“Long Black Veil” is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The song has become a standard and has been covered by a variety of artists in country, folk and rock styles. In 1968, it appeared on The Band’s debut album, Music from Big Pink. …
“The Weight” was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and Pitchfork Media named it the thirteenth best song …
Another track off that great 1969 album, The Band, and another track with the gritty, powerful lead vocals of the late, great Levon Helm, is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. According to Rob Bowman’s liner notes to the 2000 reissue of The Band’s second album, The Band, it has been viewed as a …
Levon Helm sang lead vocals and played drums on this iconic song recorded for 1969’s eponymous second album from The Band. A live performance of “Up on Cripple Creek” also appears in The Band’s live concert film The Last Waltz and it’s accompanying soundtrack. In addition, a live version of the song appears on Before …
SONG OF THE DAY “In the Battle of Sun Vs. Curtains, Sun Loses and We Sleep Until Noon” by Woodpigeon (Treasury Library Canada c/w Houndstooth Europa, Boompa Records, 2009). VIDEO OF THE DAY
1. Obviously I love the 5-people-on-1-guitar Gotye cover of “Somebody That I Used To Know”, because it got its own blog post! So, yeah, that’s #1. 2. “From Me To You” by Walk Off This Earth (originally from The Beatles!) 3. “Little Boxes” by Walk Off This Earth (originally by Malvina Reynolds) 4. “A Hard …
SONG OF THE DAY “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Walk Off This Earth feat. Sarah Blackwood (2012).Written by Gotye. RECOMMENDED BY Sweet Regina, a friend of the blog (and of me!), sent me this last week, and since I blogged the original version of this song by Gotye yesterday, I thought you would …
SONG OF THE DAY Ready To Start by Arcade Fire (The Suburbs, Merge Records, 2010). Written and composed by Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Jeremy Gara, Win Butler, Will Butler, Regine Chassagne & Tim Kingsbury. VIDEO OF THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY “Out of Desperation” by Elisapie Isaac (There Will Be Stars, Pheromone Recordings, 2010). VIDEO OF THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY “Like The Weather” by 10,000 Maniacs (In My Tribe, Elektra, 1987). Written by Natalie Merchant. VIDEO OF THE DAY