Friday, April 24, 2015

Roo Savill

Let's start with King of the Swingers:


And here's a nice cover of my favorite, Bad Girl (or Who's a Bad Girl Now):


Unexpectedly, I discovered Roo Savill while watching this unrelated video, and hearing the Amy Winehouse-esque sound at about 9:30:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddRAbC0Mkb8

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Hotel California - Gabriella Quevedo

James A. suggests this one ...

Learn more about Gabriella Quevedo.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Song, er ... Soundtrack of the Day - True Detective

It started by listening to the Handsome Family, then the whole thing had to be consumed:


One of several playlists on Spotify

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Percy Sledge, R.I.P.

Probably his best-known:


More about Percy Sledge.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Nils Frahm and the Klavins M450

Nils Frahm, whose post-classical and electronic music I have been listening to since his 2009 Wintermusik album, as well as the 2013 Spaces album, is now making his newest album, Solo, available for free download as he promotes a crowdfunding project to support the build of the massive Klavins 450 "super-piano", by David Klavins.  See the Piano Day site here and Frahm's main site.  And in the meantime, watch Frahms in performance with "Toilet Brushes", one of his more celebrated works:


Saturday, April 11, 2015

Annabel (lee)

John does it again, with this find.  Learn more here: