortz: 10 folk songs, some are “dark confessions,” but all beautifully crafted with heartfelt lyrics and brassy tambourines. Honestly, this is a match made in heaven and I hope to see great things. Check The Dutchess and the Duke out in our BeatCrave Fav series below!
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:00AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
This summer Sir Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan are set to get together to record a collaboration with one another. Two greats in American music history coming together is sure to create a big buzz and rightfully so.
After years of admitting they would want to work together and showing admiration for the talent level the other possesses, the two will finally come together. According to a source, the biggest problem with getting them together was scheduling:
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