Emily Barker (feat. Frank Turner) - Going Home

 the algorithms popped this fine song by Emily Barker with Frank Turner into view . . .any excuse to revisit our Em!

Emily Barker ft. Frank Turner - Bound For Home (live)

Em said on her YouTube page

Filmed as part of the Barker-Turner Overdrive livestream show in March 2021 Emily Barker - guitar and vocals Frank Turner - guitar and vocals Lukas Drinkwater - bass The Carducci Strings (arranged by Joe Duddell) The single 'Bound For Home' (written by Emily Barker and Frank Turner) is available here: https://smarturl.it/eb-bound ========================================= The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out and is highly recommended - https://smarturl.it/eb-words ========================================= Stay in touch: Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletter https://emilybarker.com   / emilybarkerhalo  

Art of The Day : King of Detail - JAN VAN EYCK

Visitors will know I am inextricably modern in my art knowledge and interest and the old masters so called appealed less with certain exceptions (Leonardo, Gentileschi, Carravagio, Rembrandt, Brueghel and Bosch to name but a few) but this made me sit up and caught my eye for master of the detail Van Eyck undoubtedly was. It was only like the poster visit to Belgium and here my own visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam seeing certain “Dutch” masters for real made me more aware

Hidden Stories in Art

Skylar Grey - Stand By Me (Official)

Skylar Grey

Skylar Grey - Stand By Me (Official)

more new voices and wasn’t too sure about this one but she is competent for sure awful easy on the eye but heck she CAN really sing . . . . 

New Voices, new Tunes . . . .Ana Carolina - Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha

 New voices don’t have to sing in English hey?

Ana Carolina -- Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha (Laboratório do Som, 2016)

ADVERT BREAK: LEONARD COHEN The Official10th Anniversary Concert ‘EVERYBODY KNOWS' by Adam Cohen

 

EUROPEAN DATES Fri 29 Jan – Dublin (IE), 3Arena Mon 1 Feb – London (UK), The London Palladium Tue 2 Feb – Manchester (UK) – The Bridgewater Hall Fri 5 Feb – Amsterdam (NL) – Royal Theatre Carre Sat 6 Feb – Paris (FR) – Salle Pleyel Sun 7 Feb – Antwerp (BE) – Queen Elisabeth Hall Tue 9 Feb – Berlin (DE) – Tempodrom Thu 11 Feb – Copenhagen (DK) – Falkonersalen Sat 13 Feb – Stockholm (SE) – Filadelfia Convention Center Mon 15 Feb – Warsaw (PL) – COS Torwar TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE Ten years on, Leonard Cohen’s songs are returning to the stage in “Everybody Knows.” Sung by his son Adam Cohen, “Everybody Knows” is the first official, family-produced tribute tour since the 2017 memorial celebration at Montreal’s Bell Centre, where Lana Del Rey, Feist, Damien Rice, Courtney Love and The Lumineers gathered to honour him. Conceived and led by his son, Adam Cohen, Everybody Knows celebrates the legacy of one of the greatest songwriters of our time through performances of his most iconic songs, accompanied by a carefully curated selection of archival photographs and film footage. Following the Canadian dates, the tour continues across Europe in early 2027. The ten-show run will start in Dublin on Friday January 29, before making its way through Europe with stops in London, Amsterdam, Paris and more. The show’s visual design has been created by Montreal-based multimedia studio Moment Factory, internationally renowned for its immersive live productions for artists including Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Madonna. Tickets go on sale Friday November 6, 10am local. All tickets available here.

Charli XCX & JOHN CALE - HOUSE!

https://www.tumblr.com/d-j/832392847370174464/the-uninimitable-john-cale-of-the-velvet

 

Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)

MEUTE - Molecular (from the forthcoming album KOSMOS)

 FRIDAY!

You dancin’?

“You askin’?”

I’m askin’!

“I’m DANCIN’!”

MEUTE - Molecular

Raving spontaneously on the streets of Perpignan with our new single 'Molecular' from our upcoming album KOSMOS 🪐

To the KOSMOS LIVE tour dates: https://www.meute.eu/live Pre-order KOSMOS now: https://www.meute.eu/

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REGGAE HIT THE TOWN - THE ETHIOPIANS | sonicandvisualsurprises

 Reggae Hit The Town 

The Ethiopians

REGGAE HIT THE TOWN - THE ETHIOPIANS

1968

A whole lot of early reggae goodness

A great rhythm, memorable vocals and that unmistakable Jamaican flavour.

The Ethiopians make it all sound wonderfully effortless.

 

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John Berger reads from Mahmoud Darwish’s poem ‘MURAL'

One of my very great heroes, John Berger (author of profoundly effecting books in my library ‘G’ a novel and the revolutionary ‘Ways of Seeing’) reading a poem here called ‘Mural’ by Mahmoud Darwish

May close the day with this . . . . 

In this clip, John Berger reads Mahmoud Darwish’s moving poem ‘Mural’, which he himself translated along with Rema Hammami. The full video is almost 5 mins long and you can watch it on YouTube.

There are so many beautiful lines that Darwish addresses to Death in this poem:

“You’ll be the noble hunter who doesn’t kill the gazelle whilst it’s drinking”

“have you time to check out my poem?”

“You are defeated death, by the arts”

“You are defeated by the songs of the land of two rivers”

“an eternity escaped through your cracks”

“wait here while I pack my bag 

I am glad the algorithm is working to my advantage here and a fuller piece (though still only an excerpt it seems) is here below:

Linda Ronstadt - 1976-11-03 - Los Angeles, CA (FM) | so many roads | Speedy

 Linda Ronstadt - 1976-11-03 - Los Angeles, CA (FM)

Linda Ronstadt
1976-11-03 
Universal Amphitheatre 
Los Angeles, CA
FM Broadcast

01. That'll Be The Day 
02. Love Has No Pride 
03. Silver Threads And Golden Needles 
04. Willin' 
05. It Doesn't Matter Anymore 
06. When Will I Be Loved
07. Crazy 
08. Lo Siento Mi Vida 
09. Love Is A Rose 
10. Hasten Down The Wind 
11. Band Intros 
12. You're No Good 
13. Heat Wave 
14. Crowd 
15. Heart Like A Wheel 
16. Crowd 
17. Desperado 
18. Someone To Lay Down Beside Me

Speedy says

1976: In August 1976, Linda Ronstadt released the album Hasten Down The Wind, which became her 3rd straight million selling disc, making her the first female artist in history to accomplish that feat. The album also earned Linda her second of a record 10 Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance The album was different from 1974's Heart Like A Wheel and 1975's Prisoner In Disguise in that she chose to showcase new songwriters as opposed to country rock tunes. The title track, for example was written by then up and coming songwriter Warren Zevon. One of the most famous tracks from the album, Someone To Lay Down Beside Me, was composed by the then little known Karla Bonoff. The album received huge critical acclaim, and also spent several weeks in the top 3 on the Billboard charts. Ronstadt went on tour later that year in support of the album, and this soundboard captures her a half century ago today, November 3, 1976, in Los Angeles!

Meanwhile that same year . . . . 

Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou (1976) Offenbach, Germany

Linda Ronstadt - Someone To Lay Down Beside Me (1976) Offenbach, Germany